Heavy Networking 706: The GitNops Approach To Collaborative Network Automation

Today’s Heavy Networking is about an open source project called GitNops. The idea behind GitNops is collaborative automation. It draws from the principles of DevOps, such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) to networking. That means things like version control, working with sources of truth, operating infrastructure as code, and collaborating on network configurations so that there are multiple eyeballs on changes and updates. GitNops benefits include automation, repeatability, scalability, and reassurance. My guest is Thomas A. McGonagle, and Enterprise Solutions Engineer and maintainer of the GitNops open-source project. We discuss * Essential concepts of DevOps and GitNops * Examples of how to use GitNops for common networking tasks * Bringing your network infrastructure into a GitNops framework * Performing complex tasks with GitNops * More Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Your branch has changed. Your SD-WAN should, too. Join Palo Alto Networks to see how AI/ML is powering next-gen SD-WAN and SASE for the branch. SDxCentral and Palo Alto Networks hosted an exclusive online event that shows how next-gen SD-WAN and SASE can help you modernize and secure your branches. Go to SDXcentral.com to get the link to this free event to see the replay. Sponsor: Itential Improve your network automation from one-off scripts that only can use to safe, robust automations you can share with your entire IT organization with Itential. Itential helps you implement NetDevOps so you can deliver self-service networking from ticket creation to ticket closure. Find out more at itential.com/packetpushers. Show Links: Tom McGonagle on GitHub @mcgonagle GitNops.com