PQ Show 116: Practical YANG For Network Automation

Today’s Priority Queue continues our discussions about network modeling and programmability. Our guest Michael Kashin has been working with YANG models, python, and a variety of supporting tools to programmatically install network device configurations, spending time with both Junos and IOS XE. In his detailed series of posts on networkop.co.uk, Michael has painstakingly explored and explained how to work with network models, showing how they tie to the future of network configuration. In this episode, we discuss many of Michael’s discoveries. If you skipped it, you might want to listen to Priority Queue episode 111 first, where I discuss YANG, NETCONF, and network model standardization efforts in the IETF with Benoit Claise. That would be a good foundation for today’s episode. Show Links: Getting Started With NETCONF and YANG on Cisco IOS XE – NetworkOp Introduction to YANG Programming and RESTCONF on Cisco IOS XE – NetworkOp Configuring Cisco IOS XE With YDK and OpenDaylight – NetworkOP Configuring Cisco IOS XE With YANG-based YAML Files – NetworkOp Using YANG Models in Ansible to Configure and Verify State of IOS-XE and JUNOS Devices – NetworkOP PQ Show 111: YANG Models & Telemetry At IETF 98 – Packet Pushers