Automating “Network Ready for Use” Testing

This tutorial will showcase an approach using the “pytest” open-source tool to validate operational states of the network.  The content will consist of a presentation and instructor live Python coding.  The presentation will cover motivation for NRFU automated testing, introduction of pytest core-concepts, and discussion of network testing approaches.  The instructor will live code each aspect of using pytest that covers: defining custom pytest CLI options, loading per-device test-cases, using pytest CLI options for filtering tests, and generating HTML visual based reports.  The audience is expected to have a working understanding of Python, however this tutorial is not a hands-on coding workshop.

User-Story:

As a network engineer I need to ensure that the network is ready for use - whether it is for a new buildout, making changes, or fixing issues.  Right now I am manually running all the “show commands” and visually inspecting the output.  Doing this process manually…