Computer Networking Nerds spoof on the YMCA song

What is automation without configuration deployment? Well.. it turns out there is a lot to be done, in fact, deploying configuration generally only represents a small fraction of total time and is near all of the risk of automation going wrong. Starting on configuration deployment, can actually slow your progress to configuration deployment as it is difficult to trust a new automated process without historical evidence.

During this 30 minute presentations we will review the reasons to forgo configuration deployment and strategies to do so. Topics such as how to integrate with a Source of Truth, generate configurations from a Source of Truth, building an automated pre & post-check process, and integrating with network management systems. Finally, a pragmatic approach to attacking network automation tasks that will appeal to engineers and executives alike.

Speaker: Kenneth Celenza, Network to Code