Heavy Networking 512: Production Ready Automation With Cumulus Networks (Sponsored)

In today’s Heavy Networking episode, we talk network automation. That’s a topic we’ve covered before on Packet Pushers, so what wondrous newness does sponsor Cumulus Networks bring to the table? The idea is a system that’s ready for you to use.
Why? Because a lot of folks are finding that rolling their own artisanal network automation takes considerable time both to create and maintain. And hey…maybe you didn’t plan it the first time like you would if you could it again. You didn’t know what you didn’t know.
Cumulus is now offering the first open source, out-of-the-box, robust, end-to-end automated configuration and testing solution using Ansible. Customers no longer have to piece together their network automation from disparate and untested scripts and proof-of-concept playbooks. Cumulus is offering a framework for an elegant push-button solution for those looking for cutting-edge industry automation while reducing operational overhead. – Production Ready Automation, Cumulus Blog, March 4, 2020.
Our guests are Pete Lumbis, Director of Technical Marketing and Rama Darbha, Director of Services at Cumulus Networks.
What We Discuss

* What network automation problems are being addressed by Cumulus with Production Ready Automation?
* What is Production Ready Automation (PRA)? Let’s get into the details.
* How is PRA maintained? Why should I care?
* Why does PRA leverage Ansible and not my personal favorite automation tool I love so very, very much?
* If I’m not a Cumulus customer, how can I test PRA?
* What’s on the PRA roadmap?

Links Are Life
Cumulus Production Ready Automation Blog
https://cumulusnetworks.com/blog/first-open-source-automation-solution/
Cumulus Networks Production Ready Automation Repo aka “The Golden Turtle”
https://gitlab.com/cumulus-consulting/goldenturtle
Cumulus In The Cloud Free Demo
https://cumulusnetworks.com/citc
Pete Lumbis on Twitter
@PeteCCDE
Rama Darbha on Twitter
@Radar_Bot