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Modern Network Automation Guides

You know the CLI. Now automate it. From foundational tools to AI-powered workflows - a structured learning path for network engineers.

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The Learning Path

Each level builds on the last. Start where you are, grow at your own pace.

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Automators

Foundations

Learn the core automation tools every network engineer needs

$19/guide

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Automators: Foundations

The core automation tools every network engineer needs. $19 each.

Ansible for Network Engineers

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Agentless automation over SSH. No agents, no coding to start.

  • â–¶ 8-chapter hands-on guide
  • â–¶ Containerlab labs with Arista cEOS
  • â–¶ Playbooks, roles, Jinja2 templates
  • â–¶ Troubleshooting, debugging, Ansible Vault
$19 Buy Now

Netmiko for Network Engineers

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Your first Python library for network device automation

  • â–¶ 7-chapter hands-on guide
  • â–¶ Containerlab labs with Arista cEOS
  • â–¶ SSH connections, show commands, config pushes
  • â–¶ Parsing, error handling, real tools
$19 Coming Soon

Go for Network Engineers

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Fast, compiled CLI tools. One binary, zero dependencies.

  • â–¶ 7-chapter hands-on guide
  • â–¶ SSH, REST APIs, concurrency
  • â–¶ Build and distribute CLI tools
  • â–¶ Goroutines for parallel device access
$19 Coming Soon

NAPALM for Network Engineers

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Vendor-agnostic getters, config management, and validation

  • â–¶ 7-chapter hands-on guide
  • â–¶ Structured data from any vendor
  • â–¶ Config replace, merge, rollback
  • â–¶ Compliance validation
$19 Coming Soon

Nornir for Network Engineers

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Pure Python automation framework. Ansible's power, Python's flexibility.

  • â–¶ 7-chapter hands-on guide
  • â–¶ Inventory, tasks, filtering
  • â–¶ Netmiko + NAPALM plugins
  • â–¶ Real workflows: backup, compliance, remediation
$19 Coming Soon
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Automators Subscription - $49/year

Every guide. Every update. One price.

  • â–¶ All guides included
  • â–¶ Every new guide and update as they ship
  • â–¶ Introductory price - locks in at $49/year
  • â–¶ Price increases as new guides are added

Subscribe - $49/year

Introductory pricing. Price will increase as new guides are added.

What You'll Learn

  • â–¶ Automate real network devices with Containerlab (no hardware needed)
  • â–¶ Deploy configs to 100 devices in the time it takes to do one manually
  • â–¶ Parse CLI output into structured data you can act on
  • â–¶ Build reusable templates for consistent, repeatable deployments
  • â–¶ Go from copy-pasting configs to version-controlled infrastructure as code
  • â–¶ Handle errors gracefully - timeouts, auth failures, connection drops
  • â–¶ Build real tools your team will actually use

About the Author

JV

Josh VanDeraa

Author of 3 network automation books

20 year network + network automation veteran

I've written books and taught network engineers how to effectively use cutting edge network automation tooling. These guides distill that experience into a structured path from manual CLI to fully automated infrastructure.

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