Huawei Network Automation - Python 3 and Ansible Labs

Name: Huawei Network Automation - Python 3 and Ansible Labs
Rating: 4.6 (15 reviews)

Automate your Network with Python3 TELNET, Netmiko, Napalm, NETCONF, Ansible, with automated configuration tasks

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Created byMohammad Hamdy El-Sayed

Last updated 3/2025

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What you'll learn

Python 3 Network Programming Basics
Develop Python 3 scripts with Network Libraries (Telnet, Netmiko, and Napalm)
Perform network automated tasks with Python 3
Develop NETCONF scripts for Huawei Routers
Automate with Ansible
The course gives you support on how to install all required modules on Ubuntu Linux
All modules with examples, hands-on practise, and all used scripts attached, and can be downloaded

Course content

11 sections • 38 lectures • 3h 24m total length

Course Introduction2:31
This course introduces Python 3 on Ubuntu, Napalm and Netconf for Huawei routers, and Ansible automation, covering OSPF configuration, backups, and network health checks.

Section Intro0:32
If statement4:37
Practise Python if Statement and how it works
Dictionary3:30
For Loop1:17
Demonstrate Python for loop using range(7) to iterate from 0 to 6 and print each number.
Input Function3:37
Lists5:44
Read from a file3:28
Write in a file5:25
While Loop2:32
Learn how the while loop in Python executes statements while a condition is true, using a countdown from five to one that prints n and decrements, ending with 100 stores.
Python 3 Basics Quiz

What's Netmiko?0:42
Install Netmiko for Ubuntu Linux2:41
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev -y
pip install paramiko
pip install netmiko
Netmiko for Huawei Routers6:50
#!/usr/bin/env python
# This to display ip interface brief on linux terminal with Netmiko connection to Huawei router
from netmiko import ConnectHandler

NE40E = {
'device_type':'huawei',
'ip':'10.1.1.2',
'username':'huawei',
'password':'Hamdy@123',
}

net_connect = ConnectHandler(**NE40E)
output = net_connect.send_command('display ip int brief')
print(output)
Python Netmiko Quiz

What's Napalm? and how to install?1:05
Napalm stands for network automation and programmability abstraction layer with multi-vendor support. The Python library provides a unified API to interact with diverse device operating systems and installs with pip.
Get Facts API7:52
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Connect to Huawei router with Napalm SSH connection, receive general info about the router
# selects the hostname to be printed separatelly
from napalm import get_network_driver
import pprint

driver = get_network_driver('huawei_vrp')
device = driver(hostname='10.1.1.2', username='huawei', password = 'Hamdy@123')
device.open()

get_facts = device.get_facts()
pprint.pprint(get_facts)
print(get_facts['hostname'])
Get Interfaces IP API3:14
#!/usr/bin/env python
# This script is to display ip interface brief
from napalm import get_network_driver
import pprint

driver = get_network_driver('huawei_vrp')
device = driver(hostname='10.1.1.2', username='huawei', password='Hamdy@123')
device.open()

get_interfaces_ip = device.get_interfaces_ip()

pprint.pprint(get_interfaces_ip)
Ping API4:50
#!/usr/bin/env python
# This script is to ping remote IP after logging to Huawei router
from napalm import get_network_driver
import pprint

driver = get_network_driver('huawei_vrp')
device = driver(hostname='10.1.1.2', username='huawei', password='Hamdy@123')
device.open()

ping_remote_ip = device.ping('10.1.1.9')

pprint.pprint(ping_remote_ip)

What's NETCONF?7:38
Install NETCONF2:27
Test NETCONF5:07
NETCONF Get Interface6:06
NETCONF Configure Interface6:36
Configure a network device interface using netconf with a Python script, applying a template to set the interface description, IP address, and subnet mask, then verify with interface brief.
NETCONF Configure VLAN3:30
Use Python with netconf to configure vlan on a router by loading a vlan template, applying a vlan id (3) via a yang api, and verifying the running configuration.
NETCONF

Ansible!2:13
How Ansible Works4:09
Install Ansible3:23
Install Ansible on Linux by setting up an inventory directory and hosts file, configuring localhost, and adding a switch host with IP 192.168.129.253 under the switches group.
Basic Configuration with Ansible10:36
Configure the cloud engine switch C12 800 with an Ansible playbook, setting the device name via the C_config network module. Execute the playbook and verify the name changes to Ansible_c12_800-1.
Configure Eth-trunk with Ansible5:21
Save Configuration file with Ansible4:14
Ansible Batch Configuration19:01
Configure VLANs, switch-ports, IP Interface
Can I run Ansible Playbook for NE40E?6:43
Ansible

Requirements

Networking Basics
Python Basics

Description

Welcome to Huawei Datacom Network Automation Developer Course, Network programming and automation became one of the most important network topics for building large automated networks that can scale and react easily to network changes. All daily network manual tasks should be converted into automated tasks to save time, increase productivity, and minimise human mistakes specially when it comes to large networks like Telecom Operator Networks. Python programming language is commonly and widely used for network engineers because of its simplicity and its rich network modules. Because Huawei is widely used in Telecom operators networks all over the world, it would be important to discuss automation tools Huawei devices.

Python Network Programming for Huawei devices course introduces how to install python 3 on Ubuntu linux with getting rid of python 2 when the terminal comes by default with python 2, and how to install network libraries (like Netmiko and Napalm) to connect with Huawei Routers like a robot (on behalf of a network engineer) that can automatically collect information and configure the routers with the usage of python scripts. The course is explained through practical exercises on EVE-NG and ubuntu Linux desktop.

Upon completing this course, you will be familiar with python 3 and network modules and build automated scripts to collect information about Huawei router with Netmiko library, and use napalm different libraries to collect information such as ‘display ip interface brief’ or ‘display version’, build automated script to check ip connectivity to a certain IP address with ping module and get the result, make automated configuration changes like configuring OSPF on Huawei Routers with the usage of both Netmiko and Napalm modules to know the difference between them.

You will also get familiar to NETCONF and how to practise it with Huawei NE40 to get information from it, and make configuration (configure interface and VLAN).

Ansible! you will learn about it, and how to perform automation for Huawei devices. It’s easy, simple to deploy with ready network modules, scalable, and doesn’t require python knowledge to deploy automated scripts.

The module gives you support on how to install all required modules on Ubuntu Linux.

Who this course is for:

Huawei Datacom Network Operations Engineers
Huawei Datacom Network Planning & Design Engineers
Datacom Network Engineers
Huawei Pre-sales Network Engineers

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Introduction1 lecture • 3min

Module 1: Install Python 3 for Ubuntu Linux1 lecture • 7min

Module 2: Python 3 Basics9 lectures • 31min

Module 3: Python TELNET1 lecture • 9min

Module 4: Python Netmiko3 lectures • 10min

Module 5: Python Napalm4 lectures • 17min

Module 6: Automate Configuration Task3 lectures • 21min

Module 7: Build Automated Tasks2 lectures • 20min

Module 8: NETCONF6 lectures • 31min

Module 9: Ansible8 lectures • 56min

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