Python for System Administrators

Browse this course with the online notebook viewer!

Setup

See README.setup for detailed instruction on:

- Linux
- Windows
- Mac OS

If you use docker, just run:

# docker-compose up course
# firefox http://localhost:8888

For ansible homework, setup the ssh keys and run:

# docker-compose scale course=1 ansible=2

Playing the course

An easy way to run the course is on Linux with:

#pip install -r requirements.txt    # install dependencies
#nosetests -v                       # check if everything is ok
#jupyter-notebook notebooks/        # ;)

Each notebook is associated to a python file in scripts/.

Outline

• If you are a novice, consider reading the introductory crash course in ../python-basic/

• Introducing ipython

  • 01_ipython.ipy

• Managing files

  • 02_file_management.py

• Gathering system data

  • 01_system_data_gathering.py

• Introduction to nosetest

  • 02_nosetests_simple.py

• Parsing 101

  • 03_parsing_test.py
  • 03_parsing_benchmarks.py

• Data processing

  • 04_simple_processing.py
  • 04_logging_parsing.py

• Ansible

  • 05_ansible.py