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Sep 24 – 25, 2025
LITEXPO
Europe/Vilnius timezone

Building Trustworthy Network Automation, From Principles to Practice

Sep 25, 2025, 10:30 AM
30m
5.3 - Litexpo (Litexpo)

5.3 - Litexpo

Litexpo

200
Talks Network Automation and AI in Networking Day 2: Session 1

Speaker

Damien Garros (OpsMill)

Description

Trust is essential for successful network automation adoption.

When automation platforms exhibit predictable behaviors and transparent processes, teams can confidently delegate critical network operations. Building trustworthy automation doesn't happen by itself, it needs to be baked into the design of every workflows. This technical session examines core principles that build trust, including idempotency, declarative workflows, and robust version control. Using practical examples from production environments, we'll analyze how specific technical decisions affect automation reliability and team confidence. The presentation covers key implementation patterns like state verification, diff-based changes, and failure handling. Attendees will learn concrete approaches for building automation platforms that network teams can trust and rely on daily.

Primary author

Damien Garros (OpsMill)

Presentation materials