Strategic momentum: The new era of Red Hat and HPE Juniper network automation

Network automation is essential for organizations today. However, simply implementing tools isn't enough; without a unified strategy, isolated automation efforts often hinder the progress they were meant to accelerate.

To address this challenge, Red Hat and Juniper by HPE Juniper Networking have deepened our partnership to provide a more streamlined, proven, and flexible automation experience. This collaboration centers on delivering more strategic momentum and more resilient operations for our joint customers.

A single source of truth to automate JunOS networking devices

Managing multiple versions of modules and plugins often creates architectural constraints for automation developers. To simplify this, we have consolidated our efforts into a single, supported collection.

• Unified content: Joint customers now have access to a single, supported collection of modules, resource modules, and plugins through the juniper.device certified content collection. The new collections are developed, maintained, and supported by HPE Juniper Networking engineering and Technical Assistant Center (TAC).
• Enterprise reliability: Maintained by Juniper by HPE, this collection is hardened, tested, and supported 24x7, carrying full Red Hat certification through our strategic partnership.
• Reduced overhead: By standardizing on one single collection, IT operations teams can eliminate the burden of managing  multiple environments and content updates, shifting their focus back on strategic  business goals.

Modernizing datacenter network operations with Juniper Apstra, Red Hat Openshift, and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform event-driven capabilities

The AI revolution demands an automated foundation that can respond to environmental changes in real time. Juniper by HPE Juniper Networking has released a new solution to bridge the gap between cloud-native environments and network infrastructure.

• Intelligent response: By using the juniper.apstra and juniper.eda collections, the HPE Juniper Apstra™ solution can now trigger event-driven workflows based on Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes events to automatically configure network changes and required connectivity, responding to changes in OpenShift clusters.
• Resilient infrastructure: This integration strengthens operations by enforcing security policies and compliance requirements across the network.
• Eliminating manual tasks: This transition from manual Day 2 operations to a rules-based, automated framework allows IT operations to focus on innovation rather than routine maintenance.

Why this collaboration matters

For IT leaders, this collaboration is about more than just technical integration; it’s about financial savings and meeting technology challenges with speed. By using these certified collections, organizations can:

• Accelerate return on investment (ROI): Use prebuilt, supported content to automate dozens of network automation use cases in a multivendor and multidomain fashion.
• Scale with confidence: Help ensure a trusted automation supply chain that upholds high security and compliance standards.
• Empower teams: Empower automation communities of practice to scale through an intuitive, streamlined experience.

As a leader in infrastructure automation, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform works alongside Juniper by HPE to provide a clear, strategic path toward a fully connected enterprise.

Learn more

Explore the following resources to learn more about our partnership:

Watch: This  video demo covers datacenter automation with Juniper Apstra and Kubernetes event-driven automation.

Read: This  blog post details JunOS automation use cases and the consolidation of our collections into juniper.device. 

Visit: Red Hat - Juniper alliance page for more information.