Modern Network Observability

Build the observability your network deserves.¶

Book, lab, talks, workshops — modern network observability, in practice.

The book¶

Amazon US Print · Kindle Amazon UK Print · Kindle Amazon ES Print · Kindle Packt Print, eBook, subscription O'Reilly Subscription Barnes & Noble Print · eBook Book code Packt repo on GitHub

Telemetry pipelines, queries, dashboards, alerting, automation, and AI-assisted operations — chapter by chapter, with the lab as your hands-on companion.

Workshops¶

Packt · 3 hours online · September 2026 Building a Network Observability Stack with Tools, Automation, and AI Telemetry and queries, dashboards and alerts, then observability-driven automation and AI-assisted ops. The whole stack runs on your laptop, and one alert is walked end to end. Open the workshop → AutoCon5 · 4 hours hands-on Modern Network Observability — the AutoCon5 workshop One workday on a new on-call rotation. Telemetry, dashboards, alerts, and AI-assisted operations on your laptop in four hours, with a senior engineer over your shoulder until lunch. Open the workshop →

The companion lab¶

The book's playground network-observability-lab The book's chapter-by-chapter playground with real cEOS / SR Linux containers, every collector variant, and every scenario in the book. The hands-on companion the chapters keep referring to. Open the lab on GitHub →

Listen¶

Network Automation Nerds · Eric Chou NAN077 — Network Observability: Tools, Automation & Insights The author trio with Eric Chou on practical strategies and real-world case studies for network observability. Listen on Packet Pushers → Total Network Operations · Packet Pushers TNO009 — From Monitoring to Observability Crossover with TNO on integrating diverse data sources, the tools, and what proactive operations actually looks like. Listen on Packet Pushers → Network Automation Nerds · Eric Chou NAN079 — Make the Leap for Better NetOps The follow-up — how teams get from a working monitoring stack to one they can actually act on at 02:14. Listen on Packet Pushers → Packt SecPro Podcast · #16 Network Automation: Insights, Architecture, and Observability The author trio on how automation, architecture, and observability fit together. Paid episode for SecPro subscribers. Listen on Substack →

Watch¶

AutoCon5 · Munich · June 2026 Rethinking Network Monitoring Conference talk by David Flores and Christian Adell at AutoCon5 in Munich. Watch on YouTube → Cisco DevNet · Part 1 · June 2025 Modern Network Observability — the framework First of a three-part series. The why, the pillars, and the data pipeline that ties them together. Watch on YouTube → Cisco DevNet · Part 2 · September 2025 Modern Network Observability — going deeper Second of three. The data pipeline up close, with real examples and the trade-offs you hit in production. Watch on YouTube → Cisco DevNet · Part 3 · October 2025 Modern Network Observability — putting it together Closing the series. Dashboards, alerts, and the automation that turns the pipeline into action. Watch on YouTube → NONOG · September 2025 Modern Network Observability — Oslo talk Conference talk by David Flores at the Norwegian Network Operators Group meeting in Oslo. Watch on YouTube → NetBCN · March 2025 Modern Network Observability: Seeing Beyond the Tools We Know Conference talk at NetBCN by David Flores — story-led, ~30 minutes, with audience Q&A. Watch on YouTube →

Speaking¶

Talks · workshops · webinars Speaking Every talk since 2020, newest first — from AutoCon5 in Munich back to Interop, with recordings and slides where they exist. See all talks →

Who's behind it¶

The book, the talks, and the workshops on this site come from the same small group of contributors.

David Flores

Senior Network Developer, Network Observability at CoreWeave · Dublin

Builds observability platforms for network infrastructure. Co-author of Modern Network Observability (Packt, 2024), maintainer of the companion lab and workshops, and speaker at AutoCon, NONOG, NetBCN, OSMC, and more.

GitHub → LinkedIn →

Christian Adell

Co-author · co-presenter

Co-author of Modern Network Observability and author of Designing Network Automation at Scale. Co-presented Rethinking Network Monitoring at AutoCon5 and the Packt online workshop.

LinkedIn →

Modern Network Observability was co-written with Josh VanDeraa.