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Automate Your Network

Automate Your Network

Intermediate

93 Lessons

12h 40min

Certificate of Completion

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This course includes

11 Playgrounds
9 Quizzes

This course includes

11 Playgrounds
9 Quizzes
Course Overview
What You'll Learn
Course Content

Course Overview

​​Network automation begins with automating network reconnaissance. This is accomplished by gathering important information from network devices while building a library of dynamic on-demand utilities and generating living documentation. Starting small, the course exhibits the simplicity and elegance of network automation. Next, you will learn how to automate larger changes that require a high number of repetitive steps. These changes will be executed serially in a specific orchestrated order, making them ...Show More

What You'll Learn

Learn the significance of network automation

Learn about Network Development Lifecycle (NDLC)

Learn how to automate your network with Ansible from the command line and through playbooks

Learn how to create and update a repository of network configuration

Learn how to use Jinja templates for displaying and storing network configuration

Learn how to use a recommended CI/CD workflow for network automation

What You'll Learn

Learn the significance of network automation

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Course Content

1.

Introduction

Who is This Course for?
2.

What Is Network Automation?

Introductory Note
Traditional Legacy Network ManagementOperational ChallengesSoftware-Defined NetworkingNetwork AutomationProcess of Network AutomationThe Risks of AutomationConfiguration ChangesSome Final StepsImpact on ITNetDevOpsConverting Configurations to CodeData ModelsTemplatesMethodologyNetwork Development Lifecycle (NDLC)Ansible: Tools and FeaturesAnsible TowerContinuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)SummaryQuiz 1
3.

Why Automate the Network?

IntroductionScale of Networks
Complexity and DocumentationStandardsSecurity, Agility, Design, and DeploymentOperations, Intentions, and Source of TruthManagement Change and Problem ResolutionResources, Costs, and ProvisioningSource and Version ControlSummaryQuiz 2
4.

How to Automate the Network

How to Prepare the NetworkWhat Tools are RequiredAutomation Tools: GitAutomation Tools: LinuxAutomation Tools: AnsibleModern Network Development Life Cycle (NDLC)SummaryQuiz 3
5.

Where to Start with Network Automation

Starting Automation
Network Automation Readiness EvaluationProcesses and NDLCTraining and TransitionCreate Ansible Inventory FileNetwork ReconnaissanceConfiguration ManagementData Model StructureStarting SmallSummaryQuiz 4
6.

Repository Structure

6 Lessons

7.

Network Reconnaissance

7 Lessons

8.

Tactical Playbooks

4 Lessons

9.

Data Models and Dynamic Templates

8 Lessons

10.

Dynamic Intent-Based Documentation

6 Lessons

11.

Configuration Management

5 Lessons

12.

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

4 Lessons

13.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

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