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Introduction

Who is This Course for?

What Is Network Automation?

Introductory Note Traditional Legacy Network Management Operational Challenges Software-Defined Networking Network Automation Process of Network Automation The Risks of Automation Configuration Changes Some Final Steps Impact on IT NetDevOps Converting Configurations to Code Data Models Templates Methodology Network Development Lifecycle (NDLC)Ansible: Tools and Features Ansible Tower Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Summary Quiz 1

Why Automate the Network?

Introduction Scale of Networks Complexity and Documentation Standards Security, Agility, Design, and Deployment Operations, Intentions, and Source of Truth Management Change and Problem Resolution Resources, Costs, and Provisioning Source and Version Control Summary Quiz 2

How to Automate the Network

How to Prepare the Network What Tools are Required Automation Tools: Git Automation Tools: Linux Automation Tools: Ansible Modern Network Development Life Cycle (NDLC)Summary Quiz 3

Where to Start with Network Automation

Starting Automation Network Automation Readiness Evaluation Processes and NDLC Training and Transition Create Ansible Inventory File Network Reconnaissance Configuration Management Data Model Structure Starting Small Summary Quiz 4

Repository Structure

Organization of the Repository Configuration and Documentation Vars and Playbooks Tasks Templates and Hosts file Interacting with a Real Repository

Network Reconnaissance

Gathering Information Information Gathering: Continued Hands-On: Information Gathering Hands-On: Important Facts Hands-On: Display FRR facts Summary Quiz 5

Tactical Playbooks

Moving Towards Automated Changes Process Starting Small OSPF Point-to-Point

Data Models and Dynamic Templates

Data Models: Group Variables Data Models: Host Variables Templates Basic Programmatic Logic Recommended Practices Configuration Templates Tasks Quiz 6

Dynamic Intent-Based Documentation

Dynamic Documentation and the Markdown Format Assemble Execute Playbook: Documentation Hands-On: Save FRR Configuration Hands-On: Documentation in MD Hands-On: Documentation in CSV and HTML

Configuration Management

Starting Configuration

Campus Configuration

Campus Configuration: Assembled

What to Automate Next

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

Overview of CI/CD Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Quiz 8

Conclusion

Automate Your Network/

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Campus Configuration

Campus Configuration

Let's learn how to use data models and dynamic templates to take control of the network.

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Execute playbook

Now that the compiled output is available to use for validation, safely move forward using the data models and dynamic templates to take full control of the network configurations. At this point, there are changes that will be made in the first run of this playbook. Changes may have been performed manually to ensure parity between intent-based configurations and live running-configurations.

Either way, the next playbook should be ...