Hands-On: Information Gathering
Explore practical techniques for gathering network device facts using Ansible playbooks in a scaled-down environment. Learn to output device data to the console, save it in JSON format, and limit data collection to specific devices. This lesson helps you build essential skills in automated network reconnaissance.
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In the previous lessons, we have seen a network that is similar to what we would encounter in real life. However, emulating such a network in a virtual environment is not feasible.
In this lesson, we will gain some hands-on experience working with Ansible using a simplified network. The difference is simply a matter of scaling and device type.
The network has three Linux-based devices connected to it, and we will use Ansible to retrieve facts about these devices.
The devices are connected over the docker ...