Gain insights into automating network reconnaissance, orchestrating repetitive changes, and transforming network configuration management. Discover CI/CD pipeline migration for full network automation.

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​​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 perfect for an automated solution. After gaining comfort with the new tools, you can fully transform network configuration management to an automated, intent-based, self-documenting system.

The final step is learning how to migrate to a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline, thereby fully automating the network.

Automate Your Network

Below is a sample repository created by following the repository structure that we have learned about in the previous lessons.

# The final repository structure
We can explore the repository structure below to get an idea of how everything is organized.

We can run the widget below and try out some git commands in the terminal.

1. The first thing is to run the `git config` commands to set up credentials that will allow us to make commits:
    - `git config --global user.email "educative_learner@example.com"`
    - `git config --global user.name "Educative Learner"`
>**Note:** You can use your own credentials instead of the ones provided.
2. Run `git init` to initialize the repository.
3. Run `git add .` to add the files to the _staging area_, to get them ready for the next commit.
4. Run `git status` to display the working directory and the current state of the staging area.
5. Run `git commit -m "repository structure"` to commit our files. Remember to always add a meaningful message to our commits.


Let's take a look at a sample repository and test some git commands.

Introduction

What Is Network Automation?

Why Automate the Network?

How to Automate the Network

Where to Start with Network Automation

Repository Structure

Network Reconnaissance

Tactical Playbooks

Data Models and Dynamic Templates

Dynamic Intent-Based Documentation

Configuration Management

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

Conclusion

Interacting with a Real Repository

The final repository structure