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Automating Networks with Ansible

4 courses
15 hours

Need a solution for network automation? Why not try Ansible? This path takes you through what you need to know for automating networks with Ansible. You’ll start with some Ansible networking basics before diving into some more advanced concepts that’ll round out your network automation skills.

Courses in this path

Getting Started with Ansible for Network Automation

by Christopher Hart
3h 43m
(20)

Automating Networks with Ansible the Right Way

by Nick Russo
3h 42m
(73)

Automating Multi-vendor and Cloud Networks using Ansible

Automating Multi-vendor and Cloud Networks Using Ansible

by Nick Russo
3h 30m

Integrating IT Service Management into Ansible Network Workflows

by Christopher Hart
3h 53m

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What you will learn

Understand Ansible architecture
Perform basic network automation tasks
Manage Ansible roles
Manage Ansible collections
Build a basic infrastructure as code (IaC) solution
Develop and test custom Ansible filters using Python
Build a complex infrastructure as code (IaC) solution
Leverage the purpose-built roles and collections
Automate networks with model-driven programmability
Deploy auxiliary tools to create professional playbooks
Automate multi-vendor networks using common CLI methods
Apply basic Ansible security techniques
Use abstraction libraries to simplify multi-vendor automation
Integrate sources of truth (SOT) using Ansible dynamic inventory plugins
Interconnect cloud and on-premises networks using cloud computing instances
Interconnect cloud and on-premises networks using cloud SaaS gateways
Perform basic ITSM tasks using Ansible
Automate network configuration from an ITSM
Automate network troubleshooting from an ITSM
Develop periodic and event-driven notifications for ITSM integration

Experience

You should be familiar with network infrastructure tools and topics as well as Ansible basics.

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Christopher Hart

Christopher Hart is a Software Consulting Engineer for Cisco specialized in enterprise and data center network solutions. Christopher continuously hones his Python software development skills and advocates for automation-first mindsets and DevOps principles. Christopher enjoys producing technical documentation and training, publishing over a dozen articles for Cisco and speaking at Cisco Live 2021. Christopher holds a Bachelor's of Science in Industrial Technology from East Carolina University.

Nick Russo

Nicholas (Nick) Russo, CCDE #20160041 and CCIE #42518, is an internationally recognized expert in IP/MPLS networking and design. To grow his skillset, Nick has been focused advancing Network DevOps via automation for his clients. Recently, Nick has been sharing his knowledge through online video training and speaking at industry conferences. Nick also holds a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Nick lives in Maryland, USA with his wife, Car... more

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Automating Networks with Ansible

Courses in this path

Getting Started with Ansible for Network Automation

Getting Started with Ansible for Network Automation

Automating Networks with Ansible the Right Way