Ansible Network Automation

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Move from individual device changes to organized network automation.

EX457 Ansible Automation Platform 2.6

Before you begin

Recommended: network operations/routing/switching, device CLI, multiple vendors, Linux, editor/Git and Ansible Core/AAP experience. RHCSA-equivalent knowledge helps.

Planned course outline

  1. Network development workspace

    • VS Code, shell and SSH

  2. Navigator setup

    • Inventories and execution configuration

  3. Versioned playbooks

    • Git workflows and playbook runs

  4. Device data

    • Variables, facts and filters

  5. Controlled changes

    • Loops, conditions and failure handling

  6. Controller workflows

    • Credentials, projects, workflows, jobs and infrastructure as code

  7. Reusable network content

    • Imports, roles and collections

  8. Network operations automation

    • Jinja2 configuration, ansible.netcommon and backups

Lessons and labs are not available yet. This preview describes planned coverage.

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