Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU) v1.0 - On Demand
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Course Features
Duration
40 hours
Delivery Method
Online
Available on
Lifetime Access
Accessibility
Desktop, Laptop
Language
English
Subtitles
English
Level
Intermediate
Teaching Type
Self Paced
Video Content
40 hours
Course Description
Course Overview
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Instructor-Moderated Discussions
Skills You Will Gain
Prerequisites/Requirements
Knowledge of Routing and switching including Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and basic configuration features such as interfaces, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and static routes
Fundamentals of Python data structures and programming constructs such as loops, conditionals, and classes, or the equivalent of 3–6 months of experience writing Python scripts
Basic Linux commands for navigating the file system and executing scripts
Knowledge of working with text editors
What You Will Learn
Articulate the role network automation and programmability play in the context of end-to-end network management and operations
Define and differentiate between waterfall and agile software development methodologies
Interpret and troubleshoot Python scripts with fundamental programming constructs built for network automation use cases
Describe how DevOps principles, tools, and pipelines can be applied to network operations
Understand the role of network automation development environments and associated technologies such as Python virtual environments, Vagrant, and Docker
Understand and construct HTTP-based API calls to network devices
Articulate the differences among and common use cases for XML, JSON, YAML, and Protobuf
Construct and interpret Python scripts using the Python requests module to automate devices that have HTTP-based APIs
Understand the role YANG plays in network automation
Understand that a number of tools exist to simplify working with YANG models
Describe the functionality of RESTCONF and NETCONF and the differences between them
Construct Ansible playbooks to configure network devices and retrieve operational state data from them
Build Jinja2 templates and YAML data structures to generate desired state configurations
Target Students
Automation architect and engineer
Consulting systems engineer
DevOps engineer
Network administrator, architect, consulting engineer, design engineer, engineer, operator, and reliability engineer
Sales engineer
Site reliability engineer
Systems engineer
Technical solutions architect