Getting Started with Ansible for Network Automation

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Christopher Hart

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01. Course Overview

01. Course Overview.mp4

01:45

02. Ansible Philosophy Network Automation Applications

02. Regaining Control of Your Data Center Network.mp4

04:01

03. What Is Ansible.mp4

05:55

04. Network Automation Versus Systems Administration.mp4

06:02

05. Understanding the Ansible Packages History.mp4

05:33

06. Ansible Porting Guides Changelogs.mp4

04:49

07. Declarative Versus Imperative Programming State.mp4

03:41

08. Module Summary.mp4

01:11

03. Install Ansible

09. Documentation for Installing Ansible.mp4

02:24

10. Demo-Ansible Control Node Prerequisites.mp4

04:08

11. Demo-Install Ansible with Your OS Package Manager.mp4

05:46

12. Demo-Install Ansible from Source.mp4

05:54

13. Demo-Install Ansible in Python Virtual Environment with Pip.mp4

01:27

14. Demo-Update Ansible Between Major Releases.mp4

01:56

15. Module Summary.mp4

00:53

04. Understand Ansible Concepts Terminology

16. Module Introduction.mp4

01:20

17. Types of Ansible Nodes.mp4

01:46

18. Demo-Ansible Configuration Files.mp4

08:52

19. Introduction to YAML.mp4

07:16

20. Demo-Ansible Inventory Files.mp4

06:22

21. Demo-Host Group Variables and Variable Inheritance.mp4

04:15

22. Demo-Ansible Facts.mp4

04:59

23. Demo-Ansible Project Structure.mp4

03:55

24. Ansible Automation Components.mp4

07:44

25. Demo-Install Ansible Collections.mp4

06:33

26. Module Summary.mp4

02:28

05. Build Basic Network Automation with Ansible

27. Module Introduction.mp4

01:16

28. Demo-Verify Connectivity to Network Devices.mp4

10:31

29. Demo-Run CLI Commands with Ad-hoc Ansible Commands.mp4

04:06

30. Demo-Run CLI Commands with an Ansible Playbook.mp4

04:34

31. Demo-Testing Playbooks with the Limit Parameter.mp4

02:32

32. Demo-Leverage Ansible Facts on Network Devices.mp4

06:49

33. Demo-Archive CLI Command Output to Disk.mp4

06:04

34. Module Summary.mp4

01:32

06. Configure Network Devices with Ansible

35. Module Introduction.mp4

02:01

36. Demo-Network Device Configuration with Ansible Playbooks.mp4

08:37

37. Demo-Understanding Idempotence.mp4

03:08

38. Demo-Testing Playbooks with Check Mode.mp4

02:48

39. Demo-Network Device Configuration with Variables.mp4

06:27

40. Demo-Network Device Configuration with JSON YAML Data.mp4

11:35

41. Demo-Debugging Ansible Playbooks.mp4

06:04

42. Demo-Network Device Configuration with Resource Modules.mp4

06:55

43. Demo-Connect to Network Devices with Alternative Transport Methods.mp4

03:12

44. Module Summary.mp4

02:37

07. Create Use Ansible Roles with Network Devices

45. Module Introduction.mp4

01:04

46. Understand Ansible Roles and Philosophy.mp4

02:13

47. Demo-Understand the Ansible Role Directory.mp4

05:01

48. Demo-Refactor Simple Playbooks with Ansible Roles.mp4

06:06

49. Demo-Refactor Complex Playbooks with Ansible Roles.mp4

02:51

50. Demo-Testing Roles Playbooks and Plays with Tags.mp4

02:18

51. Module Summary.mp4

01:18

52. Final Thoughts.mp4

00:57

Description

The Ansible IT automation platform is spearheading the automation revolution in the computer networking industry. This course will teach you the basics of automating your network with Ansible through practical use cases and applications.

What You'll Learn?

Within the past few years, more IT operations teams are applying DevOps principles to computer networks. Specifically, modern network engineers are expected to use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) philosophies and leverage IT automation tools like Ansible to define the state of their network. In this course, Getting Started with Ansible for Network Automation, you'll learn Ansible fundamentals. First, you'll explore how they apply to automate computer networks. Next, you'll learn a variety of methods to gather data from and configure network devices using basic Ansible automation techniques. Finally, you'll discover how to improve the automation you write to be scalable and reusable. When you're finished with this course, you'll have a foundational understanding of Ansible needed to begin automating tasks within your network.

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Christopher Hart is a Technical 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.

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