How to use Postman and Python for Data Center Automation Online Training

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1. Prepare a VS Code Development Environment.mp4

07:03

2. Picking a Theme and Font .mp4

08:52

3. Configuring the Interface .mp4

05:23

4. Using the Extensions Gallery .mp4

05:27

5. Understanding Files, Folders, and Workspaces .mp4

08:51

6. Using the Debugger .mp4

04:59

7. Reviewing Visual Studio Code .mp4

01:56

8. Saying Goodbye to the CLI .mp4

01:16

9. Why Network Automation .mp4

10:02

10. What Can You Automate .mp4

13:36

11. The Evolution of Network APIs .mp4

13:04

12. Network Programmability vs. Network Automation - CBT Nugget-1.mp4

10:20

13. Devices and Controllers in the Era of SDN .mp4

06:36

14. Outro .mp4

02:58

15. Setting Up Your DevNet Study Environment .mp4

00:54

16. Installation Checklist .mp4

06:37

17. Sandbox .mp4

06:33

18. VIRL .mp4

11:30

19. Code Exchange .mp4

06:13

20. Environment Prep Summary .mp4

01:40

21. Why Use Plain Text Data Formats .mp4

06:44

22. XML, JSON, and YAML Data Formats .mp4

05:34

23. XML Syntax .mp4

04:12

24. XML Elements, Tags, and Attributes .mp4

05:09

25. XML Document Object Model (DOM) .mp4

04:08

26. JSON Syntax .mp4

05:50

27. JSON Strings, Numbers, and Booleans .mp4

05:02

28. JSON Objects and Arrays .mp4

06:17

29. YAML Syntax .mp4

04:49

30. YAML Strings, Numbers, Floats, and Booleans .mp4

06:13

31. Data Formats Summary .mp4

01:09

32. Introducing RESTful APIs .mp4

05:32

33. RESTful API Constraints .mp4

04:30

34. REST vs. SOAP .mp4

04:58

35. REST Tools .mp4

06:17

36. RESTful API Summary .mp4

01:20

37. Introducing REST API Requests and Responses .mp4

01:21

38. Request and Response .mp4

06:24

39. HTTP Request Method .mp4

04:06

40. HTTP Response Codes .mp4

05:00

41. HTTP Headers .mp4

04:34

42. HTTP Requests and Responses Summary .mp4

00:50

43. Introduction to HTTP Parameters and Payloads .mp4

01:44

44. HTTP Query Strings .mp4

07:28

45. HTTP Payloads .mp4

03:20

46. Query Strings and Payloads in Action .mp4

05:18

47. HTTP Parameters and Payloads Summary .mp4

01:27

48. Introduction to Postman .mp4

02:41

49. Postman Requests and Responses .mp4

08:54

50. HTTP Auth with Postman .mp4

04:36

51. Postman Collections and Folders .mp4

02:48

52. Postman Scripts .mp4

04:08

53. Postman Environments .mp4

04:46

54. Postman Summary .mp4

00:42

55. Introduction to Network Automation .mp4

07:44

56. Python And Programming .mp4

06:19

57. Linux Setup .mp4

06:33

58. macOS Setup .mp4

05:08

59. Windows Setup .mp4

12:01

60. Useful Extensions .mp4

06:27

61. Cloning Code from Github .mp4

05:01

62. Cisco DevNet Sandboxes .mp4

04:34

63. Running Our First Script .mp4

02:09

64. Virtual Environments .mp4

06:07

65. Installing iPython .mp4

04:40

66. Introduction to Variables .mp4

05:04

67. Naming Variables .mp4

05:42

68. Python Data Types .mp4

09:06

69. Working with Mutable Data Types .mp4

14:31

70. Working with Immutable Data Types .mp4

06:19

71. Strings Overview .mp4

14:30

72. Converting Strings.mp4

09:46

73. The Input Function .mp4

05:55

74. Concatenation .mp4

04:25

75. Formatting Strings .mp4

11:09

76. String Methods .mp4

07:11

77. Introduction .mp4

02:57

78. Conditional Statements .mp4

16:16

79. For Loops .mp4

10:21

80. Nested Loops .mp4

07:56

81. The Range Function .mp4

05:12

82. The Continue Operator .mp4

04:11

83. While Loops .mp4

10:22

84. Introduction .mp4

04:10

85. The bool function .mp4

05:09

86. Evaluating Strings .mp4

02:55

87. Evaluating Lists .mp4

12:25

88. Tuples, Dicts and Sets .mp4

05:08

89. The AND Operator .mp4

07:24

90. The OR Operator .mp4

07:30

91. The NOT Operator .mp4

04:15

92. Introduction to Lists .mp4

05:00

93. Iterating Over Lists .mp4

04:48

94. Indexing And Slicing .mp4

08:29

95. Min and Max Functions .mp4

05:13

96. Appending, Extending and Inserting .mp4

11:22

97. Popping, Removing and Clearing Items .mp4

05:54

98. Sorting Lists .mp4

02:59

99. Nested Lists .mp4

02:41

100. Tuples Overview .mp4

03:02

101. Working with Tuples .mp4

04:13

102. Introduction to Dictionaries .mp4

08:44

103. Adding Keys And Accessing Values .mp4

07:28

104. Removing Keys .mp4

05:59

105. Keys, Values and Items .mp4

08:12

106. Iterating Over Dictionaries .mp4

09:08

107. Unpacking Dictionaries .mp4

09:18

108. Introduction to Sets .mp4

03:06

109. Adding And Removing from Sets .mp4

03:47

110. Set Operations And Methods .mp4

05:19

111. Data Center Scenario .mp4

00:40

112. Introducing NX-OS and NX-API CLI .mp4

10:18

113. Enabling NX-API on a Nexus Device .mp4

02:43

114. NX-API CLI Sandbox .mp4

07:15

115. NX-API CLI from Postman .mp4

03:04

116. Scripting NX-API CLI Requests in Python .mp4

04:16

117. Summarizing NX-API CLI .mp4

01:37

118. Introducing NX-API.mp4

00:33

119. NX-API REST Object Model .mp4

11:43

120. Exploring Objects with Visore .mp4

03:26

121. Setting Up Postman Requests .mp4

06:16

122. Scripting Python Requests .mp4

05:56

123. Summarizing NX-API REST .mp4

01:07

124. Real-World Automation with NX-API .mp4

00:43

125. Show CDP Neighbors .mp4

03:30

126. Getting the Data .mp4

02:53

127. Creating The Token .mp4

03:39

128. Handling the Data .mp4

06:49

129. Setting the Configuration .mp4

07:15

130. Script Summary .mp4

01:08

131. Code in the Data Center .mp4

00:40

132. ACI Architecture .mp4

11:40

133. ACI Object Model .mp4

08:14

134. ACI Programmability .mp4

06:26

135. API Inspector .mp4

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136. ACI REST API with Postman .mp4

06:20

137. ACI REST API with Python .mp4

05:15

138. Summarizing ACI .mp4

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139. Toolkits and SDKs for ACI .mp4

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140. Getting Started with the Python ACI Toolkit .mp4

03:22

141. Creating a Full Tenant with the ACI Toolkit .mp4

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142. Running Sample Code from the ACI Toolkit .mp4

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143. ACI Toolkit Applications .mp4

03:34

144. Summarizing ACI Automation .mp4

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145. Code in the Enterprise .mp4

01:02

146. DNA Center Platform Assurance Calls in Python .mp4

12:26

147. Exploring the Platforms API .mp4

06:08

148. Setting up the Platform API Requests in Postman.mp4

05:55

149. DNA Center Platform Capabilities .mp4

09:04

150. Summarizing DNA Center Platform Automation .mp4

01:01

151. Using the DNA Center SDK .mp4

00:32

152. Getting and Exploring the DNA Center SDK .mp4

02:21

153. Authentication and Networks .mp4

07:33

154. Devices .mp4

03:33

155. Clients .mp4

04:03

156. Summarizing the DNA Center SDK .mp4

00:43

157. Cisco Compute and Storage .mp4

01:04

158. Introducing the Cisco UCS Platform .mp4

05:59

159. UCS Manager PowerTool .mp4

07:12

160. UCS Manager Python UCSM SDK .mp4

04:56

161. UCS Director Exploration and Postman .mp4

09:47

162. Summarizing Cisco Compute .mp4

00:46

Description

This intermediate How to use Postman and Python for Data Center Automation training prepares network admins to write programs in Python and use Postman to communicate with services, systems and devices that make automating your data center's behavior a breeze.

Postman and Python are a perfect marriage because both are designed to address opposite sides of the same problem: how to take a large and complex system and simplify its operations and behavior. This course teaches you how to write code that manages and administers your data center's operations with Python and how to interact with APIs by using Postman.

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Take this course and see how great Python and Postman are on their own and how incredibly powerful they are when used together.

Once you're done with this Cisco skills training, you'll know how to write programs in Python and use Postman to communicate with services, systems and devices that make automating your data center's behavior a breeze.

For anyone who manages their Cisco training, this Cisco training can be used to onboard new network admins, curated into individual or team training plans, or as a Cisco reference resource.

How to use Postman and Python for Data Center Automation: What You Need to Know

This How to use Postman and Python for Data Center Automation training has videos that cover topics such as:

Interacting with REST APIs by using Postman
Understanding various data formats, such as XML, JSON, and YAML
Improving data center efficiency through automation

Who Should Take How to use Postman and Python for Data Center Automation Training?

This How to use Postman and Python for Data Center Automation training is considered associate-level Cisco training, which means it was designed for network admins. This data center automation skills course is designed for network admins with three to five years of experience with Cisco data center networking.

New or aspiring network admins. This is a great course for new network administrators because it'll give you a way of thinking about data center automation that you can bring with you throughout your entire career. From here on out, you can come to work every day wondering if you can automate a portion of your job.

Experienced network admins. It's never too late to learn about how much of your administration job can be done for you, and this Postman and Python course will be enhanced by a deep background in network administration. So network admins with several years of experience who take this course will find that it's a force multiplier for all their familiarity with data center administration, which can be automated.

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"The best part about being a trainer is learning all of these great new technologies, and working with a community of people who are all passionate about learning, and just generally being a part of a culture that values learning the way I do. I love sitting down and working through an involved or complex topic so that I can competently speak about it on screen."

Ben Finkel has worked in software development since 1996. Before joining CBT Nuggets, he was a software engineer at M&T Bank in Buffalo, New York. He is a Google Certified Trainer. When he’s not creating CBT Nuggets training videos, Ben enjoys skiing, snowboarding, reading, and home brewing beer and cider. He also considers himself a hobbyist programmer and likes learning new development technologies.

Certifications: Google, Microsoft

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