Network Automation with Ansible Fast Track

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to using Ansible for network automation and management. Ansible s agentless nature and human-readable YAML syntax lower the barrier to entry, enabling teams to achieve immediate ROI in configuration management and multi-vendor consistency. It teaches the principles of Infrastructure as Code by focusing on the desired outcome rather than a step-by-step process.

Ansible Foundations

• Lecture: Introduction to Ansible
• Lecture: Introduction to YAML
• Lecture + Lab: Making an Inventory
• Lecture + Lab: Running a Playbook
• Lecture + Lab: ansible.cfg setup
• Lecture + Lab: Looping Tasks
• Lecture + Lab: Setting Variables
• Lecture + Lab: When Condition

Core Modules and Network Collections

• Lecture + Lab: Ansible Module - copy
• Lecture + Lab: Ansible Module - file
• Lecture + Lab: Ansible Module - get_url and uri
• Lecture + Lab: Ansible Module - template
• Lecture: Collections, Roles, and Ansible Galaxy
• Lecture + Lab: Using Collections
• Lecture + Lab: Exploring Switches with Ansible
• Lecture + Lab: Backup Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and More

Agnostic and Vendor-Specific Modules

• Lecture + Lab: Agnostic Network Modules
• Lecture + Lab: Simplifying Network Playbooks with Agnostic Modules
• Lecture + Lab: Network Playbooks and Vendor Specific Modules
• Lecture + Lab: Ansible Get Switch Config and Archive
• Lecture + Lab: network_cli Playbook

Dynamic Facts and APIs

• Lecture + Lab: Using Ansible Facts
• Lecture + Lab: Network API Calls
• Lecture + Lab: Jinja2 Templating for Network Configurations

Reusability and Security

• Lecture + Lab: Using Roles
• Lecture + Lab: Making Roles
• Lecture + Lab: Ansible Vault

Robustness and Error Handling

• Lecture + Lab: Ansible Error Handling
• Lecture + Lab: Network Playbook Error Handling
• Lecture + Lab: Network Playbook Precheck
• Lecture + Lab: Network Playbooks with Roles and Rollbacks

• Basic Keyboard Proficiency: Ability to efficiently navigate and use a keyboard, including typing, copy-pasting, and basic text editing in terminal and/or text editors.

• Network Engineer/Administrator
• IT/Network Manager or Team Lead
• Systems Administrator or DevOps Engineer
• Security and Compliance Analyst
• Aspiring Network Architect/Consultant