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Getting Started with Ansible for Network Automation
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.
Table of contents
- Regaining Control of Your Data Center Network | 4m 1s
- What Is Ansible? | 5m 40s
- Network Automation Versus Systems Administration | 6m 2s
- Understanding the Ansible Package’s History | 5m 33s
- Ansible Porting Guides & Changelogs | 4m 49s
- Declarative Versus, Imperative Programming, & State | 3m 41s
- Module Summary | 1m 11s
About the author
Christopher Hart is a Technical Consulting Engineer for Cisco specializing in enterprise and data center network solutions, Python, and network automation solutions.
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