Ansible for Network Automation (DO457) is designed for network administrators or infrastructure automation engineers who want to use network automation to centrally manage the switches, routers, and other devices in the organization's network infrastructure.
Skills Gained
Prepare a development environment for Ansible network automation
Write and troubleshoot effective Ansible Playbooks for network automation
Gather information about network infrastructure configuration for infrastructure awareness and configuration backup
Automate specific network administration use cases, including configuration of routers and switches, ports, VLANs, SNMP monitoring, and routing protocols
Use Ansible Playbooks to manage devices from various hardware vendors, including Cisco, Juniper, and Arista
Centrally manage Ansible content in Git and run it centrally with automation controller
Reuse existing, tested network automation code with Ansible Roles, Ansible Content Collections, and Ansible validated content
Audience
This course is designed for network administrators, network automation engineers, and infrastructure automation engineers who are responsible for deploying, managing, and automating the network infrastructure of their organization or enterprise.
1 - Introducing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Describe the fundamental concepts of Ansible and how it is used, and install development tools from Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
2 - Implementing an Ansible Playbook
Create an inventory of managed nodes, write a simple Ansible Playbook, and run the playbook to automate tasks on those nodes
3 - Managing and Running Playbooks
Manage automation code in version control and run Ansible Playbooks from a centrally managed automation controller
4 - Managing Variables and Facts
Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed nodes
5 - Implementing Task Control
Manage task control and task errors in Ansible Playbooks
6 - Simplifying Playbooks with Roles and Ansible Content Collections
Use Ansible Roles and Ansible Content Collections to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse Ansible code
7 - Automating Network Automation Tasks
Automate common network administration tasks, discussing recommended practices and approaches to cross-vendor automation
8 - Comprehensive Review
Demonstrate skills learned in this course by installing, optimizing, and configuring Ansible for the management of network devices and infrastructure
Experience with network administration, including a solid understanding of TCP/IP, routers, and managed switches
Familiarity with managing network devices from the command line, preferably with one or more of Cisco IOS, IOS XR, or NX-OS; Juniper JUNOS; Arista EOS; or VyOS
You will work with text files and run commands in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment. A working knowledge of Linux, including how to edit text files and run commands from the shell, and how to use SSH to log in to remote systems
Knowledge equivalent to Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) or better is recommended
Prior Ansible knowledge is not required
