A3ANS201FT: Network Automation with Ansible Fast Track

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About this Course

Course Overview
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.
Review this course online at https://www.alta3.com/courses/ans201ft

Audience Profile

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

At Course Completion

• Automate at Scale:** Develop and run Ansible playbooks to automate common network administration tasks.
• Manage Multi-Vendor Environments: Use Ansible’s core modules and advanced features to manage configurations on a variety of network devices.
• Build Reusable Solutions: Apply Jinja2 templates and Ansible Roles to create scalable, maintainable automation code.
• Secure Your Workflows: Implement secure automation practices using Ansible Vault and robust error-handling techniques.

Outline

Outline
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

Prerequisites

• 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.