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DevOps for network engineers  |    A 5 day   hands on   training course

Network DevOps course description

This course is not a soft skills course covering the concepts of DevOps but instead concentrates on the technical side of tools and languages for network DevOps. Particular technologies focussed on are ansible, git and Python enabling delegates to leave the course ready to starting automating their network. Hands on sessions follow all major sections. More detailed courses on individual aspects of this course are available.

What will you learn
  • Evaluate network automation tools.
  • Automate tasks with ansible.
  • Use git for version control.
  • Use Python to manage network devices.
  • Use Python libraries for network devices.
Network DevOps course details

Network DevOps course contents

  • What is DevOps
  • Programming and automating networks, networks and clouds, AWS, OpenStack, SDN, DevOps for network operations.

  • Initial configuration
  • Configuring SSH, ZTP, POAP.
    Hands on Initial lab configuration.

  • Getting started with ansible
  • The language, the engine, the framework. Uses of ansible, orchestration. The architecture, Controlling machines, nodes, Agentless, SSH, modules. Configuration management, inventories, playbooks, modules, roles.
    Hands on Installing ansible, running ad hoc commands.

  • Ansible playbooks
  • ansible-playbook, YAML, plays, tasks, handlers, modules. Playbook variables. Register module, debug module.
    Hands on Running playbooks.

  • Ansible Inventories
  • /etc/ansible/hosts, hosts, groups, static inventories, dynamic inventories. Inventory variables, external variables. Limiting hosts.
    Hands on Static inventories, variables in inventory files.

  • Ansible modules for networking
  • Built in modules, custom modules, return values. Core modules for network operations. Cisco and/or Juniper modules. ansible_connection. Ansible 2.6 CLI.
    Hands on Using modules.

  • Ansible templating and roles
  • aConfiguration management, full configurations, partial configurations. The template module, the assemble module, connection: local, Jinja2 templates, variables, if, for, roles.
    Hands on Generating multiple configurations from a template.

  • Network programming and modules
  • Why use Python? Why use ansible? alternatives, ansible tower, Linux network devices.

  • Programming with Python
  • Python programming Functions. Classes, objects and instances, modules, libraries, packages. Python strings, Python file handling, pip list, pip instal.
    Hands on Python programming with pyping.

  • More Python programming
  • Functions. Classes, objects and instances, modules, libraries, packages. Python strings, Python file handling, pip list, pip install.
    Hands on Python programming with pyping.

  • Git
  • Distributed version control, repositories, Git and GitHub, Alternatives to GitHub, Installing git, git workflows, creating repositories, adding and editing files, branching and merging, merge conflicts.
    Hands on working with Git.

  • Python and networking
  • APIs, Sockets, Telnetlib, pysnmp, ncclient, ciscoconfparse.

  • Paramiko SSH and Netmiko
  • Integrating Python and network devices using SSH. Netmiko, Netmiko methods.
    Hands on Netmiko.

  • NAPALM
  • What is NAPALM, NAPALM operations, getters, Replace, merge, compare, commit, discard.
    Hands on Configuration with NAPALM. Integrating ansible and NAPALM.

  • Python and REST
  • REST APIs, enabling the REST API. Accessing the REST API with a browser, cURL, Python and REST, the request library.
    Hands on Using a REST API with network devices.

Learning path

Reviews

5.0

Based on overall customer ratings

M. S. - London Internet Exchange

"Great hands on and chance to apply what I already knew in Python."


M. S. - LINX

"Great course, learned a lot, and do it again if technology changed."

Training approach

This structured course uses Instructor Led Training to provide the best possible learning experience. Small class sizes ensure students benefit from our engaging and interactive style of teaching with delegates encouraged to ask questions throughout the course. Quizzes follow each major section allowing checking of learning. Hands on sessions are used throughout to allow delegates to consolidate their new skills.