Cisco DevNet Associate (200-901) Cert Prep 5: Infrastructure and Automation
1h 31mIntermediate2021-01-13
Authors

Eric Chou
Eric Chou is an author, engineer, and coach with 15+ years of experience as a networking professional.
Course details
Infrastructure automation is one of the hottest topics in network engineering. In this course, instructor Eric Chou provides a comprehensive overview of the different infrastructure automation frameworks, tools, and workflows. Eric covers topics like the difference between controller-level and device-level management, the value of model-driven programmability, and network simulation and testing tools. This course is also helpful to anyone looking to obtain knowledge required to pass the Cisco DevNet Associate certification exam. In particular, this course provides an overview of how to treat infrastructure as code, use the CI/CD pipeline, and work with different automation frameworks. Whether you’re a network engineer who wants to learn about software development, or a developer who wants to learn about network engineering, this course provides foundational knowledge in the important topic of infrastructure automation.
Skills covered
Network AdministrationCert PrepNetwork and System Administration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Cisco exam prep introduction
1. Model-Driven Programmability
- 02 - Learn about model-driven programmability
- 03 - Overview of the YANG models
2. Controller vs. Device-Level Automation
- 04 - Benefits of controller-level automation vs. device-level automation
- 05 - Learn to use Cisco pyATS
- 06 - Learn to use Cisco VIRL
3. Automation Tools Overview
- 07 - Overview of the Ansible automation tool
- 08 - Overview of the Puppet automation tool
- 09 - Overview of the Chef automation tool
- 10 - Overview of the Cisco NSO automation tool
4. Infrastructure as Code
- 11 - What is infrastructure as code
- 12 - CI CD pipeline with infrastructure automation
5. Workflow Automation Examples
- 13 - Cisco APIC and ACI Python example
- 14 - Ansible network automation example
- 15 - Bash script automation example
6. Infrastructure Automation Practices
- 16 - Learn about the code review process
- 17 - Understand sequence diagram for API calls
- 18 - Understand unified diff
- 19 - Compare RESTCONF vs. NETCONF query results
Conclusion
- 20 - Next steps
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- Cisco Network Security: Safeguarding Network Integrity and Data
- CCNP Security: Prepare for the Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (350-701 SCOR) Exam
- CCNP Collaboration: Prepare for the Implementing Cisco Collaboration Core Technologies (350-801 CLCOR) Exam
- CCNP Enterprise: Prepare for the Implementing Cisco Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (300-410 ENARSI) Exam
- Prepare for the Cisco CCNP ENCOR v1.1 (350-401) Exam