Network Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Configure and manage network infrastructure using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Course Description
Ever wished you could manage all your network devices from one place? Network Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO457) shows you exactly how to do that. If you’re a network admin or automation engineer, you’ll learn to control switches, routers, and other gear using Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform 2.3. We’ll teach you how to automate configurations, check your network’s health, and keep everything running smoothly without those pesky configuration drifts.
What You’ll Learn
Get your network automation workspace up and running
Write Ansible Playbooks (and fix them when they break!)
Grab and save your network configs for safekeeping
Automate the boring stuff – router and switch setups, VLANs, SNMP monitoring, you name it
Handle gear from different vendors (Cisco, Juniper, Arista – we’ve got you covered)
Keep all your automation in one spot with Git and automation controller
Save time by reusing code with Roles, Collections, and pre-tested content
Who Should Take This Course?
Network administrators ready to level up
Network automation engineers looking to expand their skills
Infrastructure automation engineers who work with networks
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
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
Managing and Running Playbooks
Manage automation code in version control and run Ansible Playbooks from a centrally managed automation controller
Managing Variables and Facts
Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed nodes
Implementing Task Control
Manage task control and task errors in Ansible Playbooks
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
Automating Network Automation Tasks
Automate common network administration tasks, discussing recommended practices and approaches to cross-vendor automation
Comprehensive Review
Demonstrate skills learned in this course by installing, optimizing, and configuring Ansible for the management of network devices and infrastructure
Impact on the Organization
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform makes life easier for network teams by helping them work faster, more consistently, and with better results when managing infrastructure and it works just as well as it does for system admins. You can manage Linux, Windows, and network devices all from one place with the same tools, which makes auditing and day-to-day operations so much simpler.
Impact on the Individual
You’ll get to roll up your sleeves and actually write and run Ansible Playbooks to automate routers, switches, and other network gear. We’ll show you how to tackle the most common automation scenarios and handle equipment from different vendors using Ansible’s supported collections. Pretty cool, right?
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