Course Description

Configure and manage network infrastructure with Red Hat Ansible Automation for Networking

The Red Hat Ansible for Network Automation (DO457) course is designed for network administrators or infrastructure automation engineers who want to use network automation to centrally manage switches, routers, and other devices in the network. company network infrastructure.

This course is based on Red Hat ^® Ansible Engine 2.5 and Red Hat ^® Ansible Tower 3.2.

Learn how to use Red Hat Ansible Automation for Networking to automate the configuration of network devices, test and validate their current state, and perform compliance checks to detect and correct configuration mismatches, all remotely.

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Summary of course content

• Install and configure Red Hat Ansible Automation for Networking on a management system
• Use Ansible to run specific commands and playbooks to automate tasks
• Build effective Ansible playbooks for network automation
• Gather information about network infrastructure configuration and backup processes
• Automate specific network management use cases, including configuring routers and switches, ports, VLANs, SNMP monitoring, and routing protocols
• Use Ansible playbooks to target devices from multiple hardware vendors, including Cisco, Juniper, and Arista

Audience to which the course is directed

• This course is designed for network administrators, network automation engineers, and infrastructure automation engineers who want to learn how to use Ansible to automate the administration, deployment, and configuration management of network infrastructure. of your organization or company.

Recommendations for the course

• Have experience in network administration, including a solid understanding of TCP/IP, routers, and managed switches
• Have knowledge of using network devices from the command line, preferably with one or more of the following: IOS, IOS XR or NX-OS, from Cisco; JUNOS, from Juniper; EOS, from Arista, or VyOS
• You will need to work with text files and execute commands in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment. Therefore, it is important that you have a working knowledge of Linux, including editing text files and running commands from the shell, as well as using SSH to access remote systems.
• Equivalent or higher knowledge of Red Hat is recommended System Administration I (RH124)
• Previous knowledge of Ansible is not required

Course content

Ansible Deployment

• Install Ansible and create the corresponding inventories.

Execution of commands and plays

• Run the specific commands and prepare the Ansible playbooks.

Setting Ansible Parameters

• Control tasks with cycles and conditions.

Ansible Administration

• Protect information with Ansible Vault and manage inventories.

Automation of simple network operations

• Collect network information with Ansible and configure network devices.

Automation of complex operations

• Solve new MACD problems and overcome real challenges.