Ansible for Network Automation
About this course
Accelerate your network automation skills with hands-on Ansible training built for today’s fast-moving IT environments. This network automation course teaches the fundamentals of Ansible, Jinja2, and YAML, giving learners practical skills to automate network configuration, streamline infrastructure management, and improve operational efficiency. Designed for network engineers, systems engineers, network architects, and IT managers, the course delivers job-relevant training for professionals looking to modernize network operations. Learners will gain hands-on experience creating Ansible playbooks to configure network devices and retrieve operational state data, while also building Jinja2 templates and YAML data structures to generate consistent desired-state configurations. What sets this program apart is its focused introduction to three essential automation technologies within a real-world networking context, making it especially valuable for teams beginning their network automation journey. To succeed, students should have knowledge of routing and switching fundamentals, basic Linux, and approximately three to six months of Python programming experience.
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What you'll learn
- Understand the fundamentals of Ansible
- Create Ansible playbooks for network device configurations
- Utilize Jinja2 to construct templates for automation
- Apply YAML data structures in network automation tasks
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