Network Automation with Ansible Fast Track
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to network automation using Ansible, focusing on automating configuration management and operations across multi-vendor network environments. Leveraging Ansible’s agentless architecture and human-readable YAML syntax, participants learn how to apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to network automation by defining desired state rather than procedural steps.
Through hands-on labs and real-world use cases, learners will build scalable and reusable automation solutions using playbooks, roles, collections, and templates. The course emphasizes vendor-agnostic automation while also addressing vendor-specific modules for platforms such as Cisco, Juniper, and Arista. Security, error handling, and operational robustness are covered to ensure production-ready automation workflows.
By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to automate network operations at scale, enforce configuration consistency, and securely manage network infrastructure using Ansible.
- Develop and execute Ansible playbooks to automate common network administration tasks
- Manage configurations across multi-vendor network environments using Ansible modules and collections
- Build reusable, scalable automation solutions using roles and Jinja2 templates
- Secure automation workflows using Ansible Vault
- Implement robust error handling, prechecks, and rollback strategies
- Interact with network devices using agnostic and vendor-specific modules
- Leverage Ansible facts and APIs for dynamic, data-driven automation
- Network engineers and network administrators
- IT and network managers or team leads
- Systems administrators and DevOps engineers
- Security and compliance analysts
- Aspiring network architects and consultants
- Professionals transitioning to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
- Basic keyboard and terminal navigation skills
- Familiarity with networking concepts (switches, routers, configurations)
- Basic understanding of configuration files and command-line interfaces