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Building Network Automation Solutions - February 2018 session

Getting Started live session
32:23 Course Introduction and Discussion Questions
2018Q1 - Course Introduction	23:33	2018-02-14
2018Q1 - Getting Started QA	8:50	2018-02-14
1:39:46 Network Infrastructure as Code
In the Network Infrastructure as Code presentation Mark Prior described how he automated a private cloud infrastructure, and how he uses infrastructure-as-code principles to build reliable data center networking infrastructure. More
Automating Cloud Infrastructure	37:26	2018-02-15
In the first part of his presentation Mark described a large-scale private cloud automation project he worked on.
Network Infrastructure as Code	17:58	2018-02-15
After introducing one of his network automation projects, Mark described how he uses infrastructure-as-code principles in his work.
Introduction to Using Ansible in Network Automation	16:21	2018-02-15
Mark spent ~15 minutes describing the principles of Ansible. As you might already be familiar with them, we moved them into a separate video.
Demo: Network Infrastructure as Code	28:01	2018-02-15
The final part of Mark's presentation was a hands-on demo combining Git (version control), Jenkins (CI/CD pipeline), Ansible (configuration deployment), Python (post-deployment checks) and Slack (ops team notification).
Slide Deck: Network Infrastructure as Code	1.6M	2018-02-15
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1:13:58 Security and Reliability
Another very important aspect when designing and building a network automation solution is its security and reliability. The security aspects are not much different than what you'd usually have to deal with when installing a network management system, and the reliability aspects should be familiar to any software developer. However, it's still worth spelling them out. More
Securing a Network Automation Solution	28:20	2018-02-14
Increasing the Reliability of a Network Automation Solution	14:20	2018-03-21
Ansible Vault	31:18	2018-03-21
Slide Deck: Security and Reliability	2.6M	2018-02-13
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1:57:34 Event-Driven Network Automation
After automating device configurations and service provisioning you might start tackling the holy grail of network automation: changing your network behavior based on real-time external event. In his March 2018 presentation David Gee described the fundamentals of Event-Driven Automation (EDA), including: Why would you want event-driven automation and what are its pitfalls? What exactly is an event and what's the difference between signals and events? How would the architecture of an event-driven solution look like? Why do we need event normalization and correlation? He concluded with an overview of open-source and commercial tools you could use when building an event-driven solution and demonstrated the concepts with two simple examples using StackStorm and Salt. More
Introduction to Event-Driven Network Automation	27:41	2018-03-21
What Is an Event?	17:11	2018-03-21
Event Normalization and Correlation	31:33	2018-03-21
Event-Driven Automation Solutions	16:50	2018-03-21
Demonstrations	24:19	2018-03-21
Slide Deck: Event-Driven Automation	7.9M	2018-03-16
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2:30:50 Using Salt for Event-Driven Network Automation
In February 2018, Mircea Ulinic described Salt, a highly-scalable automation tool used in very large environments like LinkedIn and CloudFlare. His presentation covered: Salt architecture, terminology, configuration and operations Network automation (including configuration and state management) Event-driven automation. More
1:05:37 Introduction to Salt
Network Automation Prerequisites	10:17	2018-02-28
Introduction to Salt	19:48	2018-02-28
Nomenclature and Configuration	20:00	2018-02-28
Using Salt	15:32	2018-02-28
1:13:08 Network Automation with Salt
Network Device Configuration Management	23:50	2018-02-28
Managing Device State	24:43	2018-02-28
Event-Driven Automation	24:35	2018-02-28
12:05 Additional Resources
Introduction to Salt Advanced Topics	12:05	2018-02-28
Slide Deck	2.3M	2018-02-28
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2:10:06 Network Automation with Chef
Chef is not a most commonly-used network automation tool, but you might still encounter it in environments where it's already used for system management. In this section you'll learn what Chef is, how to set it up, and how to configure Nexus OS switches using on-device Chef agent. More
Why Would You Use Chef or Puppet	16:22	2018-04-04
Chef Overview	31:45	2018-04-04
Puppet Overview	10:27	2018-04-04
Implementing Chef	31:03	2018-04-04
Chef for Nexus OS	27:40	2018-04-04
EVPN Use Case	12:49	2018-04-04
Additional Information
Slide Deck	5.0M	2018-04-04
Installing Chef and Using Chef with Nexus 9000	601K	2018-04-08
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21:22 Organizing Your Data and Code
Once you start working on real-life automation challenges, the single-directory-per-project approach quickly turns into a morass - it's time to organize your code and data into an easy-to-understand hierarchical structure. This section describes several approaches that you might apply to small proof-of-concept solutions or large production-grade projects. More
Organize Your Code and Data	21:22	2018-04-18
Slide Deck	2.5M	2018-02-27
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1:04:21 Manage Network Device Configurations with Git
This section contains the original GitOps videos from the network automation course. Edited videos are now part of Network Automation Concepts webinar. More
Introduction to Network Device Configuration Version Control	13:53	2018-04-18
Track Changes to Device Configurations with Version Control Repository	13:35	2018-05-20
Approve Changes Done to Device Configurations with Merge/Pull Requests	10:31	2018-04-18
Use Feature Branches to Document Device Configuration Changes	7:24	2018-04-18
Use Git to Change/Approve/Deploy Device Configurations	18:58	2018-04-18
Slide Deck	2.7M	2018-04-17
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Building Network Automation Solutions - February 2018 session

Building Network Automation Solutions - February 2018 session

Getting Started live session

32:23 Course Introduction and Discussion Questions

1:39:46 Network Infrastructure as Code

1:13:58 Security and Reliability

1:57:34 Event-Driven Network Automation

2:30:50 Using Salt for Event-Driven Network Automation

1:05:37 Introduction to Salt

1:13:08 Network Automation with Salt

12:05 Additional Resources

2:10:06 Network Automation with Chef

Additional Information

21:22 Organizing Your Data and Code

1:04:21 Manage Network Device Configurations with Git

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