Network Automation with Python3, Ansible, Cisco Devnet – July 2021

Module 1: Cisco Devnet 200-901

• [THEORY] Software Development and Design
• [THEORY] Understanding and Using APIs
• [THEORY] Cisco Platforms and Development
• [THEORY] Application Deployment and Security
• [THEORY] Compare data formats (XML, JSON, and YAML)
• [THEORY] Describe the concepts of test-driven development
• [THEORY] Compare software development methods (agile, lean, and waterfall)
• [THEORY] Utilize common version control operations with Git
• [THEORY] Construct a REST API request to accomplish a task given API documentation

Module 2: Cisco Devnet (contd.)

• [THEORY] Explain common HTTP response codes associated with REST APIs
• [THEORY] Identify the parts of an HTTP response (response code, headers, body)
• [LAB] Construct a Python script that uses a Cisco SDK given SDK documentation
• [LAB] Describe the capabilities of Cisco network management platforms and APIs (Meraki, Cisco DNA Center, ACI, Cisco SD-WAN, and NSO)
• [LAB] Describe the capabilities of Cisco compute management platforms and APIs (UCS Manager, UCS Director, and Intersight)
• [THEORY] Apply concepts of model driven programmability (YANG, RESTCONF, and NETCONF)
• [LAB] Obtain a list of clients / hosts seen on a network using Meraki or Cisco DNA Center

Module 3: Cisco Devnet (contd.)

• [THEORY] Identify the attributes of these application deployment types
• [THEORY] Describe components for a CI/CD pipeline in application deployments
• [THEORY] Utilize Bash commands (file management, directory navigation, and environmental variables)
• [LAB] Identify the workflow being automated by a Python script that uses Cisco APIs including ACI, Meraki, Cisco DNA Center, or RESTCONF
• [THEORY] Describe the capabilities of automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Cisco NSO
• [THEORY] Interpret basic YANG models
• [Download] Full Devnet Course PDF

Module 4: Netmiko [Python Library]

• [LABS] Netmiko Using Connecthandler
• [LABS] Netmiko {prompt, Enable, Config Mode}
• [LABS] Netmiko {multiple Commands In Single Line}
• [LABS] Netmiko {run Commands From External File}
• [LABS] Netmiko {run Multiple Commands From Multiple Files}
• [LABS] Configure Chg Id For Different Vendors
• [LABS] Configure Backup Using Netmiko
• [LABS] Netmiko With Linux
• [LABS] Netmiko Try & Except, If One Device Fails Still Keep Continuing

Module 5: Netmiko (contd.)

• [LABS] Netmiko Excel File Reading, Error Handling, Clear Ip Ospf Process
• [LABS] Netmiko Excel Read(XLRD), WRITE (XLWT), Clear IP OSPF Process
• [LABS] Netmiko Send_command With Arista + Asa + Junos + Ios – Multivendors
• [LABS] Netmiko Send_config_set With Arista + Asa + Junos + Ios – Multivendors
• [LABS] Netmiko Logging Used For Troubleshooting
• [LABS] Check Interface Status And Enable It If It’s Disabled
• [LABS] Netmiko – Regex Part-a
• [LABS] Netmiko – Regex Part-b & Save To .csv
• [LABS] Authenticate Using RSA Use_keys

Module 6: Netmiko (contd.)

• [LABS] Netmiko Find Prompt
• [LABS] Netmiko Telnet
• [LABS] Connect To “Terminal Server” First And Then Goto Ssh Cisco Ios
• [LABS] SCP Transfer File To Flash0:
• [LABS] To Check Netmiko SNMP String V2c
• [LABS] To Check SNMP V3
• [LABS] Multi Processing
• [LABS] Single Processing
• [LABS] Multi Threading
• [LABS] Netmiko Jinja OSPF.j2
• [LABS] Netmiko Prompt (Print The Hostname Part For Taking Backup)

Module 7: Ansible

• [THEORY] Ansible Theory & Installation
• [LABS] Ansible Basic “show Run”
• [LABS] Ansible “stdout_lines”
• [LABS] Ansible “raw” Command
• [LABS] Ansible “show Run” And “store/take Backup”
• [LABS] Ansible Multiple Cli Using “two Stdout”
• [LABS] Ansible “username” “password” Within Script

Module 8: Ansible (contd.)

• [LABS] Ansible “username” “password” Without Included
• [LABS] Ansible “username” “password” Using Network_cli
• [LABS] Cisco Asa : Show Version
• [LABS] Cisco Asa : Show Version [ansible Galaxy Version]
• [LABS] Cisco Asa : Show Asp Drop [ansible Galaxy Version]
• [LABS] Cisco Asa : To Gather Acl Facts [ansible Galaxy Version]

Module 9: Ansible (contd.)

• [THEORY] Yaml Or Yml: {“Yaml Ain’t Markup Language}
• [LABS] Ansible Jinja Script#1: Vlan.j2
• [LABS] Ansible Jinja Script#2: Interface.j2
• [LABS] Ansible Take Backup
• [LABS] Ansible Restore Backup
• [THEORY] Ansible Jinja2
• [LABS] Ansible Vault
• [LABS] Ansible Ad-hoc Commands

Module 10: Nornir [Python Library]

• [THEORY] Nornir3.0 Python Framework
• [LABS] Nornir3.0 [defaults.yml | Groups.yml | Hosts.yml | Config.yml]
• [LABS] Nornir3.0 Send_config Using Netmiko
• [LABS] Nornir3.0 Send_config Using Netmiko For Multiple Commands
• [LABS] Nornir3.0 Additional Cli Using Send_config Using Netmiko
• [LABS] Nornir3.0 Send_config & Send_command Using Netmiko
• [LABS] Nornir3.0 Send_config Using “external” File
• [LABS] Nornir3.0 Send_config & Send_command Using “external” File
• [LABS] Nornir3.0 Multiprocessing

Module 11: Napalm [Python Library]

• [THEORY] Installation Of Napalm In Pycharm
• [LABS] Napalm – Connecting To A Device
• [LABS] Napalm – Displaying Information
• [LABS] Napalm – Show Running Config
• [LABS] Napalm – Retrieving Information (Facts, Interface, Arp Table Etc.)
• [LABS] Napalm – Connectivity Test Using Ping
• [LABS] Napalm – Commit Change (Is Not Going To Ask Us)
• [LABS] Napalm – Merge Change (Will Ask If To Commit Change Or Not)
• [LABS] Napalm – Merge Change (Will Ask Before Commit & Also Rollback)
• [LABS] Napalm : Compliance Report

Module 12: Subproces [Python Library]

• [THEORY] Installation Of Subprocess In Pycharm
• [LABS] Subprocess Module To Scan A Subnet Using “nmap”
• [THEORY] The Popen() Subprocess
• [LABS] Subprocess Module To Execute “ifconfig”
• [LABS] Subprocess Module To Modify “ens33”
• [LABS] Subprocess Module Using “cwd”
• [LABS] Subprocess Module Using “stdin, Stdout, Stderr”
• [LABS] Subprocess Module To “grep” And Search For “keyword” And “print” That Line
• [LABS] Subprocess Module To Validate The Successful Execution Of Ping Using Return Code

Module 13: Telnet [Python Library]

• [LABS] Single Device | Password Incldd | Show Run Only
• [LABS] Scripts Arista, Cisco Asa, Junos Vsrx
• [LABS] Single Device | Password Incldd | Confgrd Loopback & Ospf
• [LABS] Single Device | Password Excldd | Confgrd Loopback & Ospf
• [LABS] Single Device | Password Excldd | Save Running Config In .txt In Same Script Folder

Module 14: Telnet (contd.)

• [LABS] Single Device | Password Excldd | Save Running Config In .txt In Custom Folder
• [LABS] Single Device | Password Excldd | Confgrd Single Vlan Only
• [LABS] Single Device | Password Excldd | Confgrd Vlan In Loop
• [LABS] Get Specific Cli Output For The Show Interface On Cisco Device
• [LABS] Multiple Device(Lists) | Password Excldd | Confgrd Vlan In Loop

Module 14: Telnet (contd.)

• [LABS] Multiple Device(For Loop) | Password Excldd | Confgrd Vlan In Loop
• [LABS] Multiple Device(Separate File) | Password Excldd | Confgrd Vlan In Loop
• [LABS] Arista {multivendor}: Single Device | Password Excldd | Took Running Config
• [LABS] Multiple Device(Separate File) | Password Excldd | Confgrd Ospf, Bgp
• [LABS] Multiple Device(Separate File) | Password Excldd | Backup Configs

Module 15: Scapy [Python Library]

• [THEORY] Installation Of Scapy In Pycharm
• [LABS] Check If “scapy” Installed Or Not?
• [LABS] To “sniff” First 10 Packets And Print It
• [LABS] To “send” Packets At 3rd & 2nd Prtocol Layer
• [LABS] Analyze “wireshark.pcap” Capture
• [LABS] Change A Few Packet Parameters, Then Rebuild The Checksum Before Sending The Packets To The Network
• [LABS] Sniff All Interfaces Using “scapy”
• [LABS] Sniff Only “ens33” & Icmp Traffic Using “scapy”
• [LABS] Sniffed Packet To A New .pcap Wireshark File

Module 16: Python3 Theory

• Python3 Theory Intro
• Python3 Theory Syntac
• Python3 Theory Comments
• Python3 Theory Variables
• Python3 Theory Data Types
• Python3 Theory Numbers
• Python3 Theory Strings
• Python3 Theory Boolean
• Python3 Theory List, Tuples, Set, Dictionary
• Python3 Theory if..else
• Python3 Theory While loops
• Python3 Theory For loops

Module 17: Python3 Theory (contd.)

• Python3 Theory Functions
• Python3 Theory Json
• Python3 Theory Regex
• Python3 Theory PIP
• Python3 Theory Error Handling – try, except, finally
• Python3 Theory User Input
• Python3 Theory String Formatting
• Python3 Theory Write .CSV
• Python3 Theory Write .Excel
• Python3 Theory Delete Files
• Python3 Theory Dates

Module 18: Paramiko [Python Library]

• [THEORY] Installation Of Paramiko In Pycharm
• [LABS] Show_version On Cisco Switch {exec_command}
• [LABS] Ifconfig On Linux {exec_command}
• [LABS] Sudo Apt Install In Linux {exec-command}
• [LABS] Create Ospf, Loopback In Cisco Router {invoke Method}
• [LABS] Create Vlan, Lo, Ospf – Pramiko {invoke Method}
• [LABS] Refactoring Method – Create Own Paramiko Module (Ios)
• [LABS] Refactoring Method (Linux)
• [LABS] Backup Single Cisco IOS
• [LABS] Backup Multiple Cisco IOS
• [LABS] SCP {IOS Copy}
• [LABS] Create Vlan, Lo, Ospf – Pramiko {invoke Method}

Module 19: Pyntc [Python Library]

• [THEORY] Installation Of Pyntc In Pycharm
• [LABS] Pyntc “basic”
• [LABS] Pyntc Using Config “hostname” “ospf”
• [LABS] Pyntc Using Config_list “hostname” “ospf”
• [LABS] Pyntc Using Config_list || Commands In List Format
• [LABS] Pyntc “.show” Command
• [LABS] Pyntc “.show_list” Command
• [LABS] Pyntc “.running-config”
• [LABS] Pyntc “show Running-config” & Save Default Path
• [LABS] Pyntc “show Running-config” & Save Custom Path
• [LABS] Pyntc Simplified Version “backup”
• [LABS] Pyntc “copy” Files
• [LABS] Pyntc “save” Files
• [LABS] Pyntc “file_copy” “install” “save” “reboot” Files

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