Arista Networking - Automation Foundations

Arista Networking - Automation FoundationsAUTOFDNARAristaAR-AUTOFDN3.0At the end of the course, you should be able to : <ul> <li>Understand the basics of automation using CloudVision, Ansible and Python</li><li>Automate EOS and CloudVision with Ansible</li><li>Automate through various methods such as Python & EOS API’s, AVD with GitHub, and PyAVD (AVD with Python)</li><li>Integrate Arista's CloudVision to automate and orchestrate network operations</li></ul><ul> <li>Knowledge and/or experience with Ansible, Python and Jinja would be beneficial</li><li>Understanding of Arista Layer 2 and L3 network designs</li><li>Experience with Arista CloudVision is beneficial</li></ul>Individuals with mid-to-high level experience as network engineers with prior exposure to Python and Ansible Basics.<h5>Automation & NetOps foundations</h5> Network automation foundations <ul> <li>Introduction to network automation</li><li>Approaches to network automation</li><li>History of network automation</li></ul> Core principles of network automation <ul> <li>Software development and network automation</li><li>Network automation concepts and practices</li></ul><h5>Automation tools</h5> Automation tools overview <ul> <li>Automation tools and data formats</li><li>Programmability IDEs overview</li></ul> VS Code development environment <ul> <li>Introduction to Visual Studio Code</li><li>VS Code themes, fonts and icons</li><li>Customizing VS Code layout</li><li>VS Code extensions</li><li>VS Code debugger</li><li>Reviewing VS Code</li><li>LAB – Explore VS Code IDE</li></ul> Git version control <ul> <li>Understanding Git version control</li><li>Git demo</li><li>GitHub demo</li><li>LAB – Working with Git</li><li>LAB – Collaborate using GitHub</li></ul> Python fundamentals <ul> <li>Why Python matters for network automation</li><li>Understanding Python variables</li><li>Advanced Python concepts</li><li>Working with Python variables, lists and dictionaries</li><li>Introduction to Python and eAPI</li><li>Getting information from EOS devices</li><li>Parsing CLI output with Python</li><li>Parsing JSON with python</li><li>LAB – Python fundamentals</li><li>LAB – Understanding structured data</li></ul><h5>Understanding APIs</h5> Application programmatic interfaces - APIs <ul> <li>APIs in network automation</li><li>The history of HTTP and its role in networking</li><li>Understanding HTTP messages</li><li>HTTP authentication</li></ul> Securing APIs with PKI <ul> <li>TLS and SSL overview</li><li>TLK certificates and trust chains</li><li>Why use certificates in network automation</li><li>Creating and installing TLS certificates</li><li>Client TLS certificates for API authentication</li></ul> Using REST API clients <ul> <li>Introduction to EchoAPI</li><li>REST API client requests and responses</li><li>HTTP Auth with REST API client</li><li>Organizing requests in REST API clients</li><li>REST API client scripts</li><li>LAB – Using REST API clients</li></ul><h5>Ansible fundamentals</h5> Getting started with Ansible <ul> <li>Introduction to Ansible</li><li>Ansible use cases</li></ul> Building automation with Ansible <ul> <li>Understanding Ansible files</li><li>Working with Ansible variables</li><li>Ansible variables demo</li><li>Using Ansible debug</li><li>Ansible debug demo</li><li>LAB – Ansible fundamentals</li></ul><h5>CloudVision fundamentals</h5> CloudVision overview <ul> <li>Introduction to CloudVision</li><li>CloudVision deployment</li><li>CloudVision and device communication</li></ul> CloudVision high availability <ul> <li>CloudVision cluster redundancy</li><li>CloudVision dual cluster deployment</li><li>CloudVision backups</li></ul> CloudVision portal setup and operations <ul> <li>CloudVision multi-node OVA installation demo</li><li>Upgrading CloudVision demo</li><li>CloudVision backup and restore demo</li><li>Getting familiar with CloudVision interface demo</li><li>LAB – Navigating CloudVision</li></ul> CloudVision network provisioning <ul> <li>CloudVision device management overview</li><li>Legacy provisioning overview and demo</li><li>MLAG configuration demo</li><li>CloudVision snapshots</li><li>LAB – Configlets</li><li>LAB - Snapshots</li></ul> Change control <ul> <li>CloudVision change control overview</li><li>Change control demo</li><li>LAB – Change control</li></ul> Automated device onboarding in CloudVision <ul> <li>Zero touch provisioning and replacement</li><li>ZTP demo – deploying vEOS to CloudVision</li><li>ZTR demo – replacing a device in CloudVision</li></ul> CloudVision Studios <ul> <li>Configuration management with Studios</li><li>CloudVision tags</li><li>Inventory and topology Studio overview</li><li>Inventory and topology Studio demo</li><li>Interface configuration and Studio demo</li><li>Date and time Studio overview</li><li>Date and time Studio demo</li><li>Postcard telemetry Studio overview</li><li>Mirroring Studio overview</li><li>Authentication Studio overview</li><li>Authentication Studio demo</li><li>Management connectivity Studio demo</li><li>LAB – Using Studios</li><li>LAB – Clean up Studios</li></ul> Working with static config Studios <ul> <li>Static configuration Studio overview</li><li>Adding devices to CloudVision Studios inventory</li><li>Using static configuration Studio</li><li>Migrating legacy configlets to Studios</li><li>LAB – Static configuration Studio</li></ul> Software management with CloudVision <ul> <li>Software management overview</li><li>Software image management demo</li></ul> CloudVision telemetry <ul> <li>Modern network telemetry with CloudVision</li><li>Telemetry use cases in CloudVision</li><li>Compliance overview</li></ul> CloudVision monitoring overview <ul> <li>CloudVision dashboards</li><li>CloudVision events</li><li>CloudVision topology overview</li><li>Topology icons and settings</li><li>CloudVision topology tags</li></ul> AQL and NetSQL <ul> <li>Querying NetDB and NetSQL</li><li>Querying ARP entries using AQL notebook and dashboards</li><li>Querying BGP sessions using AQL notebook and dashboards</li><li>Querying device state and software versions using NetSQL</li><li>LAB – Dashboards and events</li><li>LAB - Topology</li></ul><h5>Using Ansible and Jinja</h5> Network automation with Jinja <ul> <li>Introduction to Jinja</li><li>Jinja file layout</li><li>Jinja variable files</li><li>Building and organizing data models</li><li>Building and applying configurations with Ansible and CloudVision</li></ul> Building and deploying configurations with Jinja <ul> <li>Why Jinja – manual configuration challenges</li><li>Setting up Jinja and building your first template in Ansible</li><li>Building the Jinja data model and generating underlay contigs</li><li>Upload and deploy Jinja configs through CloudVision</li><li>Deploying configs directly with eAPI and Jinja</li><li>Deploying Jinja templates via CloudVision configlets</li><li>LAB – Automating configuration with Ansible and Jinja</li></ul><h5>Automation & NetOps foundations</h5> Network automation foundations <ul> <li>Introduction to network automation</li><li>Approaches to network automation</li><li>History of network automation</li></ul> Core principles of network automation <ul> <li>Software development and network automation</li><li>Network automation concepts and practices</li></ul><h5>Automation tools</h5> Automation tools overview <ul> <li>Automation tools and data formats</li><li>Programmability IDEs overview</li></ul> VS Code development environment <ul> <li>Introduction to Visual Studio Code</li><li>VS Code themes, fonts and icons</li><li>Customizing VS Code layout</li><li>VS Code extensions</li><li>VS Code debugger</li><li>Reviewing VS Code</li><li>LAB – Explore VS Code IDE</li></ul> Git version control <ul> <li>Understanding Git version control</li><li>Git demo</li><li>GitHub demo</li><li>LAB – Working with Git</li><li>LAB – Collaborate using GitHub</li></ul> Python fundamentals <ul> <li>Why Python matters for network automation</li><li>Understanding Python variables</li><li>Advanced Python concepts</li><li>Working with Python variables, lists and dictionaries</li><li>Introduction to Python and eAPI</li><li>Getting information from EOS devices</li><li>Parsing CLI output with Python</li><li>Parsing JSON with python</li><li>LAB – Python fundamentals</li><li>LAB – Understanding structured data</li></ul><h5>Understanding APIs</h5> Application programmatic interfaces - APIs <ul> <li>APIs in network automation</li><li>The history of HTTP and its role in networking</li><li>Understanding HTTP messages</li><li>HTTP authentication</li></ul> Securing APIs with PKI <ul> <li>TLS and SSL overview</li><li>TLK certificates and trust chains</li><li>Why use certificates in network automation</li><li>Creating and installing TLS certificates</li><li>Client TLS certificates for API authentication</li></ul> Using REST API clients <ul> <li>Introduction to EchoAPI</li><li>REST API client requests and responses</li><li>HTTP Auth with REST API client</li><li>Organizing requests in REST API clients</li><li>REST API client scripts</li><li>LAB – Using REST API clients</li></ul><h5>Ansible fundamentals</h5> Getting started with Ansible <ul> <li>Introduction to Ansible</li><li>Ansible use cases</li></ul> Building automation with Ansible <ul> <li>Understanding Ansible files</li><li>Working with Ansible variables</li><li>Ansible variables demo</li><li>Using Ansible debug</li><li>Ansible debug demo</li><li>LAB – Ansible fundamentals</li></ul><h5>CloudVision fundamentals</h5> CloudVision overview <ul> <li>Introduction to CloudVision</li><li>CloudVision deployment</li><li>CloudVision and device communication</li></ul> CloudVision high availability <ul> <li>CloudVision cluster redundancy</li><li>CloudVision dual cluster deployment</li><li>CloudVision backups</li></ul> CloudVision portal setup and operations <ul> <li>CloudVision multi-node OVA installation demo</li><li>Upgrading CloudVision demo</li><li>CloudVision backup and restore demo</li><li>Getting familiar with CloudVision interface demo</li><li>LAB – Navigating CloudVision</li></ul> CloudVision network provisioning <ul> <li>CloudVision device management overview</li><li>Legacy provisioning overview and demo</li><li>MLAG configuration demo</li><li>CloudVision snapshots</li><li>LAB – Configlets</li><li>LAB - Snapshots</li></ul> Change control <ul> <li>CloudVision change control overview</li><li>Change control demo</li><li>LAB – Change control</li></ul> Automated device onboarding in CloudVision <ul> <li>Zero touch provisioning and replacement</li><li>ZTP demo – deploying vEOS to CloudVision</li><li>ZTR demo – replacing a device in CloudVision</li></ul> CloudVision Studios <ul> <li>Configuration management with Studios</li><li>CloudVision tags</li><li>Inventory and topology Studio overview</li><li>Inventory and topology Studio demo</li><li>Interface configuration and Studio demo</li><li>Date and time Studio overview</li><li>Date and time Studio demo</li><li>Postcard telemetry Studio overview</li><li>Mirroring Studio overview</li><li>Authentication Studio overview</li><li>Authentication Studio demo</li><li>Management connectivity Studio demo</li><li>LAB – Using Studios</li><li>LAB – Clean up Studios</li></ul> Working with static config Studios <ul> <li>Static configuration Studio overview</li><li>Adding devices to CloudVision Studios inventory</li><li>Using static configuration Studio</li><li>Migrating legacy configlets to Studios</li><li>LAB – Static configuration Studio</li></ul> Software management with CloudVision <ul> <li>Software management overview</li><li>Software image management demo</li></ul> CloudVision telemetry <ul> <li>Modern network telemetry with CloudVision</li><li>Telemetry use cases in CloudVision</li><li>Compliance overview</li></ul> CloudVision monitoring overview <ul> <li>CloudVision dashboards</li><li>CloudVision events</li><li>CloudVision topology overview</li><li>Topology icons and settings</li><li>CloudVision topology tags</li></ul> AQL and NetSQL <ul> <li>Querying NetDB and NetSQL</li><li>Querying ARP entries using AQL notebook and dashboards</li><li>Querying BGP sessions using AQL notebook and dashboards</li><li>Querying device state and software versions using NetSQL</li><li>LAB – Dashboards and events</li><li>LAB - Topology</li></ul><h5>Using Ansible and Jinja</h5> Network automation with Jinja <ul> <li>Introduction to Jinja</li><li>Jinja file layout</li><li>Jinja variable files</li><li>Building and organizing data models</li><li>Building and applying configurations with Ansible and CloudVision</li></ul> Building and deploying configurations with Jinja <ul> <li>Why Jinja – manual configuration challenges</li><li>Setting up Jinja and building your first template in Ansible</li><li>Building the Jinja data model and generating underlay contigs</li><li>Upload and deploy Jinja configs through CloudVision</li><li>Deploying configs directly with eAPI and Jinja</li><li>Deploying Jinja templates via CloudVision configlets</li><li>LAB – Automating configuration with Ansible and Jinja</li></ul>At the end of the course, you should be able to : - Understand the basics of automation using CloudVision, Ansible and Python - Automate EOS and CloudVision with Ansible - Automate through various methods such as Python & EOS API’s, AVD with GitHub, and PyAVD (AVD with Python) - Integrate Arista's CloudVision to automate and orchestrate network operations- Knowledge and/or experience with Ansible, Python and Jinja would be beneficial - Understanding of Arista Layer 2 and L3 network designs - Experience with Arista CloudVision is beneficialIndividuals with mid-to-high level experience as network engineers with prior exposure to Python and Ansible Basics.Automation & NetOps foundations Network automation foundations - Introduction to network automation - Approaches to network automation - History of network automation Core principles of network automation - Software development and network automation - Network automation concepts and practices Automation tools Automation tools overview - Automation tools and data formats - Programmability IDEs overview VS Code development environment - Introduction to Visual Studio Code - VS Code themes, fonts and icons - Customizing VS Code layout - VS Code extensions - VS Code debugger - Reviewing VS Code - LAB – Explore VS Code IDE Git version control - Understanding Git version control - Git demo - GitHub demo - LAB – Working with Git - LAB – Collaborate using GitHub Python fundamentals - Why Python matters for network automation - Understanding Python variables - Advanced Python concepts - Working with Python variables, lists and dictionaries - Introduction to Python and eAPI - Getting information from EOS devices - Parsing CLI output with Python - Parsing JSON with python - LAB – Python fundamentals - LAB – Understanding structured data Understanding APIs Application programmatic interfaces - APIs - APIs in network automation - The history of HTTP and its role in networking - Understanding HTTP messages - HTTP authentication Securing APIs with PKI - TLS and SSL overview - TLK certificates and trust chains - Why use certificates in network automation - Creating and installing TLS certificates - Client TLS certificates for API authentication Using REST API clients - Introduction to EchoAPI - REST API client requests and responses - HTTP Auth with REST API client - Organizing requests in REST API clients - REST API client scripts - LAB – Using REST API clients Ansible fundamentals Getting started with Ansible - Introduction to Ansible - Ansible use cases Building automation with Ansible - Understanding Ansible files - Working with Ansible variables - Ansible variables demo - Using Ansible debug - Ansible debug demo - LAB – Ansible fundamentals CloudVision fundamentals CloudVision overview - Introduction to CloudVision - CloudVision deployment - CloudVision and device communication CloudVision high availability - CloudVision cluster redundancy - CloudVision dual cluster deployment - CloudVision backups CloudVision portal setup and operations - CloudVision multi-node OVA installation demo - Upgrading CloudVision demo - CloudVision backup and restore demo - Getting familiar with CloudVision interface demo - LAB – Navigating CloudVision CloudVision network provisioning - CloudVision device management overview - Legacy provisioning overview and demo - MLAG configuration demo - CloudVision snapshots - LAB – Configlets - LAB - Snapshots Change control - CloudVision change control overview - Change control demo - LAB – Change control Automated device onboarding in CloudVision - Zero touch provisioning and replacement - ZTP demo – deploying vEOS to CloudVision - ZTR demo – replacing a device in CloudVision CloudVision Studios - Configuration management with Studios - CloudVision tags - Inventory and topology Studio overview - Inventory and topology Studio demo - Interface configuration and Studio demo - Date and time Studio overview - Date and time Studio demo - Postcard telemetry Studio overview - Mirroring Studio overview - Authentication Studio overview - Authentication Studio demo - Management connectivity Studio demo - LAB – Using Studios - LAB – Clean up Studios Working with static config Studios - Static configuration Studio overview - Adding devices to CloudVision Studios inventory - Using static configuration Studio - Migrating legacy configlets to Studios - LAB – Static configuration Studio Software management with CloudVision - Software management overview - Software image management demo CloudVision telemetry - Modern network telemetry with CloudVision - Telemetry use cases in CloudVision - Compliance overview CloudVision monitoring overview - CloudVision dashboards - CloudVision events - CloudVision topology overview - Topology icons and settings - CloudVision topology tags AQL and NetSQL - Querying NetDB and NetSQL - Querying ARP entries using AQL notebook and dashboards - Querying BGP sessions using AQL notebook and dashboards - Querying device state and software versions using NetSQL - LAB – Dashboards and events - LAB - Topology Using Ansible and Jinja Network automation with Jinja - Introduction to Jinja - Jinja file layout - Jinja variable files - Building and organizing data models - Building and applying configurations with Ansible and CloudVision Building and deploying configurations with Jinja - Why Jinja – manual configuration challenges - Setting up Jinja and building your first template in Ansible - Building the Jinja data model and generating underlay contigs - Upload and deploy Jinja configs through CloudVision - Deploying configs directly with eAPI and Jinja - Deploying Jinja templates via CloudVision configlets - LAB – Automating configuration with Ansible and JinjaAutomation & NetOps foundations Network automation foundations - Introduction to network automation - Approaches to network automation - History of network automation Core principles of network automation - Software development and network automation - Network automation concepts and practices Automation tools Automation tools overview - Automation tools and data formats - Programmability IDEs overview VS Code development environment - Introduction to Visual Studio Code - VS Code themes, fonts and icons - Customizing VS Code layout - VS Code extensions - VS Code debugger - Reviewing VS Code - LAB – Explore VS Code IDE Git version control - Understanding Git version control - Git demo - GitHub demo - LAB – Working with Git - LAB – Collaborate using GitHub Python fundamentals - Why Python matters for network automation - Understanding Python variables - Advanced Python concepts - Working with Python variables, lists and dictionaries - Introduction to Python and eAPI - Getting information from EOS devices - Parsing CLI output with Python - Parsing JSON with python - LAB – Python fundamentals - LAB – Understanding structured data Understanding APIs Application programmatic interfaces - APIs - APIs in network automation - The history of HTTP and its role in networking - Understanding HTTP messages - HTTP authentication Securing APIs with PKI - TLS and SSL overview - TLK certificates and trust chains - Why use certificates in network automation - Creating and installing TLS certificates - Client TLS certificates for API authentication Using REST API clients - Introduction to EchoAPI - REST API client requests and responses - HTTP Auth with REST API client - Organizing requests in REST API clients - REST API client scripts - LAB – Using REST API clients Ansible fundamentals Getting started with Ansible - Introduction to Ansible - Ansible use cases Building automation with Ansible - Understanding Ansible files - Working with Ansible variables - Ansible variables demo - Using Ansible debug - Ansible debug demo - LAB – Ansible fundamentals CloudVision fundamentals CloudVision overview - Introduction to CloudVision - CloudVision deployment - CloudVision and device communication CloudVision high availability - CloudVision cluster redundancy - CloudVision dual cluster deployment - CloudVision backups CloudVision portal setup and operations - CloudVision multi-node OVA installation demo - Upgrading CloudVision demo - CloudVision backup and restore demo - Getting familiar with CloudVision interface demo - LAB – Navigating CloudVision CloudVision network provisioning - CloudVision device management overview - Legacy provisioning overview and demo - MLAG configuration demo - CloudVision snapshots - LAB – Configlets - LAB - Snapshots Change control - CloudVision change control overview - Change control demo - LAB – Change control Automated device onboarding in CloudVision - Zero touch provisioning and replacement - ZTP demo – deploying vEOS to CloudVision - ZTR demo – replacing a device in CloudVision CloudVision Studios - Configuration management with Studios - CloudVision tags - Inventory and topology Studio overview - Inventory and topology Studio demo - Interface configuration and Studio demo - Date and time Studio overview - Date and time Studio demo - Postcard telemetry Studio overview - Mirroring Studio overview - Authentication Studio overview - Authentication Studio demo - Management connectivity Studio demo - LAB – Using Studios - LAB – Clean up Studios Working with static config Studios - Static configuration Studio overview - Adding devices to CloudVision Studios inventory - Using static configuration Studio - Migrating legacy configlets to Studios - LAB – Static configuration Studio Software management with CloudVision - Software management overview - Software image management demo CloudVision telemetry - Modern network telemetry with CloudVision - Telemetry use cases in CloudVision - Compliance overview CloudVision monitoring overview - CloudVision dashboards - CloudVision events - CloudVision topology overview - Topology icons and settings - CloudVision topology tags AQL and NetSQL - Querying NetDB and NetSQL - Querying ARP entries using AQL notebook and dashboards - Querying BGP sessions using AQL notebook and dashboards - Querying device state and software versions using NetSQL - LAB – Dashboards and events - LAB - Topology Using Ansible and Jinja Network automation with Jinja - Introduction to Jinja - Jinja file layout - Jinja variable files - Building and organizing data models - Building and applying configurations with Ansible and CloudVision Building and deploying configurations with Jinja - Why Jinja – manual configuration challenges - Setting up Jinja and building your first template in Ansible - Building the Jinja data model and generating underlay contigs - Upload and deploy Jinja configs through CloudVision - Deploying configs directly with eAPI and Jinja - Deploying Jinja templates via CloudVision configlets - LAB – Automating configuration with Ansible and Jinja5 jours3995.004350.003995.003995.003995.003995.00