Operating NetDevOps (NDO-303)
You are a member of the operations team. Your role will be to fully utilize the NetDevOps process when performing network moves, adds, and changes. You will master the CI/CD pipeline. You will transition from command line management, to model-driven network management. You will also develop skills in network deployment testing using CML. This class includes Cisco Modeling Labs essentials.
Course Information
Price:
Duration:
Certification:
Exam:
Continuing Education Credits:
Learning Credits:
Check out our full list of training locations and learning formats. Please note that the location you choose may be an Established HD-ILT location with a virtual live instructor.
Train face-to-face with the live instructor.
Access to on-demand training content anytime, anywhere.
Attend the live class from the comfort of your home or office.
Interact with a live, remote instructor from a specialized, HD-equipped classroom near you. An SLI sales rep will confirm location availability prior to registration confirmation.
All Sunset Learning dates are guaranteed to run!
Register
Prerequisites:
CCNA or equivalent job experience
Target Audience:
- Network Administrators
- Administrators interested in Automation
- CCNA’s interested in Network Automation
Course Objectives:
- Learn to run an existing, fully operational MDD network
- Transition skills from command line to Model driven network management
- Learn to modify the Source of Truth
- Write the Validation Schema
- Run Test Scenarios
Course Outline:
Comprehensive Overview of NetDevOps Workflow
- Lecture: Revisiting NetDevOps principles with a focus on change management
- Lecture + Lab: The role of CI/CD pipelines in managing network changes
Writing Network Changes with Ansible and GitLab
- Lecture + Lab: Structuring Ansible playbooks for network configuration changes
- Lecture + Lab: Version control for network changes using Git and GitLab
- Lecture + Lab: Developing and committing a network change
Integrating Source of Truth with Network Changes
- Lecture + Lab: Ensuring data accuracy in documentation and databases
- Lecture + Lab: Dynamic inventory management with Netbox
- Lecture + Lab: Querying and updating the Source of Truth in response to network changes
Testing Network Changes
- Lecture: Strategies for effective testing of network configurations
- Lecture + Lab: Utilizing Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) for pre-deployment testing
- Lecture + Lab: Workshop: Creating test cases and simulating network changes in CML
CI/CD Pipeline for Network Change Deployment
- Lecture + Lab: Deploying changes through the CI/CD pipeline
- Lecture + Lab: Utilizing AI validation methods in the CI/CD pipeline
- Lecture + Lab: Incorporating automated tests and approval processes
- Lecture + Lab: Deploying and monitoring a network change
Rollback Strategies and Operational Continuity
- Lecture: Principles of Network Change Rollback
- Lecture: Importance of rollback in network operations
- Lecture: Understanding rollback strategies for network changes
- Lecture + Lab: Version control for rollback code using Git
- Lecture + Lab: Implementing automated tests for rollback effectiveness
- Lecture + Lab: Workshop: Testing rollback code in Cisco Modeling Labs (CML)
Operationalizing Network Changes and Rollbacks**
- Lecture: Best practices for operationalizing changes and rollbacks
- Lecture + Lab: Scenario-based exercises: Handling unexpected network issues
Best Practices Recap
- Lecture: Review of change management and rollback strategies in NetDevOps
- Lecture: Open discussion on implementing learned skills in real-world networks
