Summary

• 💻 Welcome to the Alta3 Research Lab Environment

Up and Running

• 💻 Using Vi and Vim

• 💻 Using VSCode

• 💻 Tmux

Certification

• 💻 Network Automation with Python and Ansible - Alta3 Research Certification Project

AI LLM Toolkit

• 💻 Large Language Model toolkit for AI Solution Assistance

Software Control Management

• 💻 SCM Option #1 - GitHub

• 💻 SCM Option #2 - GitLab

Python and Ansible Overlap

• 💬 Introducing Python

• 💻 Getting dir(obj) help() and pydoc

• 💬 Data Types for Python and Ansible

• 💻 Python Lists

• 💻 Python Dictionaries

• 💬 Ansible Playbook Components

• 💻 Running a Playbook

• 💻 Debug and URI Module

• 💻 Debug, Loops, and YAML Lists

API Operations

• 💬 RESTful APIs and JSON

• 💻 Exploring Open APIs

• 💻 Ansible Keywords: register and when

• 💻 API Tokens with Python and Ansible

SSH Operations

• 💬 SSH Operations

• 💻 Paramiko vs Ansible - SSH with RSA Keys

• 💻 Paramiko - SFTP with UN and PW

• 💬 Ansible for SSH operations

• 💻 Ansible "raw" Module

Ansible Tools

• 💻 Jinja2 Filters

• 💻 Ansible, Python Methods, and Jinja Filters

Switches and Routers

• 💬 Netmiko

• 💻 Running Netmiko

• 💻 Network Playbooks, Set Fact, and Fail

• 💻 Ansible Get Switch Config and Archive

• 💻 Agnostic Network Modules

• 💻 Ansible and TextFSM

Playbook Design

• 💻 Network Playbook Error Handling

• 💻 Network Playbook Precheck

• 💻 Network Playbooks with Roles and Rollbacks

Ansible Workflow

• 💻 Ansible Collections

• 💬 Ansible Workflow

• 💻 ansible-runner

Security

• 💻 Securing Playbooks with Vault

• 💻 Playbook Vars Prompts

Building out Playbooks

• 💻 Ansible Module - template

• 💻 Ansible and APIs

Python and Ansible

• 💻 Running a script with Ansible

• 💻 YAML, JSON, Dynamic, and Cloud Inventories

• 💻 Writing an Ansible Module with Python

• 💻 When to Use Python or Ansible

Playbook Tests

• 💻 Roles and Molecule

Case Study

• 💻 Ansible for Palo Alto PanOS and Panorama

Additional Labs

• 💬 Introduction to Ansible

• 💬 Static Inventory

• 💬 Introduction to YAML

• 💻 ansible.cfg setup

• 🏆 Complex Data Slicing

• 💻 Ad-Hoc Modules and Gather Facts

• 💻 Ansible Vault

Appendix

• 💬 Glossary

Continuing Education

• 💻 Continuing Education

• 💬 Curriculum Path: NetDevOps

• 💬 Curriculum Path: ServerAdministration