Building Network Automation Solutions
Live Sessions
The live sessions in Autumn 2020 Building Network Automation Solutions online course took place on November 4th and 5th 2020.
Each day of the live online event included 3 to 4 guest speaker presentations (~75-90 minutes per speaker), including follow-up questions. The guest speakers' presentations (in PDF format) were available for download a few days before the live sessions, so the attendees had extra time to prepare and take the advantage of live session(s) to ask questions to some of the best network automation experts.
Online sessions on November 4th and 5th started at 3 PM Europe / 9 AM Eastern / 6 AM Pacific (14:00 GMT) and end around 8:30 PM Europe / 2:30 PM Eastern / 11:30 AM Pacific.
All sessions were delivered in a GoToWebinar virtual classroom, giving you the ability to ask real-time questions. The sessions were recorded; downloadable MP4 videos were available within a few business days. The attendees were able to ask any follow-up questions they got while watching the recordings in the Slack team.
On Day 1 - November 4th, 2020 we focused on Network Automation use cases
- Automation with NetBox, GitLab, and Ansible with Sander Steffann
- Automation at a Wholesale Carrier, challenges, and journey with Kurt Wauters and Wim De Hul
- Building reliable systems with microtisation principle of automation with David Gee
On Day 2 - November 5th, 2020 we focused on Network Automation tools
- Salt plugin to automate the management and configuration of network devices at scale with Mircea Ulinic
- Modern monitoring solution for evolving networks with Damien Garros
- Suzieq - A framework and application for network observability with Dinesh Dutt
- Writing scalable and reliable software with David Barroso
At a Glance
- 10 modules
- Over 120 hours of self-study materials including 94 hours of course materials and 22 hours of Ansible content
- Hands-on experience working on a solution to your own problem
- Design and coding assignments
- Strong Slack-based support from your peers, Ivan Pepelnjak, and past and current guest speakers
- Final course completion certificate
Table of Contents
- Course Introduction 1:10:17
- Getting Started 24:17:23
- Ansible for Networking Engineers Online Course 22:10:00
- Easy Wins 4:49:24
- Data Models 11:35:48
- Changing Network Configurations or State 6:49:15
- Validation, Error Handling and Unit Tests 10:37:46
- Putting It All Together 16:12:33
- Network Infrastructure as Code 2:40:22
- Event-Driven Automation 8:44:42
- Network Monitoring and Observability 2:17:06
- Reference: Network Automation Tools 6:50:20
- List of Self-Study materials 125:49:00