The Ansible Network Automation Workshop is a hands-on workshop covering Ansible® Automation with respect to routers and switches. Attendees will learn how to pull facts from devices, build templated network configurations, and apply these concepts at scale with Ansible Automation Platform. You’ll put it all together by exploring the job templates, surveys, access controls and more.

Note: In this workshop, attendees will be managing network devices, specifically a Cisco IOS-XE router.

• Introduction to Network Automation
• Network automation basics - First playbook
  • Learn the fundamentals of Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform for network automation using ansible-navigator.
• Network automation - Backup and restore
  • Learn how to automate network configurations and backups using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
• Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for network administrators
  • Simplify network administration and operations using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

1. A basic understanding of working with Linux systems
2. A basic understanding of Visual Studio Code. [Available for MacOS, Windows and Linux]
3. Attendees must bring/use a laptop with ADMIN rights and the ability to SSH to a lab environment hosted in a public cloud.
4. Must bring/use a laptop with Chrome 73+, Firefox 60+, Edge 40+, or Safari 12+installed.