Overview
Configure and manage network infrastructure using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
Network Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO457) is designed for network administrators or infrastructure automation engineers who want to use network automation to centrally manage the switches, routers, and other devices in the organization’s network infrastructure.
Learn how to use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to remotely automate the configuration of network devices, test and validate the current network state, and perform compliance checks to detect and correct configuration drift.
This course is based on Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform 2.3
Skills Covered
- Prepare a development environment for Ansible network automation
- Write and troubleshoot effective Ansible Playbooks for network automation
- Gather information about network infrastructure configuration for infrastructure awareness and configuration backup
- Automate specific network administration use cases, including configuration of routers and switches, ports, VLANs, SNMP monitoring, and routing protocols
- Use Ansible Playbooks to manage devices from various hardware vendors, including Cisco, Juniper, and Arista
- Centrally manage Ansible content in Git and run it centrally with automation controller
- Reuse existing, tested network automation code with Ansible Roles, Ansible Content Collections, and Ansible validated content
Who Should Attend
- This course is designed for network administrators, network automation engineers, and infrastructure automation engineers who are responsible for deploying, managing, and automating the network infrastructure of their organization or enterprise.
Course Curriculum
Prerequisites
- Take our free assessment to gauge whether this offering is the best fit for your skills
- Experience with network administration, including a solid understanding of TCP/IP, routers, and managed switches
- Familiarity with managing network devices from the command line, preferably with one or more of Cisco IOS, IOS XR, or NX-OS; Juniper Junos; or Arista EOS
- Knowledge equivalent to Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) or better is recommended
- Prior Ansible knowledge is not required
Course Modules
Exam & Certification
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Network Automation
An IT professional who earns the Red Hat® Certified Specialist in Ansible Network Automation has demonstrated the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to centrally manage network devices using Red Hat Ansible.
An IT professional who earns the Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Network Automation is able to:
- Work with Git and perform basic Git operations
- Deploy Ansible on a control node
- Create and modify playbooks and run commands and plays
- Use standard Ansible constructs and modules
- Create and work with Ansible roles
- Use Ansible modules to automate network device management
- Use Ansible Tower
