Network Automation Cookbook: Hands-On Recipes for Automating Networks (2020)

Description

Ansible network automation is the most efficient way to streamline and standardize your network device management — and that’s exactly what this course delivers.

Introduction

Welcome to Network Automation Cookbook: Proven and Actionable Recipes to Automate and Manage Network Devices using Ansible 2020, a comprehensive course designed to help network engineers, system administrators, and DevOps professionals master automation of network infrastructure. This course empowers you to reduce manual complexity, improve consistency, and accelerate deployment and configuration tasks across your entire network.

What You’ll Learn

• Hands‑on recipes for automating configuration of routers, switches, firewalls, and other network devices with Ansible.
• How to build reusable playbooks, roles, and inventories that support multi‑vendor environments (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, etc.).
• Techniques for safely applying configuration changes — including backup/revert strategies and idempotent playbooks.
• Integration of Ansible automation with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines for continuous network delivery.
• Methods for auditing, compliance, and reporting — ensuring network changes are documented, traceable, and reversible.

Who This Course Is For

This course is ideal for:

• Network engineers who want to automate repetitive device configuration tasks.
• System administrators managing hybrid infrastructure that includes servers and network devices.
• DevOps professionals building infrastructure-as-code pipelines that include network configuration.
• Anyone aiming to upskill in modern network orchestration, improve consistency, and reduce human error.

Course Structure

The course is structured into progressive modules, each focusing on practical “recipes.” You’ll start with basic device connectivity and gradually advance to complex multi‑vendor orchestration. Typical modules include:

1. Setting up Ansible for network automation — environment setup, inventories, device credentials, and best practices.
2. Basic tasks — configuration backup, interface configuration, VLAN setup.
3. Advanced tasks — routing protocols, firewall policies, QoS, VLAN trunking, dynamic updates.
4. Multi‑device orchestration — rolling updates, parallel execution, and orchestration across data centers.
5. Integration with Git & CI/CD — tracking changes, automated deployments, compliance checks.
6. Monitoring, auditing & rollback — ensuring safe and reversible changes.

Why This Course Stands Out

Unlike theory‑heavy tutorials, this course focuses on real-world, production‑ready “cookbook” recipes — ready to be adapted and applied in your infrastructure immediately. You don’t just learn concepts; you learn working automation scripts that deliver value from day one. You’ll gain skills to transform manual, error‑prone network management into fast, repeatable, and reliable automation workflows.

Prerequisites & Technologies Covered

Basic familiarity with networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing) and command-line interface is helpful. No prior deep Ansible experience is required — everything you need will be covered. Technologies and tools used include:

• Ansible 2.9+ (or latest 2020 version)
• SSH access to network devices (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, etc.)
• Git (for version control of playbooks)
• Optional: Integration with CI/CD systems like Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.

Who Will Benefit

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Deploy device configurations and network changes at scale — across dozens or hundreds of devices — with consistent, repeatable outcomes.
• Reduce configuration drift, human error, and deployment time from hours to minutes.
• Implement version-controlled network configurations, enabling audit trails and safe rollbacks.
• Integrate network automation into infrastructure-as-code pipelines for continuous delivery.

Enrollment & Access

Enroll now to unlock lifetime access to all course materials including playbooks, sample inventories, best-practice guides, and full support for adapting recipes to your environment. Whether you manage small local networks or large multi-site enterprise infrastructure, this course will give you the tools and confidence to automate and standardize network operations.

Take control of your network. Automate with confidence. Transform network management from manual drudgery into efficient, repeatable workflows.

Explore Related Courses:

• Network Automation Courses
• Ansible Courses
• DevOps Courses
• Networking Courses
• Python Scripting & Automation Courses

Explore These Valuable Resources:

• Official Ansible Networking Documentation
• Red Hat: Ansible Network Automation Overview
• Community Q&A: Best Practices for Automating Network Devices with Ansible