RX-M - Network Automation with Python
Code: CN2-Python-NA
Lengt h: 4 days
URL: View Online
This intensive four day hands on course is designed to provide networking engineers with a start to finish
introduction to Python application programming for networking and network equipment. Attendees will leave with
a clear understanding of Python networking features and how to code with a wide range of third party and
vendor specific libraries for controlling networking and network equipment. Students will gain hands on
experience with Python and network systems applications. Upon completion of the course attendees will have
the skills and information necessary to begin developing purpose built Python applications to integrate with and
control networking systems in an enterprise setting.
Skills Gained
• This course is designed to help network engineers unlock the power of Python in combination with the
programmability of modern networking systems.
Who Can Benefit
• Network engineers
Prerequisites
• Each attendee will require the ability to run a 64 bit virtual machine (provided with the course). Attendees must
also have experience with networks and networking systems, as well as some programming experience.
Course Details
Network Automation with Python
• Day 1 - Python
Python Overview (console I/O, data types, conditionals and loops)
Creating Programs (program structure, command line arguments)
Functions and Classes (functions, classes and methods)
Python I/O (disk and network I/O)
• Day 2 - Git, Github, Python and CI
Version control with Git (installing, configuring and using Git and GitHub)
Working with Git (working with branches and distributed code management on GitHub)
Writing Python automated tests
Travis CI
• Day 3 - Python Packages and Network Systems
Python Networking Packages (telenetlib, pysnmp, TextFSM, paramiko, pexpect, netmiko)
Cisco IOS operations (ssh and ciscoconfparse)
VMware NSX operations (REST API and nsxramlclient)
Arista EOS operations (JSON RPC eAPI and pyeapi)
• Day 4 - Ansible for Networks
Ansible Overview
Configuring devices with Ansible
Ansible Network Modules (ios and eos command, config and template modules)
Writing Ansible modules
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