Ansible Network Automation

Learn how to use Ansible to automate Cisco IOS network devices. This is the future: Network Automation using Ansible and Python. If you want to be a network engineer in future, you need to learn Cisco DevNet and automation technologies. Menu: 0:00 ▶ Welcome 0:12 ▶ Who is Donald? 1:00 ▶ Books that Donald wrote 1:22 ▶ What is Ansible and why is it recommended? 2:27 ▶ Idempotency 3:50 ▶ Create a project 4:20 ▶ Create a hosts.ini file 5:00 ▶ Agent vs agentless / puppet vs ansible 7:40 ▶ What does Ansible use to connect to devices 17:40 ▶ New / Better way of doing things (hosts.yml) 23:20 ▶ Which is better? 24:01 ▶ Global ansible.cfg file 27:30 ▶ Never use tab 27:55 ▶ Create a repository 30:20 ▶ Do you need to use Gi 30:35 ▶ Is Linux recommended? Or is Windows ok? 31:24 ▶ Can you use a Mac? 31:52 ▶ Redo the process using public github 35:34 ▶ Files on github 36:02 ▶ Copy files to the Ansible server 37:55 ▶ Create a virtual environment 38:38 ▶ Install Ansible 41:40 ▶ Check the ansible docs 43:55 ▶ Run Ansible adhoc commands 46:20 ▶ What did ping do? 47:50 ▶ What is an Ansible playbook 48:20 ▶ Create Ansbile playbook 53:09 ▶ Run Ansible Playbooks 56:06 ▶ Add an IP address Code: https://github.com/the-packet-thrower/davids-ansible-public Amazon books: https://amzn.to/2Wm639i ================ Connect with me: ================ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidbombal.co TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@davidbombal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/davidbombal ================= Connect with Donald: ================= LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-packet-thrower Blog: https://the-packet-thrower.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/the-packet-thrower/davids-ansible-public ansible devnet cisco devnet ansible automation network automation python Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage/kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel! #ansible #devnet #ccna