Ansible for Network Engineers. CSR,Fortigate, SW, Checkpoint

Name: Ansible for Network Engineers. CSR,Fortigate, SW, Checkpoint
Rating: 3.7 (18 reviews)

In This course we will Cover Cisco Router, Switch, Fortigate Firewall and Checkpoint FWs.

Created byAshutosh Chauhan

Last updated 2/2023

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What you'll learn

This course will help you understand the basics of Ansible. It is more focused on the networking.
This depends on the personal grasping power of a student. But bright student might finish the course in two weeks time
Automate your entire network
You should create your own lab enviornment in AWS or any Cloud platform. Launch few Linux hosts and routers.

Course content

7 sections • 33 lectures • 2h 49m total length

What is Ansible?4:47
In this lecture we have discussed about the basics of ansible.
Few Basics of Linux for the Network Engineers8:11
Learn Linux basics for network engineers, covering user access and privileges, viewing IP addresses, navigating directories, creating and editing files with vi, and basic package management and services.
Lets Install the Ansible in the Control Machine1:55
In this video we will install the Ansible and make the control machine ready for our automation environment.
Lets launch the CSR in AWS2:03
Launch the Cisco CSR in AWS by choosing a marketplace, subscribing, selecting a general-purpose digital medium instance, and acknowledging the launch, then log in and verify version 17.0.0.

Getting started with the Ansible5:50
What is the Host File?2:19
Configure the host file by setting the target host's IP address or business name, define username, password, and other variables, and organize hosts with groups and IP address ranges.
Ansible Host File Part 22:27
Learn how to extend the Ansible host file by creating aliases such as CSR, assign IP addresses (internal and public), and specify usernames, while noting secure password storage options.
What is Inventory?3:08
First Ever Command execution on the CSR8:09
Learn how to run your first Ansible ad hoc command on localhost, configure host information in the inventory, and perform uptime checks on Cisco devices.
What are the roles and playbook. Our first Role and Playbook5:57
Understand the output of first Playbook4:02

First Configuration change using IOS_CONFIG Module8:10
Learn how to use the IOS_CONFIG module to apply global configuration changes on devices, create an ansible role with galaxy, and verify and apply changes only when needed.
IOS_CONFIG Module Part 26:56
Bug or Feature of IOS_CONFIG Module?4:37
Don't forget to save the configuration. Let's save it.6:57
Learn how to save configurations with Ansible for network devices, choosing between never, always, modified, and changed states, and ensure running versus startup configurations reflect your changes.
Match the running Configuration of device with the Master config file3:21
How to take the Backup of IOS device using ansible2:19
Lets configure BGP using ansible3:42
Configure BGP using Ansible by preparing a staged playbook with parent and child tasks, validating neighbor settings, and applying changes safely to network devices to avoid duplicates.
Using Variable for making configuration changes to the devices6:10

Lets run the firs time Wizard of R80.40 Firewall on AWS2:47
Run the first time wizard for R80.40 firewall on AWS, configuring a single machine as security manager and gateway, and download and install the smart console.
What are the options we have to automate the changes?2:29
Managing a session and automation plan4:16
Adding a host in the Firewall gateway5:32
Add a host to the firewall gateway by creating an object with a name and IP address, and update the inventory for multiple locations; verify with management commands.
Adding a Access rule in Checkpoint Firewall3:30

Requirements

This course is created for the network engineers only. You many not find it helpful if you are not aware about the networking.

Description

Hi All,

If you are new to the world of Automation and scripting then don't worry, you have land in right place. We are going to make this journey as smooth as possible. We have created this course for the Network engineers. However the basics are going to be same. You can learn the ansible starting from the basics and become master of it. We are going to start from very basic and then reach the state where you can automate the devices and use the other tools on your own. If you are of any other field you can still use this course to master your basics of Ansible. The only difference you will face is diffferenet modules which you will need for your environment. For example if you want to work on the Linux environment then you need to use the shell module. Similarly cloud people can explore the multiple cloud modules. Do you know what is the best thing about the ansible? If there is no ansible module for your platform then you can create your own ansible module. Now this too much in depth study of ansible and this is beginners guide however that is possible to achieve. But believe me Redhat has done the great work and created the ansible modules for all of us already. Now since this course is for the network engineers, I am assuming you know some basics of Networking. So we have not covered basic concepts of Networking. If you are not aware about the basics of Ansible then try spending few hours in learning basics of Networking. You don't need to have in-depth knowledge of Networking, Basics are good enough.

Who this course is for:

Network Engineers who wants to learn the Automation

Ansible for Network Engineers. CSR,Fortigate, SW, Checkpoint

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Course content

What is Ansible?4 lectures • 17min

Basics of Ansible7 lectures • 32min

Getting started with Ansible Modules4 lectures • 24min

Getting started with IOS_Config Module8 lectures • 42min

CLI Command Module and miscellaneous3 lectures • 28min

Check Point firewall Automation5 lectures • 19min

Fortigate Firewall Automation2 lectures • 8min

Requirements

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