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Automate Cisco ACI Using Terraform (IaaS) & Python

Name: Automate Cisco ACI Using Terraform (IaaS) & Python
Rating: 4.0 (17 reviews)

Cisco ACI Automation Using Terraform and Python

Created byCloudNet Acad

Last updated 12/2022

English

What you'll learn

Basics of Cisco ACI
ACI Hands on experience
Cisco ACI Used Cases
ACI Practicals
Python
Terraform

Course content

6 sections • 66 lectures • 4h 15m total length

Learn DevOps: Automate Cisco ACI using Terraform8:16
Automate Cisco ACI using Terraform to enable DevOps workflows through infrastructure as code. Explore fabric access policies, EPGs, bridge domains, contracts, and filters with Terraform scripts.
Cisco ACI Automation and Python Demo Video3:05
Audio Speed0:37
Learn how to adjust audio and video speed to tailor your lectures. Use the bottom-left speed button to change playback, and even slow the narration for clarity.
Terraform and ACI Theme0:44
Cisco ACI and Terraform1:55
Learn how to automate Cisco ACI using Terraform, leveraging pre written Terraform resources to manage the data center fabric via APIs and avoid writing custom scripts.
What is Terraform?3:29
Explore Hashicorp Terraform, an open source infrastructure as code tool that codifies and automates multi-cloud infrastructure with a declarative language, enabling safe changes, state management, and software-defined networking.
What is DevOps?3:49
Benefits of Infrastructure as a Code (Iaas)1:48
Explore how Terraform enables infrastructure as code, reducing deployment time by replacing GUI with configuration files. Learn how drift alerts, version control, and cross-product management improve collaboration and accountability.
What is Cisco ACI?1:53
How to Install Terraform?2:41
Install Terraform from terraform.io for your operating system, download and unzip the file, set the PATH variable, then verify with a PowerShell command and start creating Terraform scripts.
Git Clone and Sample Terraform Code2:49
Basic Terraform Commands2:31
APIC Sandbox Access0:48
Access the Cisco devnet sandbox API to develop and run code for automating Cisco ACI with Terraform and Python, using admin credentials at sandbox api dot cisco.com, with APIC accessible.

VLAN Creation14:38
Domain Creation12:05
AAEP Creation7:20
Create an attachable access entity profile (ap) in the fabric, linking a vlan pool and interface policy for tenant use. Map a domain with terraform and verify in the apic.
Interface Policy Group0:08
Interface and Switch Profiles18:32
Port-Channel and VPC10:46
Configure port channel and virtual port channel interfaces in Cisco ACI using Terraform to apply access policies, CDP and LDP policies, and VLAN settings.

Tenant Overview2:48
Explore the tenant in Cisco ACI, an administrative domain housing bridge domains, a VRF, subnets, application profiles, and EPGs, and learn how these constructs map to contracts.
Tenant Creation3:54
Learn to create a new tenant in Cisco ACI using Terraform by configuring the ac_tenant resource, initializing and planning Terraform, and applying changes to the APIC.
VRF Creation5:36
Application Profile & EPGs8:02
Configure multiple EPGs4:00
Bridge Domain Configuration4:24
BD, EPG and VRF Association5:24
Map EPGs to the bridge domain and associate VRF to the bridge domain using a Terraform script, then plan, push the configuration, and verify the setup in the tenant's application profile.
Contract, Subject & Filters15:14

Python Introduction0:28
Why to Use Python?0:49
Python enables data analysis and data visualization, machine learning, web development, automation, and scripting, helping non-programmers like accountants and scientists organize finances and tackle everyday tasks.
Python Installation2:09
Minimum Requirement to setup ACI Lab using Python0:38
Explore the HCI toolkit Python lab for automation, install Python and pip with setuptools, and add the required API toolkit libraries to run the CI toolkit scripts.
Visual Studio Code Editor0:35
VS Code Installation1:40
What is PIP Python Module?0:30
How to Install PIP1:51
ACITOOLKIT0:41
Install Acitoolkit Module1:01

ACI Python Scripting Syntax4:39
Learn to script ACI tenant configuration in Python using the ACA Toolkit, manage credentials, login via a session, and submit JSON topology to the API with error handling.
ACI Tenant Creation using Python Script1:43
ACI VRF Creation Using Python Script2:14
Create a new aci vrf using a Python script in the Azure Automation tenant, map it to epic, and verify the vrf under the networking tab.
Create ACI Application Profile Using Python Script1:47
ACI Bridge Domain Creation Using Python Script1:44
Create EPG and its association using Python Script2:16
Create Multiple EPGs Using Python Script3:56
Bridge Domain Subnet Configuration Using Script2:37
Configure a bridge domain subnet with a script, attaching 1.1.1.1/24 to the BD auto and VRF in the ACI automation tenant, then verify via epic.
ACI Port Binding Using Script4:13
ACI Port-Channel Binding Using Script2:11
Contracts Creation Using Python Scripts6:50
EPG Contract with Filters8:53
Inter Tenant Contract6:49
L3Out Creation using OSPF Protocol9:01
Configure l3out with a python script to connect a fabric to an external l3 network using ospf and vrf, including interface, svi, and contracts.
L3Out Creation Using BGP Protocol8:20
GitHub and ACItoolkit Scripts4:16
Discover how to use GitHub and the ACI toolkit to access Python scripts for tenant configuration, verification, and automation of Cisco ACI.

Show endpoint3:23
Show interface brief1:15
learn to use the show ip interface brief command to view a fabric-wide summary of router interfaces, including ip addresses, admin status, and interface status, by running a GitHub script.
show aci contracts1:05
show imported contract3:23
show filter2:17
Learn to retrieve and verify Cisco ACI filter entries by running a Python script against the fabric, view default and created filters under a tenant's contract, and push changes.
show aci subnet3:14
show tenant0:46
Retrieve all tenant information from the fabric with a script, run it to show the output of tenants in the ACI, and access the script on GitHub.
show vrf0:51
show epg0:57
show aci fault1:06
Run the script to output all fault codes in the aci fabric, enabling quick identification of controller failures or alarms for troubleshooting.
show cdp and lldp1:46
Demonstrate discovering neighboring devices on ac devices with cdp and lldp by running a Python script that reveals node id, local interface, neighbor device, and neighbor interface, with GitHub script.
show domain1:02
show interface status4:56
Learn to retrieve the ACI fabric interface status with a Python script, showing interface name, port type, admin and operational status, speed, packets per second, and bytes per second.

Requirements

Routing and Switching Knowledge Required
CCNA, CCNP level of knowledge required
No Programming knowledge required

Description

There are two part covered like doing the aci automation using Infrastructure as a code (Terraform) and also python.

Through IaaS you can do the entire aci build so I have covered some of very important topics of Cisco ACI.

Key Skills:

Terraform

Cisco ACI

DevOps

How to Use Terraform

Install Terraform

What is DevOps

Python

Course: Learn DevOps: Automate Cisco ACI with Terraform

Topics:

Fabric Access Policy: Vlans, Domain, AAEP, Switch Profile and Interface Profile.

Tenant Overview and Its Configuration:

Create Tenant, VRF, Application Profile, EPGs, BD etc.

Contracts: Create Contract, Subject & Filters

L3Outs and L2Outs configuration

ACI Automation Using Python:

In this course, you will be going to learn about how to do the ACI Automation and this will help you

to automate provisioning of an ACI Fabric.

Here you will be going to use the programming language i.e Python which is available to run the automation tasks like Implementing logical Tenant Configuration Changes in the ACI Fabric.

The first part of this course will be more about covering the ACI Introduction and ACI Automation.

Second part of the course is about setting up the lab like installing Python and its libraries that is required to run the scripts.

You will also learn supporting tool like Visual studio Code for editing and running the script.

Also I will show you how to get the APIC access to perform ACI automation tasks.

Now third section of the course is about the scripting and performing the ACI Automation tasks with the help of Python Scripts.

In this section, I am covering how you can perform the changes like creating new tenant, VRF, Bridge Domain, App profile, EPGs, Contracts, Filters, Configuring VLANs, Domains, Static binding with individual interfaces and with the port-channel interfaces. Also, I am covering the very important part like configuring the L3out with OSPF and BGP.

Fourth section is about the Github and accessing repositories that you can use it for the ACI automation.

And last section is about troubleshooting commands like running the show commands to get the output of the

show interface status,

show vrf

show cdp/lldp neighbour,

show endpoints,

show contract and filters.

acitoolkit module helps to cover logical tenant related configuration and some troubleshooting commands.

Who this course is for:

Network Engineer
Network Associate
Network Admin
Network Archtect

Automate Cisco ACI Using Terraform (IaaS) & Python

What you'll learn

Explore related topics

Course content

Cisco ACI Automation using Terraform13 lectures • 34min

Configuring ACI Fabric Access Policies using Terraform6 lectures • 1hr 3min

Configuring Tenant using Terraform Code8 lectures • 49min

ACI Automation Using Python and ACITOOLKIT10 lectures • 10min

ACI Python Scripting16 lectures • 1hr 11min

Troubleshooting Scripts13 lectures • 26min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: