Picking your First Network Automation Project Close 

Season 2, Talk 2 of NetDevOps Live! explores strategies for identifying good first network automation projects, tools to consider, and a few examples. Full details at bit.ly/2UsyYGE
Presenter: Eric Thiel / securenetwrk
Topics Covered - Time Links
- A bit about Eric's Background - 1:18
- Agenda 2:26
- Rules of Thumb 3:09
- Step 1: Brainstorming Session 4:19
- Some example ideas 11:11
- Selecting good 1st projects 13:42
- Mapping out the workflow 16:01
- 1st Use Case - Network Validation 16:55
- 2nd Use Case - Gold Configs 17:49
- Choosing Tools 19:43
- Picking a Protocol 27:03
- Building Project 1 - Network Validation with Genie CLI 29:06
- In Action! 32:35
- Learning Network State 33:59
- Finding Changes/Diffs 34:38
- Inventory File 37:19
- Building Project 2 - Gold Configs with Ansible 38:16
- In Action! 40:42
- Inventory File 40:50
- Configuration Audit Playbook 41:15
- Configuration Audit "Check Mode" 42:21
- Updating Config 44:32
- A More Advanced Ansible Example 45:17
- Summing Up 46:52
- Webinar Resources 48:17
- Code Exchange Challenge 49:33
- Contact Info 50:57
- Closing Thoughts 51:28
Episode Description:
You're convinced, network automation is not only the future, it's YOUR future. You've taken some labs, read some stuff, even watched some videos and are ready to tackle your first project, but what should it be?
Network automation, like any new skill should be taken slow. Crawl before you walk, then finally start running. In this talk we'll consider what types of challenges and problems are good candidates for early automation projects.
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