IT Infrastructure & Networks Category Banner Image

DO457 - Network Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Length 4 days
Price NZD 5120 exc GST

Course overview

View dates &
book now

Course locations >>

Why study this course

Network Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (DO457) is designed for network administrators or infrastructure automation engineers who want to use network automation to centrally manage the switches, routers, and other devices in the organization's network infrastructure. Learn how to use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to remotely automate the configuration of network devices, test and validate the current network state, and perform compliance checks to detect and correct configuration drift.

This course is based on Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform 2.3

Request Course Information

What you’ll learn

As a result of attending this course, you should be able to:

Use Red Hat Ansible Automation for Networking to write Ansible playbooks
Launch playbooks to manage the routers, switches, and other devices in your network infrastructure
Gain experience with using Ansible to automate several common use cases
Have a basic understanding of how to write playbooks that can target devices made by different network hardware vendors supported by Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Red Hat at Lumify Work

Red Hat is the leading provider of open source, enterprise IT solutions. Lumify Work is proud to offer clients the ability to attend over 40 official Red Hat training courses through a resell agreement with Red Hat. Maximise the return on your Red Hat technology investment with lab-intensive, Instructor-Led Training run by Red Hat themselves. Alternatively, for those unable to attend training, log in and learn with Red Hat Online Learning.

View all Red Hat courses

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for network administrators, network automation engineers, and infrastructure automation engineers who want to learn how to use Ansible to automate the administration, deployment, and configuration management of the network infrastructure of their organisation or enterprise.

Course subjects

Introducing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Describe the fundamental concepts of Ansible and how it is used, and install development tools from Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Implementing an Ansible Playbook
Create an inventory of managed nodes, write a simple Ansible Playbook, and run the playbook to automate tasks on those nodes

Managing and Running Playbooks
Manage automation code in version control and run Ansible Playbooks from a centrally managed automation controller

Managing Variables and Facts
Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed nodes

Implementing Task Control
Manage task control and task errors in Ansible Playbooks

Simplifying Playbooks with Roles and Ansible Content Collections
Use Ansible Roles and Ansible Content Collections to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse Ansible code

Automating Network Automation Tasks
Automate common network administration tasks, discussing recommended practices and approaches to cross-vendor automation

Comprehensive Review
Demonstrate skills learned in this course by installing, optimising, and configuring Ansible for the management of network devices and infrastructure

Prerequisites

Take the free assessment to gauge whether this offering is the best fit for your skills
Experience with network administration, including a solid understanding of TCP/IP, routers, and managed switches
Familiarity with managing network devices from the command line, preferably with one or more of Cisco IOS, IOS XR, or NX-OS; Juniper Junos; or Arista EOS
Knowledge equivalent to Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) or better is recommended
Prior Ansible knowledge is not required

THIRD PARTY REGISTRATION

Lumify Work offers certification and training in Enterprise Linux, Ansible, JBoss, OpenShift, OpenStack, and more through our partnership with Red Hat. This arrangement requires Lumify Work to provide your details to Red Hat for course and/or exam registration purposes.

Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.