After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Get familiar with different API styles (REST, RPC) and synchronous and asynchronous API requests

  Learn how to use Postman software development tool in order to test the API calls

  Learn how to automate repetitive tasks using Ansible automation engine

  Explore a Python programming language, Python libraries and Python virtual environments and learn how can they be used for automation of network configuration tasks

  Get introduced to GIT version control system and its common operations

  Learn how to leverage the various models and APIs of the Cisco IOS XE platform to perform day

• zero operations, improve troubleshooting methodologies with custom tools, augment the CLI using scripts, and integrate various workflows using Ansible and Python

  Learn about the paradigm shift of model

• driven telemetry and the building blocks of a working solution

  Learn how to leverage the tools and APIs to automate Cisco DNA infrastructure managed by Cisco DNA Center™

  Demonstrate workflows (configuration, verification, health checking, and monitoring) using Python, Ansible, and Postman

  Understand Cisco SD

• WAN solution components, implement a Python library that works with the Cisco SD
• WAN APIs to perform configuration, inventory management, and monitoring tasks, and implement reusable Ansible roles to automate provisioning new branch sites on an existing Cisco SD
• WAN infrastructure

  Learn how to leverage the tools and APIs to automate Cisco Meraki managed infrastructure and demonstrate workflows (configuration, verification, health checking, monitoring) using Python, Ansible, and Postman