• Network Administrators
• Ansible devs
• Python devs
• Administrators interested in Automation
• Individuals interested in devops, specifically for networking

• Overview of Python and Ansible
• Python white space rules & best practices
• Printing and more Printing
• Date types and Variables
• Packing and Unpacking Variables
• f Strings
• Conditional expressions
• Relational and Boolean operators
• Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries
• Indexing and slicing
• Built-in functions
• Iterating with Loops (​for​ and ​while​)
• Working with files
• Software Control Management (SCM) (Git, Github, Bitbucket, Cloudshare, etc.)
• Using Python to access REST interfaces
• Working with JSON
• Python, Ansible and Paramiko
• Using Paramiko to SSH with keys and passwords
• RESTful API review
• API keys
• Paramiko Review
• Using Paramiko to SFTP with keys and passwords 

• Introduction to Netmiko (automating routers and switches)
• Using Netmiko to send commands to / from network devices
• Working with YAML
• Converting JSON to YAML with Python
• Ansible keywords
• YAML and JSON for data exchange
• Ansible and YAML
• Ansible Playbook components
• Tying together Python and Ansible – Using Python within Ansible
• Ansible Network Modules
• What is new in Ansible (most current updates / release notes)
• Network Agnostic modules
• Writing network playbooks
• Reviewing the construction of network playbooks
• Writing Ansible playbooks that respond to network failures

• Review how to use Python within Ansible
• Calling Python scripts with Ansible
• Jinja2 Templating Engine for Python (and Ansible)
• Using Templates in Ansible playbooks
• Jinja2 filters, looping, and other useful tricks for automating with Ansible
• Playbook tagging for selective runs
• When to use Python and when to use Ansible
• “Big Picture” options for using Python & Ansible within your Network
• Ansible Roles

• Review – Running Scripts with Ansible
• Prompting for Ansible user input
• Ansible Galaxy & Getting at Roles
• Writing a custom Ansible Module with Python
• Ansible “Engine” vs Ansible “Tower” – marketing hype, capabilities, costs, etc.
• Case Study: Automate your Enterprise Network
• When to use Python and when to use Ansible
• Writing your own Ansible modules in Python
• “Big Picture” options for using Python & Ansible within your Network
• Overview – NETCONF / YANG and what they mean for Python and Ansible
• Molecule – Testing your roles

 Lab Outline

• Setting up your development machine
• Using & Installing Python
• Complementary Software (Visual Studio Code, Atom, Notepad++)
• Making a Github account
• Python Lists
• Data within mixed lists
• Understanding More about Lists
• Python Dictionaries
• Getting dir(obj) help() and pydoc
• Managing and Manipulating files and folders
• Copying Files and Folders
• Moving and Renaming Files and Folders
• Using Python if statements
•  Paramiko
• Paramiko - SSH with RSA Keys
• Paramiko - SFTP with UN and PW
• Interacting with API's
• API's – Cisco DNA Center
• API's - SDWAN
• Running Netmiko
• Running your first Playbook
• Debug Module
• Playbook Prompts
• register and when
• EOS Get Config and Archive
• Agnostic Network Modules
• Network Playbook Error Handling
• Network Playbook Precheck
• Network Playbooks with Roles and Rollbacks
• Securing Playbooks with Vault
• Network Playbooks, Set Fact, and Fail
• Debug, Loops, and YAML Lists
• Running a script with Ansible
• Jinja Filters
• Ansible, Python Methods, and Jinja Filters
• Ansible and APIs
• Python and Ansible
• Writing an Ansible Module with Python