• 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

• Network Programmability Foundation
• Automating APIs and Protocols
• Managing Configuration with Python and Ansible
• Implementing On-Box Programmability and Automation with Cisco IOS XE Software
• Implementing Model-Driven Telemetry
• Day 0 Provisioning with Cisco IOS-XE Software
• Implementing Automation in Enterprise Networks
• Building Cisco DNA Center Automation with Python
• Automating Operations using Cisco DNA Center
• Introducing Cisco SD-WAN Programmability
• Building Cisco SD-WAN Automation with Python
• Building Cisco SD-WAN Automation with Ansible
• Automating Cisco Meraki
• Implementing Meraki Integration APIs

Lab outline

• Automate Networks with Netmiko
• Use Postman for REST API Consumption
• Use Ansible to Configure and Verify Device Configuration
• Implement On-Box Programmability and Automation with Cisco IOS XE Software
• Use Python on Cisco IOS XE Software
• Implement Streaming Telemetry with Cisco IOS XE
• Explore Cisco DNA Center APIs
• Build Python Scripts to Interact with Cisco DNA Center Intent APIs
• Build Python Scripts with Cisco DNA Center Assurance APIs
• Troubleshoot End-to-End Connectivity and Health-Check the Network via the Cisco DNA Center API
• Perform Administrative Tasks Using the Cisco SD-WAN API
• Build, Manage, and Operate Cisco SD-WAN Programmatically
• Consume SD-WAN APIs Using the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Module
• Manage Policies with Ansible
• Build Reports Using Ansible-Cisco SD_WAN Role
• Implement Cisco Meraki API Automation
• Explore Cisco Meraki Integration APIs
• Explore Cisco Meraki Webhook Alerts

• Account manager
• Consulting systems engineer
• Network administrator
• Network engineer
• Network manager
• Sales engineer
• Systems engineer
• Technical solutions architect
• Wireless design engineer
• Wireless engineer

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• Basic programming language concepts
• Basic understanding of virtualization
• Ability to use Linux and CLI tools, such as Secure Shell (SSH) and bash
• CCNP level core networking knowledge equivalent to the
• Foundational understanding of Cisco DNA, Meraki, and Cisco SD-WAN

The following Cisco courses can help you gain the knowledge you need to prepare for this course:

• Introducing Automation for Cisco Solutions (CSAU)
• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA®)
• Implementing Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)