Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
12 Hour(s) 50 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
David Bombal, Experts with David Bombal
Certificate
- Available
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Course Overview
Program networks using Python version 3. Learn network programmability with this practical GNS3 and Cisco course
Learn Network Programmability and Network Automation using GNS3 and Python version 3.
This course is based on Python 3.
Want to program networks using Python, but not sure where to start? Well, this course will show you how you can start programming Cisco networks within 20 minutes.
This course was created for network engineers. There are too many other Python courses out there that try to make network engineers software developers. Instead of teaching network automation, they teach you Python theory. This course is different.
This course is practical. I won't talk about programming in abstract terms and make you wait before you can start automating networks. I will show you how you can quickly and easily start network programming by using GNS3, Cisco IOS and Python.
You will see demonstrations of the configuration of both Cisco routers and switches in GNS3. For example, how to configure multiple VLANs on a multiple switches, or how to configure OSPF on a router and more.
This course shows you practical examples of using Python to programmatically configure Cisco network devices rather then just talking about it.
The days of configuring Cisco networks only with the command line interface (CLI) are drawing to a close. You need to add network programmability using Python and APIs to your skill set.
Learn how to automate networks using:
- Telnet
- SSH
- Paramiko
- Netmiko
- NAPALM
Tools such as NAPALM and Netmiko make it easy to configure and interact with network devices using an API such as NETCONF or using SSH. Don't reinvent the wheel. Use the tools available to you to quickly and easily automate your networks.
Some comments about the course:
"Knowing the material from just the first video would have saved me hours of work and rework in the past."
"It's the easiest, most fun, and most valuable course I've completed yet on Python Programming for Networking. Love it! Thanks again David!!!"
"Excellent course on Network Programming using Python with lot's of practical network configuration examples."
"Great way of explanation.Nice video and inspiring words! Thank you so much David. You are genius."
"I've been doing network automation for a while, even so, I've learned new things through this course. The instructor start from a basic example, adding improvements in each step. It's a skill that's worth it."
"A must for all network engineers who want to learn python!!! I had very "very" basic programming skills, and couldn't just get the bridge between network and programming (mainly Python - since that's where the hype is now), this course was amazing, I have never been glued to a training course since I can remember. The couple of things I loved the most about this course: 1- David's clear voice. 2- Real world application, not only will David interduce different real-world practical modules that you can import and use, but he shows you how to apply them on ios devices."
"Excellent course on Network Programming using Python with lot's of practical network configuration examples. High quality content."
Course Content
- 24 section(s)
- 171 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Lab Setup
- Section 3 Quick Start Guide to Network Automation
- Section 4 Netmiko: Use SSH for Network Automation
- Section 5 NAPALM
- Section 6 NAPALM and BGP
- Section 7 Use NAPALM for device configuration audit and changes
- Section 8 Iteration Examples: Netmiko scripts
- Section 9 Netmiko Scaling
- Section 10 Python Theory
- Section 11 Python Theory: Objects, Variables and Data Types
- Section 12 Python Theory: Numbers
- Section 13 Python Theory: Strings
- Section 14 Get version information from a switch
- Section 15 Python Theory: Comparisons
- Section 16 Python Theory: Lists
- Section 17 Python Theory: Tuples
- Section 18 Python Theory: Code Structures
- Section 19 Python Theory: if / else / elseif logic
- Section 20 Python Theory: While Loops
- Section 21 Python Theory: For Loops
- Section 22 Python Theory: Ranges
- Section 23 Python Theory: Dictionaries
- Section 24 Python Theory: Functions
What You’ll Learn
- Learn network programmability with GNS3 and Python version 3
- Learn how to automate the configuration of network devices with Python
- Learn how to leverage NAPALM for network automation
- Use Netmiko for SSH connections to routers and switches
- Quick start guide using Telnet and SSH - get started in 20 minutes!
- Learn how to scale your network scripts
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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KK Srikanth
very good explanation.
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TTodd Gieseler
It's been fantastic. I've learned a lot, gotten a lot of hands on experience, and am loving the course.
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AAndrew Gustafson
Great presentation to get going quick. This was not a deep dive, but gets you going with the basics you need to build an email server.
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MMax Leon Langer
Die zweite Hälfte des Kurses beschäftigt sich mit Python-basierter Datenverarbeitung, nichtmehr mit Networking... das darf man voraussetzen. Aus meiner Sicht inhaltlich enttäuschend. ich hätte mir eher eine Vertiefung bzgl. gesamter Applikations- und Netzwerkautomatisierungsansätze gewünscht.
