Designing and Implementing Cisco Network Programmability (NPDESI)

Module 1: Network Programmability Fundamentals

• Software-defined networking (SDN) overview
• Industry trends:
  • Open source
  • Programmable infrastructure
  • SDN
  • DevOps
  • Cisco ACI
• Network programmability and automation
• Cisco platforms
• Linux
  • File system
  • Paths and directories
  • File permission
  • Processes
  • Networking commands
• Python
  • Code
  • Utilities
  • Data types
  • Writing scripts
  • Analyzing code
  • Error handling
• Python libraries

Module 2: APIs and Automation Protocols

• Device management and programmability overview
• Data encoding formats
• JSON
• XML
• Data models
• Model-driven programmability stack
• REST
• NETCONF
• RESTCONF
• gRPC
• REST API
  • overview
  • Agent pre-requisites
  • Documentation and console
  • Examples
• Nexus programmability overview
• NX-API CLI
• NETCONF
• Python on box
• NS-API REST
• IOS XE RESTCONF API
• IOS XE NETCONF API
• IOS XR NETCONF APIs
• Management plane
• Access control lists

Module 3: Data Models

• YANG
  • Overview
  • Module / header
  • Leaf /list statement
  • Types
  • Typedef statement
  • Choice statement
  • Grouping statement
  • RPC statement
  • Imports and includes
  • Modules and submodules
  • Model types
• Yang validator
• Development kit
• YDK-Py API structure
• Yang explorer

Module 4: SDN Controllers

• Controller based networking
• OpenFlow
• OpenDaylight
• APIC-EM
  • Platform architecture
  • Applications
  • APIs
  • Tasks
• ACI overview
• ACI object model
• APIC REST API
• Cobra SDK
• Arya
• ACI toolkit applications
• Virtual topology system
• UCS Manager
• UCS Director

Module 5: Network Operations

• Software development methodologies
• DevOps
  • Introduction
  • Demystified
  • Tools and technologies
• Git
  • Overview
  • Architecture
  • Commands
  • Branches
  • GitHub
• Network test infrastructure
• VIRL
• DevNet
• Travis CI
• Ansible
• NXOS features modules
• Puppet
  • Components
  • Server
  • Manifests
  • Resources
  • Node and agent

Labs:

• Using the Linux Command Line
• Linux Networking
• Python Foundations—Part 1
• Python Foundations – Part 2
• Writing and Troubleshooting Python Scripts
• Custom Python Libraries
• Working with JSON Objects in Python
• Using XML in Python
• NETCONF Capabilities Exchange
• Interacting with Cisco ASA REST API
• NX-API Discovery
• Consume NX-API with Python
• Consuming NETCONF on Nexus
• Using Python on the Nexus Switch
• Interacting with the Cisco IOS XE RESTCONF API
• Interacting with the Cisco IOS XE NETCONF API
• Interacting with the Cisco IOS XR NETCONF API
• Securing the Management Plane
• Validating YANG Models Using yangvalidator
• Writing a Custom YANG Model
• Viewing and Validating YANG Models with pyang
• BGP Configuration Change using ydk-py (with OC BGP models)
• Generate Python Bindings with ydk-gen
• Navigating YANG-Explorer
• Network Discovery Configuration
• APIC-EM Network Discovery and RBAC
• Consuming the APIC-EM API
• ACI Fabric Discovery
• Creating Objects with APIC GUI
• Navigating the Object Model
• Using API Inspector
• Using ARYA
• CLI Emulation
• ACI Diagram Tool
• ACI Toolkit — Lint
• Using the APIC REST API
• GitHub Pull Request
• Working with Git
• DevNet Sandbox
• DevNet Learning Labs
• DevNet GitHub
• Integration Testing
• Compliance Checks with Ansible
• Tenant Provisioning with Ansible