devnet

1. Sean Cavanaugh
Technical Marketing Manager, Ansible
seanc@redhat.com
Beginner's Guide to NetDevOps with
Cisco DevNet and Ansible
Hank Preston
Developer Evangelist, Cisco
hapresto@cisco.com

2. WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY
2.5 Announcement
Red Hat Summit
Ansible Automates
Ansiblefest 2018
NetDevOps with Cisco’s Hank Preston
- Cisco IOS-XE
- Cisco NX-OS
- Cisco ACI
- What to do next?
Q/A

3. Installation Directions:
docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html
Ansible 2.5 Porting Guide:
docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.5.html
Ansible 2.5 Networking Features Blog:
www.ansible.com/blog/coming-soon-networking-features-in-ansible-2.5
Ansible 2.5 has launched
network_cli and netconf are top level connection methods!

4. Look, Feel and Operate like Ansible
Provider method is no longer needed
---
- hosts: rtr1
connection: network_cli
remote_user: admin
become: yes
become_method: enable
tasks:
- name: Backup Configuration
ios_config:
backup: yes

5. For more information or to register visit: ansible.com/automates
Washington D.C.
April 19th, 2018
Tokyo, Japan
April 24, 2018
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
April 19th, 2018

6. April 30- May 4
Booth 1120

7. Hybrid Cloud Network
Interconnect with Ansible
Steven Carter, Principal Solutions Architect
Peter Sprygada, Distinguished Engineer
Tuesday, May 8 @ 11:45AM
May 8-10
Top 3 F5 BIG-IP and
Ansible Use Cases
Eric Mcleroy, Sr. Solutions Architect
Wednesday, May 9 @ 4:30PM

8. Booth 849

9. August 13-16, Boston, MA

10. October 2-3

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• Ansible + Cisco Scope
• Demo: NetDevOps
Configuration Management
with Ansible
• What to do next!
Review

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• ACI
http://bit.ly/ansible-aci
• AireOS
http://bit.ly/ansible-aireos
• ASA
http://bit.ly/ansible-asa
• IOS
http://bit.ly/ansible-ios
• IOS XR
http://bit.ly/ansible-iosxr
• NX OS
http://bit.ly/ansible-nxos
• NETCONF
http://bit.ly/ansible-netconf
• NSO
http://bit.ly/ansible-nso
• UCS
http://bit.ly/ansible-ucs
What can you do with Ansible + Cisco?

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• Physical Topology
• “Core” – IOS XE Routers
• “Distribution” – NX-OS Switches
• “Access” – NX-OS Switches
• Network has been cabled
already
• Management access to devices
enabled
• No other configuration completed
Starting Network Topology

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• Layer 3 Links between Core/Dist
• OSPF Area 0 Routing Configured
• Distribution configured for VPC
Domain
• Layer 2 port-channel trunk to
access
• Set of VLANs Configured
• SVIs at Distribution with HSRP
Configured
Desired Network Configuration

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• Inventory File
• List network devices
• Connection details
• Logically grouped for configuration
• Host/Group Variable Files
• Device specific details
• General group details
• Ansible Roles
• Align to network roles
• Ansible Playbook
• Run roles against relevant groups
Use our Ansible Mastery!

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• Network Policy: Bridge Domains, VRFs, etc
• Application Policy: App Profiles, EPGs, Contracts, etc
ACI Application Policy with Ansible

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• Resources
• Network Automation with Ansible
(ansible.com)
• Ansible Network Modules
(ansible.com)
• Networking Support Docs
(ansible.com)
• Do the Demo Yourself!
• https://github.com/hpreston/netdevops_demos
• DevNet Learning Labs
• Introduction to Ansible
• Using Ansible with NX-OS Devices
• Introduction to ACI and Ansible
• Home Lab: Using Ansible from your
Desktop OS
• Blogs and Videos
• What does "Network as Code" Mean?
• Automating Cisco ACI with Ansible
Eliminates Repetitive Day-to-Day Tasks
• NetDevOps Video Module
What do do next?

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Got more questions? Stay in touch!
hapresto@cisco.com
@hfpreston
http://github.com/hpreston
@CiscoDevNet
facebook.com/ciscodevnet/
http://github.com/CiscoDevNet
Hank Preston developer.cisco.com

19. 19
Q / A
ansible-network@redhat.com
github.com/network-automation
facebook.com/ansibleautomation
twitter.com/ansible
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