Articles
NetDevOps Live! Season 2 Shines a Spotlight on Network Automation
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NetDevOps Live! is back for another season with a look at network automation from start to finish. Preview our program beginning in April and culminating at Cisco Live in June.
NetDevOps Invades DevNet Sandbox
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How do I get started with NetDevOps and automation in my real network? What does it take to leap the chasm from "dev" to "prod?"
Introducing NetDevOps Live!
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Our new, weekly webinar and video series is dedicated to NetDevOps and network programmability topics, giving you expert-led lab time, and making it easy to keep up and participate.
New NetDevOps Home on DevNet Brings Resources and Community Together
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The new NetDevOps page on DevNet puts blog posts, videos, webinars, learning labs, and current community discussion in one convenient place.
virl up – NetDevOps Network Simulation Done Right
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With "virlutils" NetDevOps engineers get a CLI tool for managing network simulations. A DevNet blog, sandbox, and video show you how to get started
How Do I Get Started Learning Network Programmability?
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Learning Labs, Sandboxes, live events, certification courses, and even a network programmability basics video course offer excellent resources to get you launched on your network programming journey.
Why is Cisco Teaching Me Python?
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Is learning topics related to programmable networks - like Python, JSON, REST APIs - really critical to your success as a network engineer?
Bringing Programmability and NetDevOps to Melbourne for #CLMel
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Wow... Cisco Live 2018 in Melbourne is going to be an amazing time, and I can't wait to see everyone there. Let me know what you are most looking forward to. For convenience, here are the links to my sessions again, register now!
What Does “Network as Code” Mean?
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Networking Evangelist Hank Preston proposes three principles for Network as Code within NetDevOps. Do you agree?
NetDevOps was Center Stage at #CLEUR
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The DevNet team brought an amazing array of sessions, workshops, and demos on network programmability and NetDevOps to CLEUR. Here's a review, plus links to the people and presentations.
Bringing Programmability and NetDevOps to Barcelona for #CLEUR
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It’s right around the corner… Cisco Live Europe 2018 in Barcelona, and I absolutely can’t wait! Every Cisco Live I’ve ever been to, or presented at, has been an amazing experience, but Barcelona is going to be in a league of its own. From the moment I arrive in Spain on Friday morning the entire […]
Introducing the Network Programmability Video Course
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The Network Programmability Basics Video Course is a collection of 28 videos organized into 6 modules. We created it to help jumpstart your journey into network programmability. It's LIVE now!
Automating Cisco ACI with Ansible Eliminates Repetitive Day-to-Day Tasks
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Jacob McGill is a network automation engineer at Network to Code, a network automation solutions provider that provides network automation training and professional services. He spends his time helping customers automate their networks using tools including like Python and Ansible. Jacob is also an Ansible developer who's written and contributed to many of the ACI modules that were released in 2.4. Feel free to reach out to Jacob at jacob@networktocode.com
With POAP You’ll Never Console into your Nexus Switches Again
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Ajay Chenempara is a senior network automation engineer at Network to Code, a network automation solutions provider that provides network automation training and professional services. Ajay is the lead instructor at Network to Code while also assisting with automation related projects. He's usually in front of customers helping them learn different tools, APIs, and technologies ranging from Python and Ansible to more complex CI/CD pipelines and how they can be leveraged within the context of network automation. Ajay can be reached at ajay@networktocode.com.
Part 2: NetDevOps Goes Beyond Infrastructure as Code
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In NetDevOps, it is standard to have a "Continuous Development" approach to network changes. Proposed network changes are picked up by build servers which manage the progression from "Development" to "Test" and into "Production". NetDevOps will mirror what is becoming commonplace in software development teams.
Part 1: Embrace NetDevOps, Say Goodbye to a “Culture of Fear”
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Network Builders focus on the care and feeding of the network, making sure it's available for the "consumers". The Network Consumers are the users of the network, and expect to treat the network like a utility - it "should just work".
Using CLI as Training Wheels with NETCONF/YANG
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Get all the details behind what we announced at Cisco Live! "Introducing an entirely new era of networking." Here's how you can get started, with Cisco DevNet.
DevNet Uncensored @Cisco Live! What happens in Vegas Goes on #CiscoChat
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DevNet Zone Cisco Live US 2017 is nearly here, and we have planned SO much for the DevNet community. Even for those unable to make it to Las Vegas.