This course is ideal for anyone interested in network automation or network automation engineering, and IT professionals who want to further advance their knowledge on HPE Aruba Networking network automation solutions for career growth.

There are no prerequisites for this course, but we recommend you have the following before attending:

• An understanding of networking concepts such as device configuration of L2/L3 interfaces, VLANs, LAG, ACL, and OSPF.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Be familiar with different types of version control systems and have a working knowledge of git and GitHub
• Understand Python essentials, built-in Python data types, and Python functions
• Understand how to create user-defined functions, Python modules, and different types of data formats (XML, JSON, and YAML)
• Understand REST API architecture and concepts and have a working knowledge of REST API
• Be familiar to work with REST API tools, such as Swagger UI and Postman
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of HPE Aruba Networking Central SDK and leverage its extensible features to build custom monitoring, configuration tools, custom dashboards, alerts, and notification frameworks
• Can leverage HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX SDK and HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8 to call upon its Python modules to access the REST API to automate and configure various features.
• Learn the skills to work with HPE Aruba Networking Network Analytics Engine (NAE) scripts, which help automation and assist with the root-cause analysis
• Build a deeper understanding of Ansible as a network automation tool
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of Ansible inventory, playbook, variables and Ansible, Ansible roles, and Ansible collections installation
• Be familiar with Ansible’s roles and collections; use Ansible loops and conditionals; evaluate Ansible Tower and AWX
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of Ansible workflows with HPE Aruba Networking products