Network Configuration with Ansible
Move from imperative scripts to declarative automation: use Ansible playbooks to configure and manage network devices and Linux hosts at scale.
Why Declarative Automation
Bash and Python scripts describe how to do something step by step. Ansible describes the desired state and converges hosts toward it.
This is idempotent: running the same playbook twice leaves the system in the same correct state.
Agentless by Design
Ansible needs no agent on managed hosts. It connects over SSH (or network device APIs) and pushes changes, making it easy to adopt across a fleet.
All lessons in this course
- Bash Scripting for Networking
- Python for Network Automation
- REST APIs for Network Devices
- Network Configuration with Ansible