Introduction to Ansible Network Automation : A Practical Primer

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Front Matter
Part I. The Intros
   1. Is Ansible Good for Network Automation?
   2. Shall We Linux? (Part 1: The Linux Command Line)
   3. Shall We Linux? (Part 2)
   4. Setting Up an Ansible Learning Environment
Part II. The Concepts
   5. Understanding Data Types and File Formats for Ansible
   6. Learning Ansible Basic Concepts I: SSH and Ad Hoc Commands
   7. Learning Ansible Basic Concepts II: Ad Hoc Commands – A Beginner’s Guide
   8. Learning Ansible Basic Concepts II: Using when, Improving Playbook, and Targeting Nodes
   9. Learning Ansible Basic Concepts III: Git, Tags, Managing Files, and Services
   10. Learning Ansible Basic Concepts IV: Users, Roles, Host Variables, Templates, and Password Vault
   11. Building an Ansible Learning Environment for Network Automation
Part III. The Practical
   12. Cisco Router and Switch Configuration with Ansible
   13. Network Device Backup Ansible Playbook
   14. Ansible Playbook Scheduling with Cron
   15. Cisco Router Upgrading Playbook
   16. Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Upgrading Playbook
   17. Creating User Accounts on Palo Alto and Fortinet Firewalls
   18. Creating Security Policy Rules on Palo Alto and Fortinet Firewalls
   19. Creating IPSec Tunnels on Palo Alto Firewalls
   20. Object Addresses and Object Address Groups Creation Playbook for Palo Alto Firewall
   21. Upgrading Palo Alto Firewalls
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