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Discover multi-domain automation Ecosystem With a breadth of open APIs across Cisco's product suites, Cisco platforms are supported on the industry leading automation, orchestration, and configuration management tools. Ansible Ansible’s simple automation framework paired with Cisco’s architectures and programmable platforms provide the optimal combination for open automation. Cisco DevNet provides Ansible modules, use-case focused content, and Learning Labs to successfully deploy automation and implement DevOps into your infrastructure and application operations. See code repo https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/explore/#search=ansible _blank btn btn-primary Learn more /automation-ansible/ _blank btn btn-outline-primary Puppet Puppet Enterprise is an infrastructure-as-code platform that enables customers to automatically know what is installed and configured across their infrastructure, control it and enforce consistency, secure it, keep it compliant and modernize it, using a common language across operating systems and compute platforms running on-premise or in private, public, or hybrid clouds. See code repo https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/explore/#search=puppet _blank btn btn-primary Learn more https://developer.cisco.com/ecosystem/spp/solutions/151444/ _blank btn btn-outline-primary Terraform Terraform is a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently. Terraform can manage existing and popular service providers as well as custom in-house solutions. Custom workflow Find code that support custom workflow in DevNet Code Exchange. Discover hundreds of code repositories created and maintained by Cisco engineering teams, ecosystem partners, technology and open source communities, and individual developers. Explore DevNet Code Exchange https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/ _blank btn btn-primary Cisco Infrastructure Take your automation beyond configuration management, and integrate intelligence into your business processes with Cisco automation platforms.

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Walk

Get visibility and insights into your infrastructure and applications

Get visibility and insights into your infrastructure and applications.

Projects can gather telemetry and insights in a read-only manner, and perform auditing to ensure security and compliance of the entire stack.

Read-only information gathering presents minimal risk of affecting the deployment negatively, and is a great place to start writing code.

EXAMPLE USE CASE

Find configuration differences with Cisco Genie

Use Cisco Genie to answer one of the most common network engineering questions: "What changed in the network configuration?" This code provides a quick example walkthrough that demonstrates how you can use this tool in your own environment.

SAMPLE CODE

						#Re-learn the current configuration. You need to provide a new value for the output.
genie learn config --testbed-file sandbox-testbed.yaml --output changed

#Now find the diff between the gold_config and changed.
genie diff gold_config changed
# Output
+==============================================================================+
| Genie Diff Summary between directories gold_config/ and changed/             |
+==============================================================================+
|  File: config_iosxe_csr1000v-1_ops.txt                                       |
|   - Diff can be found at ./diff_config_iosxe_csr1000v-1_ops.txt              |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  File: config_iosxr_iosxr_ops.txt                                            |
|   - Diff can be found at ./diff_config_iosxr_iosxr_ops.txt                   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  File: config_nxos_sbx-n9kv-ao_ops.txt                                       |
|   - Diff can be found at ./diff_config_nxos_sbx-n9kv-ao_ops.txt              |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

# The output of the command shows you where the diffences are, and you can check the files referenced for the specific changes.
--- gold_config/config_iosxe_csr1000v-1_ops.txt
+++ changed/config_iosxe_csr1000v-1_ops.txt
+Current configuration : 9351 bytes:
+interface Loopback1001:
+ description GenieLoop1001:
+ no ip address:
+interface Loopback1184:
+ description New Interface Created with Genie change:
+ no ip address:
-Current configuration : 9191 bytes:

MORE USE CASES ON “WALK”

Gather SD-WAN inventory data using Python

Automatically retrieve inventory data from vManage and list a summary of all devices in the network.

Walk
Telemetry and insights
Day N
Campus/Branch
SD-WAN

Verify fiber connectivity on Nexus 9000

Create a custom NXOS CLI command that will report db levels on Digital Optical Monitoring (DOM)-capable small form-factor pluggables (SFPs). The command verifies whether fiber is attached end-to-end, negating the need to physically inspect the switch.

Walk
Monitoring
Day N
Data Center
NX-OS

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Run

Activate policy and intent across different operational domains

Activate policy and intent across different operational domains.

Projects can allow for self-service operations that comply with security policies and operational guidelines.

When working in multiple domains, automation tools are key to ensure consistency and simplicity.

EXAMPLE USE CASE

Manage multiple Meraki organizations

Use a Python script to manage multiple Meraki dashboard organizations. Our open source community has developed a Python-based script to help users quickly and programmatically add, delete, find, and list administrators across organizations.

SAMPLE CODE

						def getorglist(p_apikey):
    #returns the organizations' list for a specified admin

    time.sleep(API_EXEC_DELAY)
    try:
        r = requests.get('https://dashboard.meraki.com/api/v0/organizations', headers={'X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key': p_apikey, 'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
    except:
        printusertext('ERROR 01: Unable to contact Meraki cloud')
        sys.exit(2)

    returnvalue = []
    if r.status_code != requests.codes.ok:
        returnvalue.append({'id':'null'})
        return returnvalue

    rjson = r.json()

    return(rjson)

MORE USE CASES ON “RUN”

Define an automated onboarding workflow in Cisco DNA Center for new devices

Cisco DNA Center PnP-BulkConfig app allows uploading of "predefined" rules to onboard network devices.

Run
Automation at scale
Day 0
Campus/Branch
Cisco DNA Center, IOS XE

Use Ansible to troubleshoot OSPF issues

Detect common OSPF issues with the help of a simple Ansible playbook.

Run
Telemetry and insights
Day N
Campus/Branch, Data Center, Service Provider
IOS XE, IOS XR, NX-OS

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Fly

Proactively manage applications, users, devices with DevOps workflow

Proactively manage applications, users, devices with DevOps workflow.

Projects can deploy applications in continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines while configuring the network in accordance with new application policies.

Combining machine learning capabilities with automation can shift organizations from reactive to proactive maintenance and fault avoidance.

EXAMPLE USE CASE

Automate application policy deployment with Ansible

Deploy applications with Ansible to manage multi-domain networking across UCS, Nexus, and ACI. Use GitHub webhooks, AWS API Gateway, AWS Lambda to automate execution.

SAMPLE CODE

MORE USE CASES ON “FLY”

Gather network telemetry information

Receive and reformat telemetry streams on the fly from network devices.

Fly
Telemetry and insights
Day N
Service Provider, Data Center
IOS XR, NX-OS

Configure a network with NetDevOps

Learn benefits of NetDevOps by building your own network configuration. Tools used include Cisco Network Services Orchestrator, GitLab, VIRL, pyATS and Ansible.

Fly
Multi-Domain automation, Self-serve network operations
Day N
Data Center, Campus/Branch
IOS XE, NX-OS

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Explore automation use cases Automation lifecycle #6cb292 file-download DAY 0 INSTALL Get devices into an operational state See use cases > listing/#workflow=Day%200 _blank #60d4a0 cogs DAY 1 CONFIGURE Apply configurations to the devices See use cases > listing/#workflow=Day%201 _blank #56d4d8 rocket DAY 2 OPTIMIZE Add dynamic services, optimize behavior, troubleshoot problems See use cases > listing/#workflow=Day%202 _blank #00c7ff wrench DAY N MANAGE Continuously upgrade, incrementally and safely See use cases > listing/#workflow=Day%20N _blank Automation scenarios img/landing/edge.png Telemetry and insights Gather telemetry and other metrics across different domains Incorporate streaming telemetry on Cisco IOS-XR devices into a metrics pipeline detail/5066604804892548/ _blank Integrate metrics with enterprise monitoring solutions detail/6631637871552388/ _blank See more listing/#usercase=Telemetry%20and%20insights _blank btn btn-primary btn-lg-wide img/landing/container-networking.png Automation at scale Automate configuration, hybrid cloud deployments, and common and repeated tasks Manage MPLS L3VPNs detail/2930222724605828/ _blank Export IP address management (IPAM) data from Cisco DNA Center detail/5593056059123588/ _blank See more listing/#usercase=Automation%20at%20scale _blank btn btn-primary btn-lg-wide img/landing/share-content.png Self-serve network operations Go beyond compute services to network implementation Automate network configuration with NAPALM and Click Python libraries detail/6821810248935300/ _blank Programmatic deployment of virtual network devices detail/7056758566348676/ _blank See more listing/#usercase=Self-serve%20network%20operations _blank btn btn-primary btn-lg-wide img/landing/enterprise-data-management.png Monitoring Monitor infrastructure with an holistic approach Log Analytics with ELK detail/8768307093890948/ _blank Access vehicle telemetry through IoT detail/2028066706352004/ _blank See more listing/#usercase=Monitoring _blank btn btn-primary btn-lg-wide img/landing/acknowledge.png Testing & validation Automate testing and intent verification for network operations Find configuration differences with Cisco pyATS | Genie detail/8378646420842372/ _blank Cisco DNA Center & Managed Devices Test Validation detail/6668171165362052/ _blank See more listing/#usercase=Testing%20%2F%20validation _blank btn btn-primary btn-lg-wide img/landing/manufacturing.png Multi-domain automation Manage applications consistently across different domains Ensure consistent security policy in data centers and campuses detail/4204550124529540/ _blank Simplify network device authentication configuration and consistency detail/1207911646553988/ _blank See more listing/#usercase=Cross%20domain%20automation _blank btn btn-primary btn-lg-wide

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