Getting started with Cisco SD-WAN Ansible Pipeline

We know the challenges of SNMP with it's UDP transport, limited filtering and encoding options, and the tax to the device CPU and memory resources when multiple tools are polling. Now that gRPC Dial-Out model-driven telemetry is here there are options for migrating to the newer TCP based solution that is supported by YANG data models. These data models make finding specific data points or KPI's easy - the days of analyzing MIB's and OIDs are over.

Using the Meraki web based portal it is easy to administer all aspects of your network in a centralized fashion, but sometimes we are asked to perform some very specific changes on all networks in an organization during the transition to cloud based security that can end up taking a long time. In this webinar you will learn how a simple python script that leverages the Meraki Dashboard API can greatly improve the time it takes to “manually” add new MX L3 rules into all the applicable devices in all Networks in an organization.

Most familiar with Meraki know about its usefulness in building enterprise level networks, some have even taken the step of automating those deployments through Meraki’s robust APIs and code. What users may not be as knowledgeable about is Meraki’s capability to move beyond the individual site and support the WAN. In this session, the building blocks of the automating the network will be expanded to include multiple secure sites allowing organizations to range office to office and even into the home workspace.

Whether you’re an expert developer or in the process of refreshing your skills - we’re always looking for ways to make programming with Meraki APIs easier. Join us in this quick session to learn how to use Node-RED: a tool for drag and drop programming with the Meraki Dashboard API!

Node-RED allows you to easily and intuitively create workflows while filling in all of the boilerplate code around those actions for you. In this session we’ll demonstrate how to use this tool to take the work out of programming with the Meraki Dashboard API and point you to sample, pre-made flows to get started.

The popularity of Python cannot be exaggerated - it is, by far, the top programming language used by developers working with the Meraki Dashboard API. To make programming with Python even easier, Meraki has recently released an updated Python SDK (Software Development Kit) for the Meraki Dashboard API, including support for all API endpoints, automatic logging, automatic retries on rate limit errors, automatic pagination, custom settings, and simulation mode.

Join us in this session to learn how to use the Python SDK to make Dashboard API calls, handle errors and exceptions, easily access and export logs for troubleshooting, and collect meaningful data with just a few lines of code!

For those looking to automate configuration or monitoring with the Meraki Dashboard API - this session is for you. No experience in Meraki, programming, or Python is necessary - this session will be valuable to both experienced programmers interested in what’s new with this updated SDK, and those curious about what is possible with Meraki APIs.

This webinar will outline how you can leverage free DevNet tools to help prepare for the Cisco DevNet Developing Applications using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs v1.0 (DEVCOR 350-901) exam. We will also provide an overview of what to expect in the exam and do a deep dive into some of the exam topics. The Cisco DevNet Developing Applications using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs certification is where engineers and Cisco partners validate their expertise of implementing knowledge of software development and design including using APIs, Cisco platforms, application deployment and security, and infrastructure and automation.

This webinar will cover an outline of the exam Automating and Programming Cisco Security Solutions v1.0 (SAUTO 300-735). Discover free Cisco DevNet tools and study guide to assist in learning with implementing Security automated solutions, including programming concepts, RESTful APIs, data models, protocols, firewalls, web, DNS, cloud and email security, and ISE.

Cisco DevNet Specialist Service Provider Automation and Programmability Certification is where engineers and partners validate their knowledge of implementing service provider automated solutions including programming concepts, orchestration, programming OS, and automation tools. This webinar will outline how you can leverage these free DevNet tools to help prepare for the Cisco DevNet Automating and Programming Cisco Service Provider Solutions v1.0 (300-535) exam. We will also provide an overview of what to expect in the exam and do a deep dive into some of the exam topics.

Join us to understand the new Cisco certs and discover free resources, labs, tools, and other training materials to help you round out your collaboration automation developer knowledge and ace the exam. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of implementing applications that automate and extend Cisco Collaboration platforms, including programming concepts, APIs and automation protocols, and Python programming.

Cisco DNA Center brings about a new way to manage and visualize your enterprise network. But above and beyond the UI, AI and ML, how do you integrate it into your NetDevOps cycle, and ensure your network is well-validated end-to-end? In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how to integrate Cisco DNA Center REST APIs with pyATS | Genie, take configuration and operation snapshots, diff them programmatically, and track any changes over time.

This webinar will help you start your journey towards Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist in Data Center Automation and Programmability. The webinar takes you on a tour of developer.cisco.com with respect to Data Center Automation and Programmability. You will gain an understating of the technologies tested and the respective weighted percentages of those technologies on the certification exam. You will see how DevNet has aligned the DevNet resources to each section of the certification exam.

“The Meraki Cloud Platform” - what is it? It used to be all about the Meraki cloud dashboard and the radical idea that cloud-managed IT would revolutionize network management (it did!).

Today, the Meraki Cloud Platform is evolving to not only provide a feature-rich, easy-to-use cloud dashboard, but to also allow customers to leverage and extend the experiences, services, and data of the platform in the form of open APIs.

Whether you’re considering moving to Meraki, just pulled the trigger, or have been a Meraki customer or partner for awhile - understanding the basics of the Meraki APIs will help you make informed decisions about your upcoming deployment, opportunities to further automate your workflows, product integrations, and potential for applications built on top of Meraki technologies.

Join us in this session to understand the fundamentals of APIs (no development experience necessary!) and learn what’s possible, what others are doing, and how to get started.

By automating the software development lifecycle (code, test, to production) developers and operators (DevOps) are becoming more agile, reducing costs, and delivering a superb customer experience to their customers. Cisco Orchestration solutions extend the benefits of automation to the entire stack by treating each layer of the underlying infrastructure as Code (IaC). Orchestrators reduce the complexity of programmability, operational state, and visibility. In this session, we decode the differences between domain-specific workflow automation versus cross-domain orchestration. As there are many layers in the ‘stack’, achieving a goal of ‘Automate everything’ requires the right tool for the right use case. To that end, we will cover Cisco Cloud Center Suite (Workload Manager and Action Orchestrator), UCS Director, Intersight, and Network Services Orchestrator (NSO). A brief demo will showcase Open Source and Cisco Orchestration tools working hand-in-hand.

Come check out what's new in the Cisco certification suite. Learn all about the new DevNet Certification and what it means to be DevNet Certified. Then we'll take a look at the Enterprise Networking offerings and exam topics and see what DevNet has to offer to help you successfully prepare for the exam. The certification validates a candidate's knowledge of implementing enterprise automated solutions.

We’ve all been there… network behavior is “different”, but everyone says “nothing changed”. Finding that small ACL, mask, or policy change across the entire network by hand can take for hours, but Genie by Cisco can make your wish come true. pyATS and Genie are open source Python network verification tools from Cisco that offer network engineers powerful tools that can span your journey into automation from your first to full-scale network unit testing, growing with you. Join this webinar to check out how you can use Genie TODAY!