Introduction to Junos Platform Automation and DevOps (IJAUT)

Introduction to Junos OS\n\n\n- Junos OS Basic Design Architecture\n- Traffic Processing\n- CLI Modes and Features\n- Initial Configuration Tasks\n- Interface Types and Configuration\nIntroduction to DevOps\n\n\n- Why DevOps?\n- The Benefits of DevOps\n- DevOps Goals and Best Practices\nThe Junos Automation Stack\n\n\n- The Junos Automation Stack and DevOps\n- Junos XML API Overview\n- Junos REST API Overview\n- Junos JET API Overview\n- Review of Junos Automation Tools\nIntroduction to XML and XPath\n\n\n- Basic XML Syntax\n- The Junos XML Schema\n- Navigating the Junos XML Schema with XPath\nThe XML API and NETCONF\n\n\n- NETCONF\n- The Junos XML API\n- Languages and Libraries Used to Automate the Junos XML API\n- Case Study\nIntroduction to JSON and YAML\n\n\n- The Need to Structure Data\n- JSON Basics\n- YAML Basics\n- Use of JSON and YAML in Junos Automation\nIntroduction to Ansible\n\n\n- Ansible Architecture and Capabilities\n- Ansible Playbook Basics\n- Using Ansible to Retrieve Junos Status Information\n- Using Ansible to Retrieve and Modify Configuration Information\n- Case Study\nIntroduction to Python\n\n\n- Basic Python Syntax\n- Python 2 vs. Python 3\n- Python Data Types and Variables\n- Python Sequences, Tuples, Sets, and Dictionaries\n- Python Libraries\n- The Python Interactive Interpreter\n- Case Study: Creating a Python Script to Solve a Problem\nIntroduction to Junos PyEZ\n\n\n- Connecting to Junos Devices with PyEZ\n- Retrieving Junos Device Status and Configuration Handling\n- Modifying the Junos Configuration with PyEZ\n- Using PyEZ utilities to upgrade Junos software\n- Case Study\nThe Junos REST API\n\n\n- Overview of the Junos REST API\n- Methods of Connecting to the Junos REST API\n- Configuring the Junos REST API\n- Using the Junos REST API Explorer\n- Using the Junos REST API to Retrieve Junos Configuration Data\n- Case Study

- Basic understanding of the OSI model and the TCP/IP protocol suite;\n- Basic understanding of computer networking concepts.

This course benefits individuals responsible for configuring and monitoring devices running the Junos OS.