Net DevOps: Cisco Python, Automation, NETCONF, SDN, Docker

David Bombal and Hank Preston discuss Network Automation, Network Programmability, NetDevOps and the future. What should you learn? CCNA or Python? And many other topics!

We discussed the following:

• Hank Preston Introduction

• How did you transition from being a traditional Network Engineer to a NetDevOps Engineer?

• What would you recommend as the first step?

• What should I start with? Ansible or Python?

• Should I study CCNA or Python? CCNP or Python? CCIE or Python?

• Hybrid Engineer, Next-Gen-Network Engineer, NetDevOps

• What is DevOps? NetDevOps?

• Is there a Cisco NetDevOps certification? CCNA/CCNP/CCIE type path?

• What is DevNet? Is DevNet free?

• DevNet Overview Demo (Free labs, free training, free resources, get support).

• DevNet RESTCONF, NETCONF demo

• What are containers?

• What is Docker?

• What are Microservices

• What is Kubernetes?

• Demo Kubernetes and ACI working together

Other topics were also discussed.

All the best!

David