title	project	author	affiliation	date	keywords
Outline for Hands-on Network Automation Workshop	Interop ITX 2017	Scott Lowe	blog.scottlowe.org	2017-04-07	Python, Ansible, Jinja2, Automation, Networking

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Part 1: Overview of the Environment (Scott)

General flow of the workshop
Tools that will be covered
Use of cloud-based instances
Takeaways (preconfigured Linux VM, etc.)

Part 2: Retrieving Configurations (Kirk)

Quick Python intro
Connecting to a device using Python
Retrieving device configurations
Committing device configurations to Git repository

Part 3: Changing and Verifying Configurations (Matt)

Making configuration changes using Python
Verifying changes with diffs
Writing unit tests to verify configuration changes

Part 4: Using Templates for Configurations (Jere)

Intro to Jinja2 templates
Creating a Jinja2 template
- Using Python
- Using Ansible
Sending templated configs to a device