Intro to Cisco Modeling Labs for DevOps

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Learn the basics of how to use Cisco Modeling Labs to automate your network for DevOps! In this video we utilize a free CML sandbox from Cisco DevNet to interact with a CML simulation through an API and through a pre-built Python library called VIRL2 Client.

One other key element we demonstrate is pyATS, and how we can leverage it, through CML, to transform and test our networks in real time. We'll show you how easy it is to get started turning your infrastructure into code.

0:00 - Introduction to Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) for DevOps
0:19 - Why CML is fantastic for DevOps
0:59 - CML as Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tool
1:37 - CML Sandbox from Cisco DevNet
2:14 - CML Dashboard
2:26 - CML Workbench
2:48 - CML REST API documentation
3:02 - Authenticating with the CML API using Postman
3:17 - Getting CML lab ID via API request using Postman
3:30 - Getting state of elements in CML lab via API request using Postman
3:53 - Listing nodes and adding a node in CML lab via API request using Postman
4:37 - Retrieving the pyATS testbed in CML lab via API request using Postman
5:14 - VIRL2 Client Library for interacting with CML lab simulations
5:50 - Retrieving pyATS testbed using VIRL2 Client module in Python
6:31 - Creating a lab with nodes and links in CML using VIRL2 Client
7:03 - Resources to learn more about pyATS at Cisco DevNet
7:29 - Video recap, summary, conclusion and thanks
8:00 - Outro, Learning more about DevOps at the Developer Hub on the Cisco Community