Cisco IOS Automation with Ansible

In this video we look at Ansible, which can be used for various automation functions in modern networking. We'll cover some important characteristics and features of Ansible, and then we’ll take a practical look at this in a lab environment.

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Kevin Wallace, CCIEx2 #7945 Emeritus (Collaboration and R&S)

[rogerhaisley]

This was brilliant. Exactly what I needed as a noob trying to understand how automation using Ansible work practically. Alot of tutorials assume you already know quite a bit and so they don't explain the details for us know-nothing people. I already went through this for CCNA and passed the exam but it was very abstract so your video really made sense of everything for me. It was like removing cloudy glasses, now I can see, now I understand how this works. Thanks so much.

[reynaldobravado]

Clear and straightforward demo. Thank you so much

[antonr]

@19:55 A space in the hosts file does not denote the end of a group. You may very well leave them out and your file will be read by Ansible without any issues. What denotes the end of a group is the beginning on next "section" (other group, group vars) or end of a file.

[lkdipeolu]

Charles, that was a good presentation. I love it.

[BorisBadenough]

Thank you, I knew nothing about Ansible, great introductory content!

[refaiabdeen]

Cheers Mate. A well documented & great example

[mudasir]

once again excellent content....thanks for sharing and keep them coming

[williebrown]

Top notch presentation. Was able to download Ansible onto my Ubuntu laptop and follow along.

[ozzman]

fun fact: adding a label to an ssh key during generation, on a cisco, typically skirts the need to use a domain name. I like to use a domain id as my label. One command shorter increases chances for success.

[jonathantx]

First I would like to say thank you for making this video, helps a ton!!!! I have a question, I have started testing with ansible in my home lab, but I want to know how to keep ansible from capturing login banner?? Thanks in advance.

[manhope]

Thanks would be great if you make some more videos 😊

[bhattacharjeesushil]

This is really very helpful video. I was struggling for ssh connection with rsa keys. Kevin explained so clearly and I resolved the problem. I ran and configure first time using Ansible after watching this video!!

[engahb]

I would like to have more videos going deeper into ansible.

[MuhammadHaris-ewxl]

Very nicely explained, removes my fear of working with Ansible. I wonder if you have also launched a course on Ansible for network automation?

[saibot]

Is eveNG Good to start learning Ansible? I don't mind buying it I'd like to not have to buy a bunch of equipment but I will if need be.. getting into automation right after CCNA.

[ozzman]

You also registered the a variable but not sure I saw you call it.

[kool]

what will happen if I input the wrong command syntax under section lines?
I guess ansible will shown the error message but I'm not sure that will stop task or skip error and continue to the next line command.

[lethanhtung]

Nice video and demo, Can I get a playbook example website

[jzartmann]

If you add a label to the key pair the domain name is not needed to enable SSH

[Network_buds]

hello please can you tell me which router are used in conjonction with ansible ?