Network Automation Quick Start

Learn how to automate the configuration of network devices with Python. Discover how to create and test a Telnet script, use loops to scale your scripts, and more.

1. Telnet Quick Start

• Welcome
• GNS3 lab setup and IDEs
• Telnet script creation
• Telnet script test
• Telnet to a switch and create VLANs

2. Loops and Scaling

• Loops
• PEP 8: Python style guide
• Configure switch VLANs using loops

3. Scaling

• Create a multiple switch network
• Open a file of switch IP addresses
• Configure multiple switches using a loop
• Loops within loops
• Backup switch configurations