# ProLUG Automation

## Unit 12 Worksheet

## Instructions

Fill out this sheet as you progress through the lab and discussions. Hold your worksheets until
the end to turn them in as a final submission packet.

## Discussion Questions:

### Unit 12 Discussion Post 1

You have a set of older routers that have been traditionally
connected to and configured over ssh via the command line (CLI) in Cisco Internetwork
Operating System (IOS). You decide to backup the current configs of all routers with
ansible.

1. How might you lay out the cisco.ios.ios_config module to backup up everything to a
local folder on your jump server?

### Unit 12 Discussion Post 2

You’ve read that software defined networking (SDN) is the new
hotness in the network engineering world. Your organization mostly uses VPC’s inside of
AWS and you want to learn more about what SDN means in the cloud.

1. Can you find some good SDN configuration blogs about the topic and prepare a couple paragraphs for a memo
to your other engineers on the team?

## Definitions/Terminology

- SDN – (any related terminology)
    o Control Plane

## Notes During Lecture/Class

Ansible Cisco module for interacting with the IOS.
https://docs.ansible.com/projects/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/ios/index.html

### Useful tools

## Lab and Assignment

Unit 12 Newtork Automation - https://killercoda.com/het-tanis/course/Automation-Labs/Unit12_Networking_Devices

## Digging Deeper

1. Read about a SDN tool that is useful in infrastructure
    1. https://www.pulumi.com/guides/tags/networking/

## Reflection Questions

1. What questions do you still have about this week?
2. How are you going to use what you’ve learned in your current role?