There’s one more thing I feel needs to be done before I go for that coffee break: a webinar focusing on network automation concepts (as opposed to replacing Excel with YAML and Ansible or Becoming a Python Coder). Here’s a rough list of concepts I think should be in there:

• Data models and data stores
• Data model transformations
• Single source of truth
• Abstraction layers
• Idempotency

On the processes side I’ll cover:

• Infrastructure-as-code (IaC)
• GitOps
• Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD)
• Orchestration systems and APIs

And just for the giggles I’ll share my opinion on these “revolutionary” concepts:

• Intent-based networking
• Imperative and declarative APIs

The slide deck for Data Models and Data Stores section is already online, the first live session will take place in early February 2021.

Revision History

2021-01-29

Updated the webinar description based on comments received on this blog post, in emails, and on LinkedIn. Thank you all!