Name: Network management technologies
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<h3>Advanced Python training course description</h3>
 This course caters to network engineers aiming to
enhance both their Python proficiency and network
automation skills. Delving deeper into key areas such
as netmiko, Nornir, and ncclient, we also focus on
automating network testing and validation. Participants
gain greater confidence working with Python functions,
classes, objects, and error handling. The course
additionally introduces more libraries like Scrapli, TTP,
pyATS, Genie, pybatfish, and Suzieq, which cover
parsing strategies, automation testing, validation,
network analysis, observability, and telemetry. The
curriculum also encompasses concurrency techniques.
 
				<h5>What will you learn</h5>
				<ul>
				 
 <li>Write Python modules and functions.</li>
<li>Evaluate techniques to parse unstructured data.</li>
<li>Use NETCONF filters.</li>
<li>Handle Python errors effectively (try, assertâ¦).</li>
<li>Use postman.</li>
<li>Automate testing and validation of the network.</li>
<li>Use scrapli, Genie, batfish and Suzieq. </li>
 </ul>
 <h5>
 Advanced Python training course details </h5>
				<div>
					<div>
						<ul>
							<li> Who will benefit: </li>
							
 Network engineers.
 
							<li>Prerequisites:</li>
							
 Python for network engineers
 
							<li>Duration</li>
							
 5 days
						
 
							
 
 
						</ul>
					</div>
				</div>
 <h3>Advanced Python training course contents</h3>
 <ul>
		<li>Review</li>
CLI, NETCONF, RESTCONF, structured versus
unstructured data, gNMI and when to use which.
PEP 8. Naming conventions. Packages, modules,
Classes and methods. The scrapli library. Netmiko
versus scrapli. Hands on: scrapli, Dictionaries
versus Regular Expressions.

		 <li>Modules and Functions</li>
Writing your own modules, containers versus
packages, virtual environments. Best practices,
calling functions, writing your own functions.
Parameters, arguments. Named arguments,
dictionaries as arguments. Builtins. Docstrings.
Main. __name__, __main__ . Program arguments.
 Hands on: Getting interfaces, showing interface
status using Netmiko and functions. Using
dictionaries as arguments. Writing your own
modules.

		 <li>Parsing strategies</li>
Turning unstructured data into structured data.
textfsm, PyATS Genie parser, NAPALM getters,
Template Text Parser. Hands on: Genie parser,
TTP. Accessing structured data with lists and
dictionaries.

				<li>Classes, objects and Python</li>
Python classes in Genie, PyEZ and others .
 Hands on: studying network automation classes,
objects, methods and attributes.

			<li>Configuration management - more nornir, ncclient,
requests</li>
Nornir tasks. Nornir results, Nornir functions,
Nornir plugins. Nornir processors. YANG, YANG
models, pyang. NETCONF hello. Capabilities.
Schemas. Filters. Subtrees. XPATH. Exploring
available YANG data models. NETCONF and
network wide transactions. Asserting NETCONF
capabilities. Configuration types. Locking
configurations, commits. NETCONF data stores.
Netconf-console. RESTCONF differences from
NETCONF. URI construction. Postman. More XML
and JSON. Git and configuration versions. Hands
on: Nornir and Jinja2. Exploring available models,
NETCONF filters. Using postman.

		<li>Python error handling and debugging</li>
Context handlers, try, assert, logging, pdb, pytest,
unit testing, chatgpt. Hands on: Writing code with
each of the error handling methods, investigating
what happens on an error. Use chatgpt to debug
your code.

	<li>Python Automation Testing</li>
Testing and validation. pyATS, Genie. Testbed
file. Genie parse, genie learn, genie diff. Genie
conf, Genie ops, Genie SDK, Genie harness.
Xpresso. Hands on: Using Genie for state
comparisons of the network.

	<li>Network analysis</li>
Batfish, pybatfish, configuration analysis,
analysing routing, analysing ACLs. Pandas.
Pandas dataframe. Filtering and selecting values
of interest. Hands on: Use Batfish to analyse
network snapshots, find network adjacencies, flow
path analysis.

	<li>Network observability</li>
Suzieq, using docker, using as a package. Sqpoller, suzieq-gui, suzieq-cli, sq-rest-server.
Namespaces and seeing devices, network state
and Asserts. Time based analysis, snapshots and
changes. Hands on: Suzieq: Gathering data from
the network, analysing data from the network.
Network state assertion.

	<li>Telemetry</li>
gRPC, gNMI. CAP, GET, SET. Subscriptions.
Model Driven telemetry. Hands on: Analysing
telemetry data with Python.

		<li>Concurrency</li>
asyncio, threads, processes. Nornir concurrency.
Scrapli and netmiko concurrency. Hands on:
Multiple SSH connections to devices at same
time. Scarpli asyncio.
		


 </ul>

Systems & Network Training

Network & Security

Network Engineer

Advanced Python for network engineers

General Admission

<h3>REST and RESTCONF training course description</h3>
 An introduction to REST and RESTCONF using
Python. The course progresses from how to use them
onto how they work and then looks at using them from
within Python all the time on network devices.
 
				<h5>What will you learn</h5>
				<ul>
				 
 <li>Explain what REST and RESTCONF are.</li>
					<li>Use the REST API on network device.</li>
					<li>Use RESTCONF.</li>
 </ul>
 <h5>
 REST and RESTCONF training course details </h5>
				<div>
					<div>
						<ul>
							<li> Who will benefit: </li>
							
 Network engineers.
 
							<li>Prerequisites:</li>
							
 Python for network engineers.
 
							<li>Duration</li>
							
 1 day
						
 
							
 
 
						</ul>
					</div>
				</div>
 <h3>REST and RESTCONF training course contents</h3>
 <ul>
				<li>Using REST </li>
Curl, Browser plugins, Postman, RESTClient,
Python. Hands on Using the REST API on
network devices.
<li>What is REST?</li>
What is REST? Architecture, APIs, RESTful APIs,
APIs over HTTP/HTTPS, URIs, resources, HTTP
methods, GET, POST, PUT, DELETE. CRUD.
Comparison with other APIs. Hands on REST
analysis with Wireshark.
<li>Rest conventions </li>
Passing parameters, return values, HTTP status,
JSON. XML. Hands on Configuring REST on
network devices, changing format of responses,
POST requests, using parameters.
<li>Configuring network devices with REST </li>
Invoking multiple RPCs. Hands on Device
configuration with REST.
<li>The request library </li>
RESTFUL APIs in Python, the request library,
Installation, example to retrieve the interface
configuration. Hands on Using the Python
requests library on network devices.
<li>RESTCONF </li>
What is RESTCONF? YANG and NETCONF,
relationship with REST, RESTCONF URIs, A
RESTCONF example with ietf-interfaces,
RESTCONF responses. PATCH. Hands on
Using RESTCONF to update a network device
configuration.

 </ul>

REST and RESTCONF

<h3>Python training course description</h3>
 This Python course focusses on teaching Python for
use in network automation and network DevOps. We
focus on getting delegates up and running with Python
and network automation as quickly as possible rather
than making them great programmers. In other words
we concentrate on enabling delegates to use network
automation libraries such as netmiko, NAPALM and
Nornir, and APIs such as NETCONF and RESTCONF
rather than enabling delegates to produce object
oriented programs. Hands on sessions use Cisco and
Juniper devices.
 
				<h5>What will you learn</h5>
				<ul>
				 
 <li>Run Python programs.</li>
																				<li>Read Python programs.</li>
																				<li>Write Python programs.</li>
																				<li>Debug Python programs.</li>
																				<li>Automate network tasks with Python programs.</li>
 <li>Configure network devices with Python.</li>
 <li>Collect data from network devices with Python.</li>
 </ul>
 <h5>
 Python training course details </h5>
				<div>
					<div>
						<ul>
							<li> Who will benefit: </li>
							
 Network engineers.
 
							<li>Prerequisites:</li>
							
 TCP/IP Foundation
 
							<li>Duration</li>
							
 5 days
						
 
							
 
 
						</ul>
					</div>
				</div>
 <h3>Python training course contents</h3>
 <ul>
				<li>What is Python? 	</li>
Programming languages, Why Python? Python in interactive mode, Python scripts, ipython, Python version 2 versus version 3. A simple Python script. Comments.
 Hands on Installing Python, Hello world.
<li>A network example	 </li>
On box vs off box Python. telnet, ssh, NETCONF, HTTP, APIs, manufacturers and API support, analysis of a simple telnetlib program.
 Hands on Using Python to retrieve the configuration from a network device. Using wireshark to analyse the actions.

<li>Python basics </li>
I/O, operators, variables and assignment, types, indentation, loops and conditionals.
 Hands on Modifying the telnet program, changing configurations on a network devices.

<li>Functions, classes and methods </li>
What are functions, calling functions, builtin functions, useful builtin functions, file handling, classes, objects, creating instances.
 Hands on Storing configurations in files, configuring devices from files, using an inventory file to work on multiple devices.

<li>Libraries and modules </li>
Modules, files and packages, import, from-import, Python standard library, other packages, pip install, executing other programs. Managing python libraries.
 Hands on Using pip, installing and using ipaddress, subprocess to access netsnmp. For the more advanced, using the sockets library.

<li>Paramiko and netmiko </li>
SSH, enabling SSH on devices, keys. Paramiko versus netmiko, example scripts. pexpect.
 Hands on Configuring VLANs from Python.

	<li>pySNMP </li>
Gathering facts using previous methods, SNMP review, pySNMP GET, pySNMP and SNMPv3. easySNMP library.
 Hands on Walking a MIB from Python.

<li>NETCONF </li>
What is NETCONF? Enabling NETCONF on devices, A first ncclient script, device handlers, get_config, edit_config, copy_config, delete_config, commit, validate, pyEZ, utils_config, utils.sw.
 Hands on Configuration using ncclient and PyEZ. This session is expanded for those interesting in JunOS automation.

<li>Manipulating configuration files </li>
Builtin functions, string handling. Unicode. Sequences, strings, lists, tuples. Dictionaries. TextFSM. Regular expressions. JSON, YAML, XML, YANG, Jinja2, templates.
 Hands on Jinja2 templating with Python to configure network devices.

<li>NAPALM </li>
Getters, configuration operations, supported devices, NAPALM transport, Config-replace, Config-merge, Compare config, Atomic changes, rollback. Example NAPLAM scripts.
 Hands on Using NAPALM to gather facts, Using NAPALM for configuration management

<li>REST and RESTCONF </li>
What is REST, HTTP methods, GET, POST, cURL, Postman, Python requests library. RESTCONF, a RESTCONF example.
 Hands on Modifying a configuration using RESTCONF.

<li>Scapy </li>
What is scapy, Scapy in interactive mode, Scapy as a module.
 Hands on Packet crafting from Python.

<li>Warning </li>
Errors and exceptions, Exception handling, try, except. Memory management. Garbage collection. Context management, With.
 Hands on Improving Python code.
		 
		 <li>Nornir </li>
What is Nornir? A network automation framework,
inventories, connection management and parallelization.
Nornir architecture and other libraires. 
 Hands on Setting
up nornir, nornir fact gathering, nornir tasks.

<li>Optional </li>
Writing your own functions, Writing your own classes. pyntc.
 Hands on Writing reusable code.

 </ul>

Python for network engineers

<h3>Network management technologies course description</h3>
 A comprehensive tour of the available network
management technologies available for todays
networks. The course starts with basic tools such as
syslog along with Python network automation. SNMP is
then covered with the *flow technologies and streaming
telemetry. Configuration management with ansible,
Python, NETCONF and RESTCONF is then studied.
The final part of the course looks at SDN. Hands on
sessions are used throughout to reinforce the theory
rather than teach specific manufacturer equipment.
Note that sections are available as individual courses.

 
				<h5>What will you learn</h5>
				<ul>
				 
 <li> Evaluate network management technologies.</li>
 					 <li> Evaluate network management technologies.</li>
<li> Recognise the weaknesses of SNMP versus
NETCONF and streaming telemetry.</li>
<li>Explain the role of NETCONF and RESTCONF.</li>
<li>Compare &amp; contrast *flow and streaming telemetry.</li>
<li> Explain the role of SDN in network management.</li>
<li>Automate network configuration with ansible and
Python.
</li>
 </ul>
 <h5>
 Network management technologies course details </h5>
				<div>
					<div>
						<ul>
							<li> Who will benefit: </li>
							
							Those wishing to manage networks. (Previous Python experience is NOT needed)

 
							<li>Prerequisites:</li>
							
 Intro to data comms
 
							<li>Duration</li>
							
 5 days
 
							
 
 
						</ul>
					</div>
				</div>
			
				 <h3>Network management technologies course content</h3>
				<h4>Basic network management</h4>

				 <ul>
		<li>Network management</li>
What is network management? Benefits, issues.
FCAPS model. Fault management, Configuration
management, accounting, performance, security.
What to manage, what not to manage. Managing
network devices, managing servers.
				</ul>
<h4>Monitoring networks</h4> <ul>					 
<li>Traditional network tools</li>
Ping..., SSH, syslog, TFTP for configurations.
nmap. Wireshark. CLI. Web based management.
Splunk. Nessus, snort, Kali. 
 Hands on syslog, network inventories.

 </ul> <ul><li>Network automation using the CLI</li>
Programming and automating networks, netOps.
Python, Git. Python network modules, SSH,
paramiko, netmiko. EVE-NG.
 Hands onPython
network modules.

</ul> <ul><li>Structured versus unstructured data</li>
				
Problems with automation and unstructured data.
XML, JSON, YAML. The role of YANG. Hands on
Parsing data.
				
</ul> <ul><li>SNMP</li>
SNMP architecture, SNMP MIBs, SMI, the SNMP
protocol, polling security. Configuring SNMP.
SNMPv1, v2, v3, SNMP security. Which version
should you use? MIBs and MIB structure. mib-2,
extra parts of mib-2, Private enterprise MIBs.
Summary: What SNMP is good/bad at. Hands on
Configuring agents and a NMS. MIB browsing.
				
</ul> <ul><li>Server management</li>
Microsoft, Linux, application polling. WMI vs
SNMP. Hands on: Application polling.</ul>
				
<h4>Performance management</h4>
 <ul><li>*flow</li>
Polling, push vs pull, netflow, sflow, IPFIX, *flow.
Flows. Where to monitor traffic. Comparing *flow
with SNMP. Architecture: Generators and
collectors. When flows are exported. NetFlow
reporting products. SolarWinds. Hands on Netflow
configuration. Collectors.

</ul> <ul><li>Streaming telemetry</li>
Model driven telemetry, periodic/on change.
Structured data. Telemetry protocol stack. gRPC
and gNMI. Protobuf. gNMI operations. Telemetry
architecture. Telegraf, databases, Grafana. Hands on Telemetry example.
</ul>		
<h4>Configuration management</h4>
 <ul><li>Configuration management tools</li>
Chef, puppet, ansible, saltstack. Ansible
architecture, controlling machines, nodes,
agentless, SSH, modules. Inventories, playbooks,
modules, network modules, jinja2 templates.
 Hands on Network configuration with ansible.
	
</ul> <ul><li>NETCONF</li>
What is NETCONF? Protocol stack, Data stores,
traffic flows, validating configurations, rollback.
YANG data models and how YANG is used by
NETCONF. XML. Explorers and other tools.
 Hands on anx, Python and NETCONF.

</ul> <ul><li>RESTCONF</li>
The REST API, HTTP, What is RESTCONF?
Tools including Postman. Comparison with
NETCONF. Hands on Configuration with
RESTCONF.
	
</ul> <ul><li>Python network automation: configuration</li>
SSH issues. Using structured data. Jinja2.
ncclient, requests, NAPALM, Nornir. Automated
testing. Hands on Python network device
configuration with nornir.</ul>
	
<h4>Software Defined Networks and orchestration</h4>
 <ul><li>Classic SDN</li>
What is SDN? benefits. SDN architecture. SDN
applications, SDN switches, SDN controllers,
Network Operating Systems. Control plane, data
plane. Northbound interfaces. SDN components.
Southbound interfaces. OpenFlow. ONF,
OpenFlow ports, Flow tables.
	
</ul> <ul><li>Network virtualization</li>
Virtual networks, virtual switches, NfV. Service
chaining. NfV and SDN.
	
</ul> <ul><li>SDN implementations</li>
Classic SDN, Hybrid SDN, SDN via APIs, SDN
via overlays. Data centre SDN, VXLAN, Service
Provider SDN, SD WAN, Enterprise SDN, WiFi.
	
</ul> <ul><li>SDN and open source</li>
OpenDaylight, OpenVSwitch, Open Networking
Forum, Open Network Operating System. Hands onOpenStack.
	
</ul> <ul><li>SD-WAN</li>
What is SD-WAN? Architecture: Edge, gateway,
orchestrator, controller. Overlay and underlay.
Use of MPLS, 4G/5G. Benefits and features.
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).

 
 
				
				
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