CCIE Automation Course by Mr Abhijit Bakale (DevNet Expert #20230021)

The CCIE Automation lab exam covers a wide range of topics related to software development, automation, and network programmability. A typical CCIE Automation training outline for the exam may include the following topics: 

• Designing a solution based on an on-premises, hybrid, or public cloud deployment, considering factors like Reliability, Performance, and infrastructure.
• Modifying an existing network automation solution based on business and technical requirements.
• Understanding the use of Git in a CI/CD development workflow
• Troubleshooting issues with a CI/CD pipeline (e.g., code-based failures, pipeline issues, and tool incompatibility)
• Creating a scalable solution for infrastructure automation
• Understanding REST APIs
• Build, manage, and operate a Python-based CLI application to use a REST API
• Understanding YANG and NETCONF
• Creating a NETCONF filter by using XPath
• Ansible Fundamentals
• Automating Network Devices with Ansible
• Use Terraform to statefully manage infrastructure Loop control, Resource graphs, Use of variables, Resource retrieval, Resource provision, and management of resources.
• Creating a basic Cisco NSO service package, service template, basic YANG module for the service containers and actions to verify/monitor operational status of the service
• Create, modify, and troubleshoot scripts by using Python libraries and SDK documentation to automate against APIs
• Automating the configuration of a Cisco IOS XE network device and application deployment on it
• Modifying and troubleshooting an automated test by using pyATS to meet requirements like creating testbed file.
• Using the Genie parsers and models included with pyATS
• Creating YANG model-driven telemetry subscriptions
• Creating Docker image, using Docker Compose for packing and deployment
• Package and deploy a solution by using Kubernetes
• Creating, consuming, and troubleshooting a Docker host and bridge-based networks and integrating them with external networks
• Leverage OWASP secure coding practices into all solutions to meet requirement such as Input validation, Authentication and password management, Access control, Cryptographic practices, Error handling and logging and Communication security
• Creating a CSR by using OpenSSL; send CSR to a provided certificate authority; and use the certificate to secure a web application
• Using OAuth2+ to obtain an authentication token
• Using a secret management system to secure an application
• Using tokens, headers, and secrets to secure a REST API