Cisco Live 2025 EMEA
LTRATO-2600: Closed-Loop Automation using CI/CD Pipelines with the Power of AI
During the lab execution, you will work with:
- GitLab, Docker, Ansible & Terraform for Infrastructure as Code, pyATS, Splunk
- NetBox, ServiceNOW
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller, Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Defense Orchestrator
- Local large language model (LLM)
- Get all the code as a takeaway
Your hosts
Chris
My core passion lies in automation, DevNet, and assisting customers in realizing their automation goals. Utilizing my expertise in these areas, I am committed to delivering support and facilitating the seamless integration of cutting-edge solutions for businesses spanning diverse industries.
Joerg
Joerg Schultz is working as a Partner Systems Architect for the German Channel Partner Organisation. He is also Automation & Programmability Lead for Cisco Germany and drives the development on Network Programmability together with customers and his partners.
Flo
Flo is a Developer Advocate at Cisco DevNet. He has always been passionate about getting value out of data. That’s why he is currently focusing on data engineering, generative AI, machine learning & data analytics.
Previous sessions
Cisco Live 2024 US
LTROPS-3773: 3 in 1 Pipeline: Cross-Domain Automation with Catalyst Center, FTD, and NDFC using NetDevOps Approaches
Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:
- Getting started with NetDevOps tooling
- Push configuration to all 4 domains using Ansible or Terraform
- Validate your code and use automated testing to verify results with Robot Framework
- Build CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
- Secure your secrets using HashiCorp Vault
- Create your own Docker container
- Get all the code as a takeaway
Cisco Live 2024 EMEA
LTROPS-2977: 4 domains in 1 pipeline: Cross-domain Automation with Cisco Catalyst Center, ACI, Firewalls and NDFC using NetDevOps approaches
Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:
- Getting started with NetDevOps tooling
- Push configuration to all 4 domains using Ansible or Terraform
- Validate your code and use automated testing to verify results with Robot Framework
- Build CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
- Secure your secrets using HashiCorp Vault
- Create your own Docker container
- Get all the code as a takeaway
Cisco Live 2023 EMEA & US
LTROPS-2977: Cross-Domain Automation with Cisco DNA Center and ACI using CI/CD Pipelines
Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:
- Create and manage your own projects in GitLab
- Setup GitLab runner both for Shell (CLI) and Docker
- Build docker images with automation tools
- Define a simple pipeline that will run against multiple domains (DNAC & ACI)
- Define more complex pipelines with artifacts and multiple stages