Course Overview

Module 1: Development Environment & Tooling

1. Project Structure & Dependency Management
2. Building Command Line Interfaces (CLIs)
3. Logging & Progress Tracking

Module 2: Automating Cisco Modeling Labs (CML)

1. Connecting to CML
2. Managing Lab Lifecycles
3. Node & Image Management

Module 3: Templating with Jinja2

1. Jinja2 Fundamentals
2. CML Topology Generation
3. Cloud-Init Bootstrap Configurations

Module 4: SD-WAN Manager API Fundamentals

1. Session Management
2. API Wrappers

Module 5: Deploying the Control Plane

1. Day 0: Launching the Lab
2. Configuring Basic Settings
3. Automated Certificate Signing

Module 6: Device Inventory & Templates

1. Managing Inventory
2. Template Operations

Module 7: Onboarding WAN Edges

1. Dynamic Topology Expansion
2. Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Simulation
3. Verification

Module 8: Day 2 Operations & Monitoring

1. Backup Strategies
2. Configuration Restoration
3. Real-time Troubleshooting