CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure: Automation Study Guide

Study guide for the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure automation track covering YANG models, NETCONF/RESTCONF, Python automation, Ansible, Catalyst Center, SD-WAN APIs, telemetry, and AI in network automation.

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Chapter Guides

  1. 1 YANG Data Models: OpenConfig, IETF, and Native Models
  2. 2 NETCONF, RESTCONF, and Building YANG Payloads
  3. 3 Python Network Automation with Netmiko
  4. 4 Python Network Automation with ncclient
  5. 5 Python Network Automation with RESTCONF
  6. 6 Ansible for Device-Level Network Automation
  7. 7 Day 0 Provisioning and Zero-Touch Deployment
  8. 8 On-Box Automation: EEM, Guest Shell, and Python
  9. 9 Cisco Catalyst Center: Architecture and Day 0 Provisioning
  10. 10 Catalyst Center: Python API Automation
  11. 11 Cisco Meraki Dashboard API Automation
  12. 12 Cisco SD-WAN (Catalyst SD-WAN) API Automation
  13. 13 Advanced Jinja2 Templating for Network Configuration
  14. 14 Controller-Based Ansible Automation
  15. 15 Security Automation: Policy Enforcement, Compliance, and Segmentation
  16. 16 Troubleshooting Controller-Based Network Automation
  17. 17 Testing, Validation, and Network Simulation
  18. 18 Software Management and Network Health Monitoring
  19. 19 Model-Driven Telemetry and Webhook Monitoring
  20. 20 AI in Network Automation and MCP Server Development