Detailed masterclass agenda

Red: Lectures and demonstrations

Blue: Hands-on labs

Green: Breaks

Timezone is UTC+2 for European classes and UTC-6 for American classes.

Day 1

08:00 - 08:30 Welcome and introduction

08:30 - 08:45 Lab access

08:45 - 09:45 Python Click

09:45 - 10:00 Short break

10:00 - 12:00 Workbook chapter 1: all tasks

12:00 - 13:00 Long break

13:00 - 14:00 Python Flask-RESTX

14:00 - 14:15 Short break

14:15 - 17:00 Workbook chapter 2: all tasks

Day 2

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on topics from yesterday

08:15 - 08:45 YANG and XML, part 1

08:45 - 09:15 Workbook chapter 3: task 3.1

09:15 - 10:15 YANG and XML, part 2

10:15 - 10:30 Short break

10:30 - 12:15 Workbook chapter 3: task 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4

12:15 - 13:00 Long break

13:00 - 13:30 YANG suite and NETCONF

13:30 - 14:45 Workbook chapter 4: all tasks

14:45 - 15:00 Short break

15:00 - 15:45 NSO

15:45 - 17:00 Workbook chapter 5: all tasks

Day 3

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on topics from yesterday

08:15 - 09:15 DevNet Expert lab exam overview and strategy

09:15 - 17:00 Full-scale lab 1

Day 4

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on full-scale lab 1

08:15 - 09:00 RESTCONF paths and methods

09:00 - 10:15 Workbook chapter 6: all tasks

10:15 - 10:30 Short break

10:30 - 11:00 Netmiko and TextFSM/ntc_templates

11:00 - 11:45 Workbook chapter 7: all tasks

11:45 - 12:30 Long break

12:30 - 13:15 Jinja2 with YAML

13:15 - 14:15 Workbook chapter 8: all tasks

14:15 - 14:30 Short break

14:30 - 15:45 Model-Driven Telemetry

15:45 - 17:00 Workbook chapter 9: all tasks 

Day 5

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on topics from yesterday

08:15 - 08:30 Telemetry encoding captures

08:30 - 17:00 Full-scale lab 2

Day 6

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on full-scale lab 2

08:15 - 09:00 pyATS, part 1

09:00 - 10:00 Workbook chapter 10: task 10.1, task 10.2 and task 10.3

10:00 - 10:15 Short break

10:15 - 10:45 pyATS, part 2

10:45 - 11:45 Workbook chapter 10: task 10.4 and task 10.5

11:45 - 12:30 Long break

12:30 - 13:30 Ansible for network automation

13:30 - 14:45 Workbook chapter 11: all tasks

14:45 - 15:00 Short break

15:00 - 16:00 Terraform with APIC/ACI, part 1

16:00 - 17:00 Workbook chapter 12: task 12.1, task 12.2 and task 12.3

Day 7

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on topics from yesterday

08:15 - 08:45 Terraform with APIC/ACI, part 2

08:45 - 09:30 Workbook chapter 12: task 12.4 and task 12.5

09:30 - 10:15 Certificates and encryption

10:15 - 10:30 Short break

10:30 - 11:00 Workbook chapter 13: all tasks

11:00 - 11:30 Vault secret management

11:30 - 12:15 Workbook chapter 14: all tasks

12:15 - 13:00 Long break

13:00 - 13:30 Git features and commands

13:30 - 15:00 Workbook chapter 15: task 15.1, task 15.2, task 15.3 and task 15.4

15:00 - 15:15 Short break

15:15 - 15:45 GitLab CI/CD

15:45 - 17:00 Workbook chapter 15: task 15.5 and task 15.6

Day 8

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on topics from yesterday

08:15 - 08:30 Continuing your preparations for the lab exam

08:30 - 17:00 Full-scale lab 3

Day 9

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on full-scale lab 3

08:15 - 08:45 Docker

08:45 - 09:30 Workbook chapter 16: task 16.1 and task 16.2

09:30 - 10:00 Docker Compose

10:00 - 10:15 Short break

10:15 - 10:45 Workbook chapter 16: task 16.3

10:45 - 12:15 Kubernetes

12:15 - 13:00 Long break

13:00 - 14:15 Workbook chapter 17: all tasks

14:15 - 15:00 NX-API and ACI API

15:00 - 15:15 Short break

15:15 - 17:00 Workbook chapter 18: all tasks

Day 10

08:00 - 08:15 Follow-up on topics from yesterday

08:15 - 16:45 Full-scale lab 4

16:45 - 17:00 Follow-up on full-scale lab 4