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