DEVNET Associate (200-901 DEVASC) Online Training

Trainers

Keith Barker
Ben Finkel
Knox Hutchinson

55skills
340videos
26hours of training
2virtual labs

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DEVNET Associate (200-901 DEVASC) Online Training

In this Cisco DevNet Associate exam course, trainers Keith Barker, Ben Finkel, and Knox Hutchinson cover the 200-901 DEVASC exam objectives. The 200-901 DEVASC is the one required exam to earn the DevNet Associate certification.

200-901 DEVASC: What You Need to Know

This DEVNET Associate training maps to the Cisco 200-901 DEVASC exam objectives, and covers topics including:

Who Should Take 200-901 DEVASC Training?

This DEVNET Associate training is considered associate-level Cisco training, which means it was designed for DevOps professionals. This 200-901 DEVASC course is valuable for new IT professionals with at least a year of experience with routing and switching and experienced DevOps professionals looking to validate their Cisco skills.

Skills You'll Learn in this Course

Welcome to Cisco Certified DevNet Associate (200-901)

3 mins1 videos

Software Development Practices for all IT Professionals

Entry 3 mins1 videos

Network Automation — Where Network and Software Come Together

Entry 3 mins1 videos

Learning Intent

Gain an understanding of the four primary motherboard form factors, including ATX, mATX, ITX, and mITX; motherboard connections, such as SATA, PCI, PCIe, and power; and BIOS settings that can be used to secure PC access, drive operation, and virtualization technology. Learn about the CMOS battery and the fundamentals of electricity as it relates to computer power supplies.

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Prepare a VS Code Development Environment

Entry 42 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you how to set up an environment in Visual Studio Code. Learn how to customize VS Code to suit your development needs and personal tastes by using themes, interface configuration options, plugins, workspaces, and more.

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Basic Programming Control Flow

Entry 38 mins8 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you the basic statements of programming and development. Gain an understanding of the purpose and role of control-flow statements in programming languages. Learn about if-then-else conditional statements, loops, functions, object-oriented programming (OOP), classes, and more.

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Determine When to Use Design Patterns

Entry 22 mins5 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you how design patterns are used to abstract solutions to common software development challenges. Gain an understanding of a variety of software design patterns, such as the singleton design pattern, observer design pattern, and Model–View–Controller (MVC) design pattern.

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Use Git for Version Control

Entry 54 mins8 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you how to manage your source code history and versioning by using git. Learn how to use git commands, such as git init, git checkout, git reset, and git revert. Gain an understanding of version control and the git status of files: unmodified, modified, and staged.

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Collaborate with Git

Entry 35 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you how to collaborate with git on a basic level. Gain an understanding of how collaborating on a single git repository can work for a remote team. Learn how to copy an existing repo by using git clone, how to use git push and git pull, how to work simultaneously on two timelines with branching, and how to merge branches.

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XML, JSON, and YAML Data Formats

55 mins11 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you how to recognize and read XML, JSON, and YAML documents. Gain an understanding of XML syntax, elements, tags, and attributes; the Document Object Model (DOM); Javascript Object Notation (JSON) strings, numbers, booleans, objects, and arrays; YAML Ain't Markup Language (YAML) syntax, strings, numbers, floats, and booleans; and more.

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Parse Data Formats into Python Structures

Intermediate 30 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you how to import and export XML, JSON, and YAML data files by using Python libraries. Gain a deeper understanding of Python programming and data structures.

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REST API Fundamentals

Entry 22 mins5 videos

REST API Requests and Responses

Intermediate 22 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

This Microsoft training course with Ben Finkel will teach you how to develop, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot resilient and scalable solutions on the Azure platform. Learn to implement websites and cloud services, create virtual machines, design an Azure storage strategy, and more.

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Parameters and Payloads for REST APIs

Intermediate 19 mins5 videos

Authentication with HTTP and REST

Intermediate 26 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he covers the authentication of HTTP and RESTful API calls and shows you how to use Postman to ease that process. Gain an understanding of Base64 encoding and encryption, JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), and the various forms of HTTP authentication: basic, API key, and token.

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Use Postman for REST API Interaction

Intermediate 28 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you about Postman, a client-side GUI tool you can use to write and test API calls. Learn how to use Postman to create and store API requests, set up basic authentication for your requests, and organize your saved requests into collections and folders. Gain an understanding of Postman scripts and environments.

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Network Programmability and Automation Foundations

Entry 57 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the concepts of network programmability and automation. Gain an understanding of what network programmability is, how it differs from automation, and why it matters. Learn about devices and controllers, and how they relate to a software-defined network (SDN).

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Prepare a DevNet Study Environment

Entry 33 mins6 videos

Data Models and YANG

Intermediate 40 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the concepts of data models, data schema, and YANG modeling techniques. Gain an understanding of what Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) is, and learn how to interpret a YANG data model.

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Develop NETCONF Scripts for Cisco IOS-XE Devices

Entry 42 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the concepts of the NETCONF protocol. Gain an understanding of NETCONF scripts. Learn how to enable NETCONF on a Cisco IOS-XE device and how to automate networks with NETCONF.

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Develop RESTCONF Scripts for Cisco IOS-XE

Entry 24 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to develop Python scripts that leverage RESTCONF for network programmability and automation. Gain an understanding of REST APIs, the RESTful framework, and Postman.

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Nexus Programmability with NX-API CLI

Entry 29 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he covers Cisco Nexus devices, NX-OS, and NX-API. Learn how to enable NX-API CLI on a Nexus device, how to use the NX-API CLI Sandbox and Postman, and how to script an API interaction with Python.

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Nexus Programmability with NX-API REST

Intermediate 34 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the REST API of Cisco Nexus 9K devices. Gain an understanding of the NX-API object model and the Management Information Tree on Nexus 9K devices. Learn how to implement Python scripts for the NX-API REST API, how to use the Visore GUI, and how to set up a Postman environment.

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Real-World Nexus Automation for Real-World Network Engineers

Intermediate 26 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to retrieve data from a network device by using the show cdp neighbors command, how to parse data, and how to dynamically update configurations on a network device based on the parsed data. Gain an understanding of programming, networking, and Nexus-specific skills.

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Automate Cisco Meraki Networks

Intermediate 25 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the Cisco Meraki enterprise cloud controller. Gain an understanding of Cisco Meraki capabilities, automation techniques, the SDK, and the dashboard API. Learn how to set up Postman to work with your Meraki environment and how to build a Python script.

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Automation with the Meraki Python SDK

Entry 21 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to install the Meraki software development kit (SDK), leverage SDK documentation, and automate tasks in Python using the SDK.

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Automate the Data Center with ACI

Intermediate 42 mins8 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to describe the ACI object model, understand API capabilities, and script REST API automation tasks. Gain an understanding of data center automation, Management Information Trees, and the Python Requests library.

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Easier ACI Automation with the Toolkit

Intermediate 23 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to install and use the ACI Toolkit and SDK to automate ACI tasks. Learn how to acquire the ACI Toolkit documentation, how to create a tenant by using the correct SDK, how to leverage sample scripts from the ACI Toolkit, and how to use apps from the ACI Toolkit.

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Automate the Campus with DNA Center Platform

Intermediate 35 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the concepts of the DNA Center platform and how to automate tasks with Python. Learn how to acquire DNA Center documentation, how to set up a Postman environment for DNA Center, and how to automate the Assurance API by using scripting.

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Easier DNA Center Automation with the SDK

Intermediate 18 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the concepts of the DNA Center SDK. Gain the skills you need to gather network information and device-specific information from DNA Center. Learn how to install the DNA Center and explore the documentation, how to authenticate to the DNA Center, how to troubleshoot client health issues by using the SDK, and how to automate DNA Center tasks.

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Automate Cisco Collaboration Platforms

Intermediate 28 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to describe and automate Cisco collaboration platforms including CUCM and Webex. Learn how to automate the administration of CUCM by using the AXL API, how to query the UDS REST API, and how to script against UDS by using the Python Requests library and Postman.

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Automate Your Teamwork with Webex Teams

Entry 27 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he covers the Webex Teams platform and how you can use it to automate messaging and collaboration. Learn how to create a team and a room by using the Python Requests library, how to post messages to a room, and how to get started with the Webex Teams SDK.

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Automate WAN Workloads with SD-WAN

Intermediate 18 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about Cisco SD-WAN capabilities and API options. Learn how to get started with the vManage REST API, how to set up a Postman environment for SD-WAN, and how to create Python scripts for an SD-WAN lab.

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Automate the Cisco Security Platform

18 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about Cisco’s security platform and automation options. Gain an understanding of the FirePower Management Center (FMC). Learn about FirePower authentication with Postman and Python.

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Create Access Policies in FMC with Python

Entry 15 mins5 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to create a threat-centric access policy in Firepower Management Center (FMC) via API calls. Learn how to create access control policies by using Python scripts, how to add rules to a policy, and more.

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Automate Cisco ASA Firewalls

Intermediate 17 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the concepts of automating the Cisco ASA firewall and network security appliance. Learn how to set up a Postman environment for ASA, how to perform ASA automation with the Python Requests library, and how to install, configure, and explore the ASA's REST API.

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Automate Cisco Compute and More with UCS

Intermediate 29 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he covers core UCS management offerings and teaches you how to automate UCS Manager. Gain an understanding of the PowerShell modules you can use by leveraging the Cisco UCS PowerTool suite. Learn how to interact with the UCS Manager by using the Python UCSM SDK, how to enable automation with UCS Director, and how to manage a data center with Cisco computing tools.

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Automate Everything with NSO

Intermediate 27 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he covers the capabilities and automation deployment options of Cisco's Network Services Orchestrator (NSO). Learn how to install NSO, how to programmatically interact with Cisco IOS devices by using NSO's REST API, and how to manage network services and individual devices with NSO.

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Automate Cisco Platforms with PowerShell

Intermediate 26 mins8 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he shows you how to automate Cisco networks with PowerShell. Gain an understanding of network automation skills with the PowerShell scripting language. Learn how to get started with the correct version of PowerShell, how to hit a RESTCONF endpoint via PowerShell, and how to interact with Meraki, ACI, DNA, and the SD-WAN platform by using PowerShell.

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Computing and Application Deployment Models

Entry 30 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Ben Finkel as he teaches you how to successfully implement software and IT services. Gain an understanding of application deployment models such as cloud computing and edge computer. Learn about virtual machines, containers, and the various cloud deployment models: public, private, and hybrid.

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Understand the Basics of Docker

Entry 35 mins7 videos

Describe the Components for a CI/CD Pipeline

Intermediate 21 mins5 videos

Secure Data in Your Applications

Entry 19 mins6 videos

Identify OWASP Standard Threats

Entry 18 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you about the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and covers common security threats and attacks. Gain an understanding of cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, and cross-site request forgery (XSRF).

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Understanding the Basics of Linux and Bash

Entry 33 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to operate a Linux operating system and Bash shell. Gain an understanding of the file permissions and popular distributions in Linux. Learn how to perform basic file operations from the command line and how to work with Linux apps (packages).

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Identify the Principles of DevOps Practices

Intermediate 17 mins5 videos

Unit Tests and Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Entry 27 mins6 videos

Install and Configure Ansible

Entry 57 mins12 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he covers the foundational skills you'll need to operate Ansible for network automation. Gain an understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC), DevOps, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD). Learn how to install Ansible, how to set up an inventory file to manage groups of devices, and how to get started with Ansible modules, playbooks, variables, conditionals, and loops.

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Automate Your Entire Network with Ansible

Intermediate 53 mins10 videos

Learning Intent

Join Knox Hutchinson as he teaches you how to implement Nexus and YANG model-driven programmability into your network. Gain an understanding of network modules, RESTCONF modules, RESTCONF GET, and Jinja templating. Learn how to create loopback addresses with a CRUD operation and how to dynamically change playbooks based on the device by using host_vars and group_vars.

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Describe How a Switch Performs Layer 2 Forwarding

Entry 32 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Keith Barker as he teaches you about the concepts of layer 2 switching in an Ethernet network. Gain an understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP model (or protocol stack), MAC addresses, VLANs, and trunks.

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Describe How a Router Performs Layer 3 Forwarding

Entry 33 mins6 videos

Learning Intent

Join Keith Barker as he teaches you about IP routing, including IP addresses, routes, subnet masks, network prefixes, and default gateways. Gain an understanding of the network layer of the TCP/IP model (protocol suite), the format of IPv4 addresses, the purpose of default routes, and more.

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Describe Transport Layer Functions and Protocols

Entry 20 mins5 videos

Learning Intent

Join Keith Barker as he teaches you about Layer 4 of the TCP/IP protocol suite, the Transport layer. Gain an understanding of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

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Describe Application Layer Functions and Protocols

Entry 36 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Keith Barker as he teaches you about Application layer services and how they interact with the TCP/IP protocol stack. Gain an understanding of well-known ports, DHCP, DNS, SNMP, NTP, clients, servers, and multilayer switches.

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Interpret and Describe a Basic Network Topology

Entry 33 mins7 videos

Learning Intent

Join Keith Barker as he teaches you how to identify switches and routers in a topology and how to use basic show commands. Gain an understanding of a firewall, intrusion detection system (IDS), intrusion prevention system (IPS), and load balancer. Learn about high availability (HA), fault tolerance, and network address translation (NAT).

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Explain the Management, Control, and Data Planes

Entry 18 mins5 videos

Learning Intent

Join Keith Barker as he covers the management, control, and data planes of a network device. Learn how to implement OSPF, and gain an understanding of spanning tree protocol (STP) and how it relates to the control plane of a Layer 2 switch.

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Describe Network Elements that Impact Applications

Entry 20 mins5 videos

Learning Intent

Join Keith Barker as he covers several factors that can impact network services, including NAT, port filtering, and proxies. Gain an understanding of Layer 2 (switching) and Layer 3 (routing) functions; security devices, such as firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS); virtual private networks (VPNs); and more.

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