Network as code

Demo repository for Cisco Netacad IPD Week (Febraury 2021)

Using this repository you can will find:

• Example of how to programmaticaly access Cisco Modeling Labs using virl2_client SDK
• Example of basic Ansible playbook for network configuration deployment
• Example of pyATS script and datafile to assure deployed configuration
• Example of CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions

REPOSITORY STRUCTURE

./deployment/ Contains Ansible playbook and inventories

./testing/ Contains pyATS testing scripts

./.github/workflows/ Contains GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD pipelines

./cml_dev_topology.yaml CML2 topology instance for DEV cycle or PROD emulation, accessed via external bridge and NAT on ISP

./cml_ci_topology.yaml CML2 topology instance for CI process, has different NAT statements to allow concurent run with DEV/PROD instance

./cml_wrapper.py Script to kickstart CML topology during CI workflow and shutdown it after using CML2 SDK