Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- About Packt -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Building Blocks of Ansible -- Technical requirements -- Installing Ansible -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works.. -- How it works... -- See also... -- Building Ansible's inventory -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using Ansible's variables -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Building Ansible's playbook -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using Ansible's conditionals

Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also... -- Using Ansible's loops -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works.. -- See also... -- Securing secrets with Ansible Vault -- How to do it... -- How it works.. -- There's more... -- Using Jinja2 with Ansible -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also... -- Using Ansible's filters -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Using Ansible Tags -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also... -- Customizing Ansible's settings -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also...

Using Ansible Roles -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Chapter 2: Managing Cisco IOS Devices Using Ansible -- Technical requirements -- Building an Ansible network inventory -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Connecting to Cisco IOS devices -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Configuring basic system information -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also... -- Configuring interfaces on IOS devices -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also...

Configuring L2 VLANs on IOS devices -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Configuring trunk and access interfaces -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also... -- Configuring interface IP addresses -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also... -- Configuring OSPF on IOS devices -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Collecting IOS device facts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also... -- Validating network reachability on IOS devices -- Getting ready

How to do it... -- How it works... -- Retrieving operational data from IOS devices -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Validating network states with pyATS and Ansible -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also... -- Chapter 3: Automating Juniper Devices in the Service Providers Using Ansible -- Technical requirements -- Building the network inventory -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Connecting and authenticating to Juniper devices -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...