Curriculum topic
Automation
PartialAPIs and data formats, controller-based and software-defined networking, and configuration management tooling.
- lesson
- 3 lessons
- quiz
- 1 quiz
- question
- 6 questions
- lab
- 0 labs
Two of the three: taught, assessed, or practised.
Why this matters
A tenth of the CCNA blueprint, and the direction the role is moving - configuration by hand does not scale past a few devices.
Learn
Modules covering this topic
3 lessons on this topic, sequenced inside these modules alongside their quizzes and labs.
Practice
Hands-on labs
No dedicated Automation lab is currently available. It is taught and assessed, but you will not configure it here.
Assess
Graded quizzes
6 graded questions across 1 quiz, taken inside the modules above. Wrong answers explain the specific misconception behind the option you chose.
Review
Spaced repetition
Automation is tracked on the review ladder. Once you have answered a question on it, it comes back on a schedule that stretches as you keep getting it right - and resets if you don't. See your review queue.
Certification
Exam objectives this topic covers
- 6.1 Explain how automation impacts network management
- 6.2 Compare traditional networks with controller-based networking
- 6.3 Describe controller-based, software defined architecture
- 6.4 Explain AI and machine learning in network operations
- 6.5 Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs
- 6.6 Recognize the capabilities of configuration management mechanisms such as Ansible and Terraform
- 6.7 Recognize components of JSON-encoded data
- 1.8 Summarize evolving use cases for modern network environments