Cisco Nexus Dashboard (ND) provides granular, scalable visibility for deep-dive functionality, maintenance operations, and troubleshooting that benefits data center operation teams. Cisco ND's REST API enables integration with industry leading DevOps tool chains such as Ansible for managing network configuration state using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. In this session, you will leverage a local development environment and use Cisco VXLAN as Code which is driven by a structured data model abstraction that is part of the Cisco Network as Code (NaC) IaC approach. You will build and deploy an entire VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site environment that includes two data center sites, an external site for external connectivity, and an inter-site (ISN); all modeled as code! You then transition to work in a DevOps-style manner by using GitOps with GitLab and build a CI/CD pipeline to validate, stage, deploy, and test network changes. You will achieve all this by following a concise lab guide that contains reusable code examples along with important details and references. If you've ever looked for a no-code, low-code approach to managing your infrastructure, this is it.
