Lesson 3: Designing, Deploying and Managing Network Automation Systems – Controllers, Orchestration, CI/CD, and Intent-Based Networking

This lesson provides guided coverage of controllers, orchestration, ci/cd, and intent-based networking within the Designing, Deploying and Managing Network Automation Systems (AUTOCOR) v2.0 Training.

Topics Covered

• Cisco Catalyst Center, NSO, Crosswork, Nexus Dashboard, and controller APIs
• Intent, service models, templates, packages, policies, and orchestration
• CI/CD pipelines, source control, testing, artifacts, and environment promotion
• Event-driven automation, webhooks, telemetry, alerts, and remediation
• Container, cloud, AI, and application integration concepts
• Operational governance, approvals, observability, and release practices
• Controller-based automation scenario

Practical Outcome

Learners complete the lesson with a clear understanding of the workflow, the ability to validate the expected result, and a structured approach to common troubleshooting tasks.