Cisco Live! DEVWKS-2808 NetDevOps Programming with pyATS/Genie for Beginners

This repository contains the files required for the participants of Cisco Live! workshop DEVWKS-2808: NetDevOps Programming with pyATS/Genie for Beginners.

Note: This workshop can be completed at home.

All files required are included in this repository. You do not need physical devices - mock devices are provided.

General Information

• Cisco Live! Webpage: https://www.ciscolive.com/us.html?zid=cl-global
• pyATS/Genie Portal: https://cs.co/pyats
• Documentation Central: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/pyats/
  • Getting Started: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/pyats-getting-started/
  • API Browser: https://pubhub.devnetcloud.com/media/genie-feature-browser/docs/#/
• Support Email: [email protected]

Requirements

• Mac OSX, Linux or Windows 10 WSL
• Python 3.5, 3.6 or 3.7
• Network connectivity (for downloading PyPI packages)
• Working knowledge of Python

Preparation

Note:

For those attending Cisco Live! Workshop in person, these instructions have already been performed on the laptop you are using in front of you.

Step 1: Create a Python Virtual Environment

In a new terminal window:

# go to your workspace directory
# (or where you typical work from)
cd ~/workspace

# create python virtual environment
python3 -m venv devwks-2808

# activate virtual environment
cd devwks-2808
source bin/activate

# update your pip/setuptools
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

Step 2: Install pyATS & Genie

# install our packages 
pip install pyats[full]

Note:

The install target pyATS[full] performs a full installation, that is, including the core framework pyATS, the standard libraries Genie, and additional components such as RobotFramework support etc.

Step 3: Clone This Repository

# clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/CiscoTestAutomation/CL-DEVWKS-2808.git workshop

# cd to the directory
cd workshop

and now you should be ready to get going!

Head to the >Main Workshop< to start!

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Repository Content

    recordings/                       mock device recordings
    files/                            files we will create in this workshop for your reference
    testsuite/                        the example pyATS test suite used at the end of workshop
    README.md                         this file
    workshop.md                       main workshop instructions