DevNet Associate DEVASC 200-901 Official Certification Guide by Adrian Iliesiu (z-lib.org)

The chapter also covers automation tools and

introduces the popular configuration management

tools Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. This chapter discusses

Ansible concepts such as control nodes, playbooks,

and modules; Puppet concepts such as Puppet Master,

manifests, and Puppet modules; and Chef concepts

such as Chef Infra Server and cookbooks. This chapter

also covers Cisco NSO, including the architecture of

the platform, common use cases, the network

simulation feature, and using tools such as curl and

Postman. Finally, the chapter provides overviews of

Cisco CML/VIRL and pyATS.

“DO I KNOW THIS ALREADY?” QUIZ

The “Do I Know This Already?” quiz allows you to assess
whether you should read this entire chapter thoroughly
or jump to the “Exam Preparation Tasks” section. If you
are in doubt about your answers to these questions or
your own assessment of your knowledge of the topics,
read the entire chapter. Table 15-1 lists the major
headings in this chapter and their corresponding “Do I
Know This Already?” quiz questions. You can find the
answers in Appendix A, “Answers to the ‘Do I Know This
Already?’ Quiz Questions.”

Table 15-1 “Do I Know This Already?” Section-to-

Question Mapping

Foundation Topics SectionQuestions

Controller Versus Device-Level Management 1,

2

Infrastructure as Code 3,

4

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery Pipelines 5,

6