CCNA

Every network has a network engineer who swears nothing changed, and a network that disagrees. This capstone builds the tool

Everything you have scripted so far in this series has been imperative: do this, then this, on these devices. Configuration

Exam topic 6.5 asks you to describe the characteristics of REST-based APIs: HTTP verbs, authentication, data encoding, response codes.

The CCNA 200-301 blueprint says it plainly: "Interpret JSON encoded data" (exam topic 6.7). Most candidates prepare

Reading the network is safe. Writing to it is where automation earns its keep, and where it earns its scars.

A CCNA-level engineer checks four devices by opening four consoles. An automation-minded one runs one script. This lab takes the