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How to use Postman and Python for Data Center Automation Online Training

This Postman and Python for Data Center Automation training teaches network admins to write Python programs and use Postman for seamless communication with systems, services, and devices. Learn to simplify and automate data center operations by leveraging both tools together. Ideal for Cisco training managers, this Cisco skills course is perfect for onboarding new admins or as a reference for automation best practices.

Updated July 2022

23Skills
163Videos
16h 41mTotal
163 videos16h 41m

Who This Course Is For

This How to use Postman and Python for Data Center Automation training is considered associate-level Cisco training, which means it was designed for network admins. This data center automation skills course is designed for network admins with three to five years of experience with Cisco data center networking.

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Prepare a VS Code Development Environment45m
  • Premium skill.Network Programmability and Automation Foundations1h
  • Premium skill.Prepare Your Development Environment1h 13m
  • Premium skill.XML, JSON, and YAML Data Formats1h 1m
  • Premium skill.REST API Fundamentals24m
  • Premium skill.REST API Requests and Responses24m
  • Premium skill.Parameters and Payloads for REST APIs21m
  • Premium skill.Use Postman for REST API Interaction31m
  • Introduction to PythonFree59m
  • Premium skill.Virtual Environments, Variables & Data Types54m
  • Premium skill.Python Strings55m
  • Premium skill.Understand Control Flow60m
  • Premium skill.Understand Boolean Logic52m
  • Premium skill.Lists and Tuples57m
  • Premium skill.Dictionaries and Sets1h 4m
  • Premium skill.Nexus Programmability with NX-API CLI32m
  • Premium skill.Nexus Programmability with NX-API REST36m
  • Premium skill.Real-World Nexus Automation for Real-World Network Engineers29m
  • Premium skill.Automate the Data Center with ACI45m
  • Premium skill.Easier ACI Automation with the Toolkit26m
  • Premium skill.Automate the Campus with DNA Center Platform38m
  • Premium skill.Easier DNA Center Automation with the SDK21m
  • Premium skill.Automate Cisco Compute and More with UCS32m

For IT leaders

What IT leaders need to know before assigning this course

Manual data center administration does not scale well across Cisco environments, especially when teams need consistent API interaction, repeatable scripts, and shared automation practices. This associate-level Cisco course gives Network Admin teams a structured path from development environment setup through REST APIs, Postman, Python fundamentals, and Cisco platform automation across Nexus, ACI, DNA Center, and UCS.

Plan for roughly 16 hours, 39 minutes per learner, before any team-specific practice or internal runbook work. The best fit is a Network Admin team with 3–5 years of Cisco data center networking experience; less-experienced admins may need extra support on Python and API concepts. For change management, Team Leads can use the course to standardize tooling around VS Code, Postman, data formats, and Python patterns before assigning automation work in production environments. CBT Nuggets Playlists can sequence the rollout by role, while Team Reporting helps Training Managers track completion and readiness across the team.

Team Impact

How this training helps your team succeed

IT teams complete this training to move from one-off device administration toward repeatable, API-driven Cisco automation practices. The course connects foundations — XML, JSON, YAML, REST requests, parameters, payloads, Postman, and Python — to practical Cisco environments including Nexus NX-API, ACI, DNA Center, and UCS.

  • Standardize API workflows: Admins practice REST concepts and Postman interactions before applying them to network platforms.
  • Reduce manual configuration effort: Teams learn where Python, variables, control flow, lists, dictionaries, and data structures fit into automation scripts.
  • Support multi-platform Cisco operations: The course covers automation touchpoints for Nexus, ACI, DNA Center, and UCS rather than focusing on one tool only.
  • Improve onboarding consistency: Newer data center admins follow the same development environment, data format, and API fundamentals as senior team members.

After completion

Knowledge & ability your team will gain

What You'll Know and Be Able to Do

Knowledge — What admins will understand after completing this course:

  • How RESTful APIs work and how HTTP communication enables interaction with Cisco data center devices and services
  • The role of Postman as an API testing and development tool within a network automation workflow
  • How Python integrates with APIs to send, receive, and process data from Cisco Nexus and ACI environments
  • How data serialization formats — XML, JSON, and YAML — structure information exchanged between systems
  • How VS Code can be configured as a productive development environment for network automation scripting
  • How Ansible playbooks can complement Python and API-based automation in Cisco data center workflows
  • How NX-API enables programmatic management of Cisco Nexus switches

Ability — What admins will be able to do on the job:

  • Write Python scripts that replicate API calls first tested and validated in Postman to automate data center configuration tasks
  • Build and validate API requests in Postman before integrating those requests into Python programs
  • Parse and manipulate JSON, XML, and YAML data returned from Cisco devices and services
  • Configure VS Code with extensions and settings that accelerate Python development for network automation
  • Use NX-API to programmatically manage Cisco Nexus device configurations at scale
  • Use Ansible playbooks alongside Python scripts to support multi-device data center automation workflows
  • Reduce manual, CLI-based data center administration by replacing repetitive tasks with repeatable automation scripts

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