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Configuring Junos Devices Online Training

This Configuring Junos Devices training covers how to identify and manage the main elements for configuring components of Junos devices across a network. Knowing how to configure Junos devices is a fundamental skill for working with a Juniper network, and this Configuring Junos Devices training prepares you with not just the theory and knowledge, but also tests your actual abilities.

Updated February 2021

4Skills
37Videos
3h 57mTotal
37 videos3h 57m

Who This Course Is For

This Configuring Junos Devices training is considered associate-level Juniper training, which means it was designed for network administrators. This Junos skills course is valuable for new IT professionals with at least a year of experience with Juniper network automation and experienced network administrators looking to validate their Juniper skills.

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Create a Junos Base Configuration1h 2m
  • Premium skill.Configure Junos Interfaces51m
  • Premium skill.Understand Junos Configuration Datastores1h 1m
  • Premium skill.Operate and Maintain a Junos Device1h 3m

For IT leaders

What IT leaders need to know before assigning this course

Misconfigured network devices can create avoidable outages, inconsistent access controls, and slower incident response across Juniper environments. IT Directors can assign this associate-level Junos training to network administrators, newer IT Practitioners with Juniper exposure, or experienced admins who need to validate foundational Junos configuration skills.

The course is a practical, low-disruption enablement path: about 4 hours per learner across base configuration, interface configuration, configuration datastores, and device operations/maintenance. Team Leads can use it during Juniper onboarding, pre-change readiness, or as a baseline before assigning more advanced Junos work. Change-management value comes from shared understanding of candidate configurations, commits, rollback, and rescue configurations before changes reach production devices.

Where available in your CBT Nuggets plan, Playlists help standardize assignment paths, Practice Exams help validate readiness, and Team Reporting gives Training Managers visibility into completion and progress.

Team Impact

How this training helps your team succeed

IT teams complete this training to reduce configuration risk and build repeatable Junos administration practices across the network operations team. The course focuses on the day-to-day work administrators perform when preparing, changing, and maintaining Juniper devices.

  • Establish safer device baselines by understanding root password setup, user accounts, SSH/SNMP services, and core Junos configuration structure.
  • Improve change control by using Junos candidate configurations, commit options, rollback, and rescue configurations before changes affect production behavior.
  • Reduce troubleshooting delays by configuring and interpreting physical and logical interface characteristics using Juniper naming conventions.
  • Support operational continuity by learning device operation and maintenance tasks such as CLI navigation, system and chassis monitoring, graceful shutdowns, and upgrade concepts.

After completion

Knowledge & ability your team will gain

Knowledge

  • Junos base configuration elements, including device access and administrative account concepts.
  • Juniper interface naming conventions and the difference between physical and logical interface characteristics.
  • How Junos configuration datastores work, including candidate configuration behavior.
  • Commit, rollback, and rescue configuration concepts used to control change risk.
  • Core operational and maintenance concepts for managing Junos devices.

Ability

  • Build a foundational Junos device configuration for a network environment.
  • Configure Junos interfaces with the appropriate physical and logical settings.
  • Navigate Junos configuration workflows using candidate configuration and commit processes.
  • Use rollback and rescue configuration features to recover from configuration issues.
  • Perform basic operational checks and maintenance tasks on Juniper devices.

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