Chapter 29

Programmability

This chapter covers the following official CCNA 200-301 exam topics:

  • ▸ Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, HTTP verbs, and data encoding)

  • ▸ Recognize the capabilities of the configuration management mechanisms Puppet, Chef, and Ansible

  • ▸ Interpret JSON-encoded data

No, Cisco does not expect you to leave the CCNA experience a well-versed programmer. Cisco does expect you, however, to have a good understanding of key principles related to programmability. This chapter covers these key principles.

This chapter covers the following essential terms and components:

  • ▸ REST

  • ▸ API

  • ▸ CRUD

  • ▸ HTTP verbs

  • ▸ Data encoding

  • ▸ Puppet

  • ▸ Chef

  • ▸ Ansible

  • ▸ JSON

Topic: Describe characteristics of REST-based APIs (CRUD, ...

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