Ansible for Network Engineers: Installation & Setup Guide | Network Automation

In this beginner-friendly video, I’ll show you how to install Ansible for network automation and get started setting up collections for:

🔹 Cisco IOS (cisco.ios)
🔹 Fortinet FortiOS (fortinet.fortios)
🔹 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS (paloaltonetworks.panos)

Blog article: https://getlabsdone.com/how-to-set-up...

00:00 Introduction to Ansible for Network Automation
01:00 Installing Ansible on Ubuntu Linux
03:27 Verify Ansible Software Version
04:07 Installing Network Automation Collections (Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto)
05:25 Explore the Ansible Galaxy Repository
06:19 How to Upgrade Cisco IOS Ansible Collection
10:26 How to Remove an Ansible Collection
11:42 Install Fortinet FortiGate & Palo Alto Collections



This is the very first step in your automation journey as a network engineer — no YAML, playbooks, or tasks yet. Just installation and setup.

🎯 By the end of this video, you’ll have:
• Installed Ansible
• Installed vendor-specific Ansible collections
• Verified collection installation

📌 Next video: We’ll cover how to set up Ansible folder structure and write your first playbook.

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