Arista Network Test Automation with AVD

📅 October 2, 2025 I Ottawa, Canada

Event Details

Join us for a hands-on workshop where we will build out a CI/CD pipeline for our network infrastructure with GitHub Actions.

Learn how to use the open-source tool ANTA (Arista Network Test Automation), both independently and with AVD, to build a robust network testing strategy. Learn how to incorporate testing principles from software development into the network. By automating network fabric testing, you can guarantee that your network operates as intended.

Workshop Highlights:

● Software Testing Fundamentals

● Deep Dive into ANTA

● Using AVD to Validate Network State Network CI/CD

October 2

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET

Alt Hotel Ottawa

185 Slater St., Ottawa, ON K1P 0C8, Canada

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Agenda

This workshop will cover:

● Create a development environment with Ansible Galaxy and Python

● GitHub Actions

● Environment variables and GitHub secrets

● Maintain consistency with pre-commit

● The Arista Validated designs (AVD) collection

● CloudVision® Portal (CVP) and the ansible-cvp collection

Each attendee will receive their own dedicated virtual lab environment with Git, VSCode and Ansible already installed and ready to use.

Attendees will need:

● A laptop

● An account on www.github.com

● Familiarity with the concepts and tools covered in the previous Automation workshops (Git, VSCode, Jinja/YAML, Ansible, AVD

📅 October 2, 2025 I Ottawa, Canada