video Webinar 17 June 2025 - 2 PM BST | 3 PM CEST

Network Automation with Arista AVD: GitOps and CI in Action

In today’s fast-paced, cloud-first world, the need for consistent, repeatable, and automated network deployments is more critical than ever. Join Arista experts Carl Buchmann and Petr Ankudinov as they walk you through how to bring DevOps best practices to network engineering using AVD and modern automation toolchains.

 

This hands-on session will demonstrate how GitOps principles can empower NetOps teams to streamline Day 0 to Day N operations while improving change control, testing, and collaboration.

 

Whether you're just getting started with Arista AVD or looking to take your automation workflows to the next level, this webinar will offer practical examples, tool integrations, and actionable insights.

 

What You’ll Learn:

  • How Arista AVD fits into the GitOps framework

  • Creating a network CI pipeline with GitHub Actions

  • Day 2 provisioning and rollback using Git workflows

  • Leveraging ANTA for automated testing and validation

  • Best practices for network documentation and visibility

  • What’s next on the AVD roadmap

Concise, pre-recorded demos will illustrate each concept clearly—and will be made available the week prior to the live session for review.

 

Agenda

  • Intro
  • Arista AVD overview
  • What is GitOps and how Arista AVD fits into this concept
  • Build a network CI pipeline with Github Actions and show day2 provisioning case
  • Publish the network documentation generated by AVD on GitHub Pages
  • Add some ANTA (Arista Network Test Automation) capabilities to the CI 
  • Rollback a failed change with the power of Git
  • AVD roadmap
  • Q&A

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