Deep Dive on Ansible Collections for Network Automation

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Step‑by‑step guide to create a new collection for network automation, including the repository layout, examples of modules and roles to package, and how to write multiple network connection and action plugins inside one collection. Covers how to run unit/functional tests, build the PR and artifact, and the exact commands to publish to Ansible Galaxy so the collection can be consumed; includes a demo of a collection managing real network devices via standard Ansible modules and plugins.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:21Why Ansible collection?
3. 4:13What is Ansible collection?
4. 7:20Ansible network collections
5. 9:41Using an existing network collection (example)
6. 28:56Interop DIGITAL

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