Cisco / Network automation / 200-901

Become a Cisco automation associate

Build associate-level software, API, infrastructure, deployment, security, and Cisco platform skills for automating networks. No lower Cisco certification is a formal prerequisite.

Core learning

Follow the current official objectives

  1. 1.Software development and design
  2. 2.Understanding and using APIs
  3. 3.Cisco platforms and development
  4. 4.Application deployment and security
  5. 5.Infrastructure and automation
  6. 6.Network fundamentals
Official exam and training resources ↗Current certification requirements ↗

Hands-on consolidation

Build and troubleshoot in an isolated lab

Create a small Python project that reads YAML inventory, calls a sandbox REST API, validates responses, renders a configuration, handles errors and secrets safely, and records idempotent results in version control.

Ready when…

You can read API documentation, authenticate safely, transform structured data, test failure paths, and explain where model-driven automation is safer than screen scraping.

Practice and review

Find gaps with our 200-901 test

75 original, source-backed questions; the first 7 are free. Pair knowledge review with the practical lab above.

Try our 200-901 practice test →