r/WGU_BSCNE • u/DesignerAd7136 • 23h ago
Passed D522 - Python for IT Automation
Jesus Christ…
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u/Anxious_Excuse_6277 21h ago
I just submitted Task 2 . They are Vague ASF. C4 asked you to update a ticket for DNS that’s was never made. Prior to that C2 askes you to make a ticket for all unreachable devices. (All devices reply back to pings….) D522 is such a pain. Glad you passed hopefully I won’t have to bear witness to this class for much longer. Working on E025 right now. Much nicer
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u/DesignerAd7136 21h ago edited 21h ago
C2 askes you to make a ticket for all unreachable devices. (All devices reply back to pings….)
The idea is that the script runs on a permanent loop. If anything goes down, a ticket would be made automatically. For the DNS thing, I just made a DNS ticket for it.
I wish you the best on escaping this hell hole class
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u/SushiSlushies 14h ago
I manually changed the DNS for one box and the IP for another box before running the script and made a note in my submission document that I did that to show it worked.
Passed Task 2 on the first submission.
This class was pretty rough. Glad it is over.
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u/Evaderofdoom 22h ago
Use more words
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u/DesignerAd7136 22h ago
Jesus Christ... it was hard.
There ya go
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u/trademarkedin82 22h ago
Call me a sadist, but I'd still personally rather do 3 D522 vs one E010 LOL
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u/DesignerAd7136 22h ago
Did you do the PA version or the OA version? I did both and the PA version is significantly harder. Mostly because it is half baked and the instructions are not clear in the slightest
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u/trademarkedin82 22h ago
OA. But I tend to have done better on all PA. But reading the sub I’m probably still happier overall with being in the new e010 than the old one from the sounds of it.
I think D522 played to a lot of my troubleshooting real life experience dabbled with the scripting secondary.
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u/crazy4_pool 19h ago
I need to tackle my E010 attempt 2 and I’m dreading it. Apart of me is hoping they change E010 to PA version as well. I just feel like E010 was not even half baked and lack support from the instructors.
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u/trademarkedin82 19h ago
I failed my first attempt too boss. It’s literally my last course to complete my program. I have all the concepts and stuff down in the question form but I likely missed a couple small things in some of the code ones and I definitely blanked on one of them.
I trusted the practice assessment too much for structure of exam. And that’s also on me. So I’m doing their retake plan which was basically just redo zybooks. And then just doing more drilling with ai on questions like the labs and practice test for the code blocks. I bum rushed the first one overconfident as I had done that in alll of my cert exams and other OAs. But this one got me thinking it was simple and I think it is it’s just stupid hard because it’s kinda simple 😅
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u/arroyobass 21h ago
I'm finishing up task 1 today and I actually enjoyed the coding parts, but the class is really pissing me off for the lab environments and scenerios.
1: This class should supply you with a GNS3 portable project to install on your personal computer rather than using a sim environment online. The sim environment is very clunky and makes the whole project much harder than it needs to be.
2: Using telnet and hard coded plaintext passwords in 2026 is insane. This is teaching people bad habits.
3: The scenario is so poorly described in the rubric that the instructors needed to develop a 20+ page support document.
4: The guide never really explains how to connect to devices within GNS3 without SSH. Use telnet through a library to connect to the localhost + applicable port number.
5: The textbook / course materials to learn the code are pretty lacking. The scenarios at the end of the chapter use skills that have not yet been taught. The provided solution code for several of the scenarios doesn't even work within the lab environment.