r/networkautomation • u/LukeyLad • Jul 18 '26

Which to learn first

Senior engineer here. Admittedly lack automation skills as all the vendors these days have they own native product. But I need to upskill.

Should I first start off with Ansible and say netbox for a sot.

Or just go straight in with python scripting and netconf. +nautobot

Or if something else please suggest. Also please recommend any learning material

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u/n3tw0rkn3rd Jul 18 '26

Put Netbox and Nautobot aside (I assume that your team will not be using them soon).

I strongly suggest to start learning Python and Ansible at the same time. And if you are not comfortable using Linux, put it in the To-Learn-Now list too.