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Real-world Arista AVD workflows, working lab configs, and step-by-step guides.
Built by a practitioner, for engineers who actually ship things.

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What you'll find here

Learn — Conceptual guides, how-tos, and deep dives. Understand the why behind the workflow before you run anything.

Labs — Working repos with cloneable code. YAML, playbooks, configlets — all tested in a real lab environment.

About — Who built this and why.


Latest drops

Guide Track Status
AVD + CloudVision Campus Tags GitOps ✅ Live
Day-2 Ops with CloudVision Quick Actions NetOps 🔧 Coming soon
Static Studio Manifests — zero to deployed GitOps 📋 Planned
AVD CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions GitOps 📋 Planned

Learning tracks

Track Focus Level
📡 Foundations EOS basics, CloudVision intro, AVD 101 ▓░░░░ Starter
🔧 NetOps EOS config, VLAN ops, Day-2 CloudVision ▓▓▓░░ Intermediate
⚙️ GitOps AVD, Ansible, Git workflows, CI/CD ▓▓▓▓░ Advanced
🤖 AIOps Ask AVA, NetDL, AI-driven telemetry ▓▓░░░ Beginner

Quick start

# Clone the AVD campus tags working lab
git clone https://github.com/nextgen-network-academy/avd-cloudvision-campus-tags

# Install Arista AVD collection
ansible-galaxy collection install arista.avd

# Deploy campus fabric + CloudVision tags
ansible-playbook playbooks/deploy_campus.yml

New here?

Start with Foundations if you're new to Arista AVD.
Already deploying EOS? Jump straight to GitOps.

About this site

All content is tested in a working lab environment using Arista cEOS and CVaaS.
Nothing here is theoretical — if it's published, it ran.