Development Environment
Using VSCode as your IDE

Development Environment

This lab will use VSCode as the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to develop the Ansible Playbooks and run GIT commands.

Note: VSCode has already been installed on your student laptop.

Step 1 - Connect to the Development(DEV) server VM from VSCode

VSCode should already be open on your student labtop. Check to make sure a terminal is open and connected to a Ubuntu VM where you will do most of your development. This Ubuntu VM is your DEV server.

Check VSCode Connection

If it is not connected, please notifiy the lab instructor

Step 2 - Go to project folder


cd /home/cisco/CiscoLive/DEVWKS-3928

Step 3 - Checkout and reset local stage branch

You should already be in the local stage branch. If not use the command below to checkout and reset to the stage branch:


git checkout -B stage


Reset branch 'stage'

  • Introduction
  • NDFC and Ansible
  • Lab Environment and Topology
  • Task01 Setup Ansible
  • Task02 Overlay Playbook
  • Task03 CI/CD Pipeline
  • Thanks
  • Bonus: Task04 Policy Playbook