PLAYER: NICK D'AMBROSIO
ROLE: ADVISORY SYSTEMS ENGINEER
STACK: AVD · EOS · CVaaS · ANSIBLE
MODE: EDUCATOR
PLATFORM: GITHUB PAGES

// netops · gitops · aiops · all-the-ops

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// latest drops
lab guide
AVD + CloudVision campus tags — working lab
Apr 2026 · AVD · CVaaS · YAML · Ansible
 how-to
Day-2 ops with CloudVision Quick Actions
Coming soon · CloudVision · Studios · Campus
 deep dive
Static Studio manifests — zero to deployed
Planned · AVD · EOS · Ansible · cv_deploy
ngna@lab:~$ git clone https://github.com/nextgennetworkacademy/avd-campus-tags
Cloning into 'avd-campus-tags'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 147, done.
ngna@lab:~$ ls avd-campus-tags/
README.md    group_vars/    inventory/    playbooks/    configlets/    docs/
ngna@lab:~$ ansible-playbook playbooks/deploy_campus.yml --tags cv_tags
PLAY [Deploy AVD Campus Fabric + CloudVision Tags] ***********************
TASK [arista.avd.eos_designs] ok: [SPINE1]
TASK [arista.avd.cv_deploy]   ok: [SPINE1, IDF1, IDF2, IDF3]
ngna@lab:~$
// learning tracks
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NETOPS
EOS config, VLAN ops, Day-2 CloudVision workflows
▓▓▓░░ INTERMEDIATE
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GITOPS
AVD, Ansible, Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines
▓▓▓▓░ ADVANCED
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AIOPS
Ask AVA, NetDL, AI-driven telemetry and insights
▓▓░░░ BEGINNER
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FOUNDATIONS
EOS basics, CloudVision intro, Arista AVD 101
▓░░░░ STARTER
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NICK D'AMBROSIO
Advisory Systems Engineer · Arista Networks

Building real-world Arista AVD and CloudVision workflows since before it was cool. I write about what actually works in production — campus fabrics, GitOps pipelines, Day-2 ops, and the gaps in documentation that take hours to figure out the first time. This site is where I share it so you don't have to.

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