After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the fundamentals of Cisco IoT and list common devices involved
• List the common protocols, standards, and data flows of IoT
• Explain the Cisco IoT, common needs, and the corresponding solutions
• Explain how programmability can be used to automate and make operations, deployment, and support of Cisco IoT more effective
• Describe common Cisco IoT applications and how they apply to Cisco IoT use cases
• Explain the functions and use cases for Cisco security applications and Cisco IoT

• Defining Cisco IoT
• IoT Networking and Other Devices
• Examining IoT Protocols
• Examining IoT Standards
• Recognizing Cisco IoT Needs and Solutions
• Using Programmability with Cisco IoT
• Describing Cisco IoT Applications: Cisco IOx
• Describing Cisco IoT Applications: Cisco Kinetic and Cisco Field Network Director
• Defining Cisco Security Applications

Lab outline

• Use an MQTT Consumer to Subscribe to Sensor Data
• Use Cisco IOx Applications to Receive and Process Sensor Data
• Troubleshoot a Sensor Connection
• Use and Interpret Freeboard Data
• Use and Interpret Grafana Data
• Use and Interpret Kibana Data
• Cisco IOx Familiarity Lab
• Develop and Deploy a Cisco IOx Application
• Troubleshoot Cisco IOx
• Navigate Cisco Field Network Director
• Explore Cisco Field Network Director API

This course is designed primarily for network and software engineers who are interested in learning about automation and programmability and hold the following job roles:

• Consulting systems engineer
• IoT Designer
• Network administrator
• Network engineer
• Network manager
• Sales engineer
• Systems engineer
• Technical solutions architect

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• General software development or coding skills
• Basic functional and object-oriented programming skills
• Basic understanding of where applications live and how they are deployed in real-world scenarios
• Basic understand of how networking works
• Basic Linux OS skills: installing code language dependencies, installing code libraries, and general scripting
• Understanding of how to store code using git or another Version-Control System (VCS)