# Newbie question

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question/36901>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 25, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question/36901 "2022-07-25T17:38:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Parrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Parrott](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeffrey_Parrott)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question/36901/1 "2022-07-25T17:38:12Z")

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Newbie here, looking to see if Ansible will allow me to do initial configurations on a new out of the box Cisco switch. I need the ability to have the switch connect to my network and download a specific configuration, Any help is well appreciated

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Rowe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/walter_rowe/32/4506_2.png) [@Walter\_Rowe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Walter_Rowe)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question/36901/2 "2022-08-01T13:31:17Z")

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This page might help.

[https://developer.cisco.com/automation-ansible/](https://developer.cisco.com/automation-ansible/)