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Automating F5 BIG-IP with Ansible

( Duration: 2 Days )

The Automating BIG-IP with Ansible training course introduces network administrators, operators, and DevOps engineers to the foundational and F5-specific technologies required to automate BIG-IP. You will gain exposure to multiple technologies for a variety of use cases and will have hands-on experience that leave them better prepared to automate the onboarding and configuration of BIG-IP.

By attending Automating BIG-IP with Ansible workshop, delegates will learn to:

  • Review Automation and DevOps concepts
  • Describe the components of iControl REST calls and how they interact with BIG-IP
  • Stand up and configure BIG-IP applications using iControl REST
  • Describe the major components of Ansible and how they work together to configure BIG-IP
  • Use flow control elements such as conditionals and looping in Ansible Playbooks
  • Onboard and configure BIG-IP applications using Ansible

Familiar with and be able to configure basic BIG-IP elements such as:

  • Virtual Servers
  • Pools, Pool Members and Nodes
  • Pool Monitors
  • Basic Virtual Server Profiles
Familiar with the basics of the Linux command line. In addition, the following general technical knowledge should be well understood:
  • Layer 2 Ethernet and ARP networking concepts
  • Layer 3 and 4 TCP/IP networking concepts, including IP addressing and subnetting
  • Layer 7 HTTP networking concepts
  • Linux command line and basic Linux commands
  • HTML
Good to have knowledge includes familiarity with programming and/or scripting languages, such as:
  • JavaScript or NodeJS
  • Python
  • Bash

The Automating BIG-IP with Ansible class is ideal for:

  • Network administrators and operators and DevOps engineers interested in automating tasks on BIG-IP systems in their public and private Clouds as well as in their datacenter infrastructure.

COURSE AGENDA

1

Linux Command Line Review

  • Navigating the Linux File System
  • Creating and Deleting Files and Directories
  • Copying and Moving Files
  • Command Line Auto-Completion and Editing
  • Tools for Analyzing Test Results and Inspecting Log Files
2

BIG-IP Application Creation Review

  • Understanding Load Balancing Basics
  • Configuring Virtual Servers, Pools, Pool Members and Nodes
  • Configuring Health Monitors and SSL Profiles
  • Understanding the Full Proxy Architecture and Source Address Translation
3

Automation and DevOps Concepts

  • Understanding Infrastructure as Code, NetOps and DevOps
  • Differentiating Automation and Orchestration Concepts
  • Diving into DevOps Concepts such as Idempotency, Atomicity and Imperative vs Declarative
4

Programming BIG-IP with iControl REST

  • Introducing Basic JavaScript Types
  • Introducing JavaScript Object Notation
  • Discovering an existing BIG-IP Configuration using iControl REST
  • Deploying Apps on BIG-IP using iControl REST
  • Onboarding BIG-IP using iControl REST
  • Working with JSON Programmatically
5

Automating BIG-IP with Ansible

  • Introducing YAML
  • Establishing an Ansible Trust Relationship
  • Creating an Ansible Playbook
  • Exploring the Playbook
  • Working with the Inventory File
  • Using the Command Module
  • Gathering Facts for the Playbook
  • Deploying Apps on BIG-IP using Ansible
  • Deleting a BIG-IP Application
  • Onboarding a BIG-IP system using Ansible
  • Deploying BIG-IP HA
  • Investigating Ansible Roles

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