Automating BIG-IP with AS3 v.1.7

This course is intended 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.

• 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 installation and use of AS3 and DO iApp LX components

• Automate the onboarding and configuration of BIG-IP

• Add advanced tools like Postman and Newman to your toolkit

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 5: Automating BIG-IP with AS3

• Introducing BIG-IP Applications Services Extension 3

• Creating BIG-IP Applications using AS3 with Curl

• Introducing Postman and Postman Tests

• Creating BIG-IP Applications using AS3 with Postman

• Using Newman and the Linux CLI to Create BIG-IP Applications with AS3

Chapter 6: Onboarding BIG-IP with DO

• Introducing Declarative Onboarding for BIG-IP

• Remotely Installing the Declarative Onboarding iApp LX

• Onboarding BIG-IP Declaratively

Students should be 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

Students should also be 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

Finally, nice-to-have knowledge includes familiarity with programming and/or scripting languages, such as:

• JavaScript or NodeJS

• Python

• Bash

Delegates will be provided with official F5 e-kit courseware approximately 1 week prior to the start of the course.