Om kurset

This 2-day course introduces network administrators, operators, and DevOps engineers to the foundational and F5-specific technologies required to automate BIG-IP.

Participants 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.

Course Topics

• Review the Linux Command Line

• Review BIG-IP Application Creation

• Discuss Automation and DevOps Concepts

• Configuring BIG-IP with iControl REST

• Configuring BIG-IP programmatically with Ansible

Dette lærer du

•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

Kursinnhold

Kurset dekker blant annet følgende temaer:

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 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

Forkunnskaper

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

Hvem passer kurset for?

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 data-center infrastructure.

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Hvor lenge varer kurset?

Kursets oppgitte varighet er 2.

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Hvilke forkunnskaper trenger jeg?

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 ProfilesStudents 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•HTMLFinally, nice-to-have knowledge includes familiarity with programming and/or scripting languages, such as:•JavaScript or NodeJS•Python•Bash

Hvem passer kurset for?

Kan kurset leveres som bedriftsinternt kurs?

Ja.

Hvor kan kurset leveres?

Kurset kan leveres over hele Norge, blant annet i Oslo, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim og Tromsø.