Welcome¶

Welcome to F5’s Automation, Orchestration and Programmability Training series. The intended audience for these labs are Super NetOps and DevOps engineers that would like to leverage the various programmability tools offered by the F5 platform. If you require a pre-built lab environment please contact your F5 account team and they can provide access to environments on an as-needed basis.

The content contained here leverages a full DevOps CI/CD pipeline and is sourced from the following GitHub repository:

https://github.com/f5devcentral/f5-automation-labs/

Bugs and Requests for enhancements can be made using by opening an Issue within the repository.

Getting Started¶

Please follow the instructions provided by the instructor to start your lab and access your jump host.

Lab Environments¶

In order to complete this series of training classes you will need to utilize a specific Lab Environment. You can consume this training in a couple of ways:

• Pre-built Environment using an Ravello Blueprint
  • Used at official F5 events such as F5 Agility, F5 Agility Roadshows, User Groups, MeetUps, etc.
  • Access can be provided by your F5 Account Team
• Pre-built Environment using an Amazon AWS CloudFormation Template (CFT)
  • Access is on-demand and uses your AWS account
• Self-built Environment on your own infrastructure
  • Review the Topology below for details

All pre-built environments implement the Lab Topology shown below.

Lab Topology¶

The network topology implemented for this lab is very simple. Since the focus of the lab is Control Plane programmability rather that Data Plane traffic flow we can keep the data plane fairly simple. The following components have been included in your lab environment:

• 2 x F5 BIG-IP VE (v12.1)
• 1 x F5 iWorkflow VE (v2.1)
• 1 x Linux LAMP Webserver (xubuntu 14.04)
• 1 x Linux Docker Server (CentOS 7)
• 1 x Windows Jumphost

The following table lists VLANS, IP Addresses and Credentials for all components: