1. Getting Started

The purpose of this guide is to provide a sampling of hands-on exercises to better understand deployment of BIG-IP using Ansible.

1.1. Lab Topology

Each student will have a BIG-IP VE environment with IP addressing as below:

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Component VLAN/IP Address(es) Credentials
Jump Host
  • Management: 10.1.1.51
  • External: 10.1.10.51
  • f5student/f5DEMOs4u
Ansible Host
  • Management: 10.1.1.150
  • External: 10.1.10.150
  • Internal: 10.1.20.150
  • root/password
  • admin/password
BIG-IP01
  • Management: 10.1.1.245
  • External: 10.1.10.245
  • Internal: 10.1.20.245
  • admin/admin
Lamp Host
  • Management: 10.1.1.252
  • External: 10.1.10.252
  • Internal: 10.1.20.252
  • root/default

1.2. Connect to lab

Access f5 training portal

  1. Open a browser and go to student portal site as provided by instructor.

Connect to Jump server

  1. Look for the xubuntu-jumpbox-vxx. You will use the xubuntu jumpbox for all the labs. (see below)

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  2. You can click on RDP to RDP to the Xubuntu jumpbox or you can select the CONSOLE link and access the jumpbox via your browser. The CONSOLE link requires you turn off pop-up blockers.

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Connect to BIG-IP admin gui

  1. From Jumpbox, open BIG-IP Admin GUI
    • Open Chrome browser found on launchpad at bottom of screen
    • Click on bigip01 on favorites bar
    • Login with username: admin and password: admin

Connecting to ansible host.

  1. From Jumpbox, SSH to Ansible host
    • Open Terminal Emulator Window found on launchpad at bottom of screen
    • Type ssh root@10.1.1.150
    • Type yes when asked “Are you sure…”
    • If prompted, password is password
  2. Change directory to access lab directory folder
    • type cd f5-ansible-workshop to change directory to location of the ansible lab.
    • type pwd to confirm path is /root/f5-ansible-workshop.
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