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F5 BIG-IP VE: Standalone, 3-nic

Overview

This template can be used to deploy a standard, standalone F5 BIG-IP VE in OpenStack. Standalone refers to a single device that can either function on its own, or be added to a device service group.

Prerequisites

  • An external network with access to the internet.
  • Basic understanding of BIG-IP system configuration.
  • F5 OpenStack Heat Plugins installed on the Neutron controller.
  • SSH key(s) configured in OpenStack; to be used for authentication to the BIG-IP VE instances launched by this template.
  • BIG-IP VE image uploaded to Glance.
  • Three (3) VLANs configured in Neutron – ‘mgmt’, ‘control’, and ‘data’ – to be used for system management, high availability (if desired), and data traffic, respectively.

Caveats

  • This template requires internet access; it needs to be able to access GitHub to fetch dependent Heat templates that configure the necessary security groups.
  • This template deploys an unlicensed BIG-IP VE. You will need to add your F5 TMOS License Basekey manually.
  • VE images come in 3 different sizes: LTM, ALL, and LTM-1SLOT. Each has its own size requirements, which determine what Nova flavor you should select. See the F5 OpenStack BIG-IP flavor matrix for more information.

Deployment

How to Deploy In Horizon

  1. Go to Orchestration –> Stacks.
  2. Click Launch Stack.
  3. Choose the Template File from its location on your machine, then click Next.
  4. Provide the information required for the Heat engine to build your stack. You can use the table below as a worksheet to gather all of the necessary information ahead of time.
  5. Click Launch. The Heat engine then creates your stack; the status changes to Create complete when it is finished.
Configuration Items
Configuration Item Type Entry/Description
Stack Name string Provide a name for the stack to be created
Creation Timeout integer Length of time after which stack creation will time out (minutes)
Password for user “<username>” string Enter the password for your user account
F5 VE Image string Select a VE image from the dropdown list
F5 VE Flavor string Select a flavor to be used for the VE (default: m1.medium)
Use Config Drive boolean Use config drive to provider meta and user data (default: false)
F5 Root SSH Key Name string Name of existing ssh key-pair to use for authentication to the VE instances
External Network string Select the external network from the list
VE Management Network string Select a subnet from the list to be used as the VE management interface network
VE Network for the 1.1 Interface string Select a network to be used for the VE 1.1 TMM interface
Name for Network 1.1 string Enter a name for the Network 1.1 (default: network-1.1)
VE Network for the 1.2 Interface string Select a network to be used for the VE 1.2 TMM interface
Name for Network 1.2 string Enter a name for the Network 1.2 (default: network-1.2)
Default Gateway IP string Enter the upstream Gateway IP address to use for VE instance (default: none)

Download

Click the download link below to save a copy of the template.

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