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

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)

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