Lab 1.3 - Accessing Central Manager
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During this lab we will primarily be using BIG-IP Next Central Manager 

.. warning:: It can take 10-15 minutes for Central Manager to completely start after you start the lab.  If you see a connection error, please try waiting.


Accessing Central Manager from Access Method
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We recommend that you use Google Chrome within this lab environment.

#. Find the "BIG-IP Next Central Manager" component under your "Deployments" and click on "Access" followed by "GUI"
    
    .. image:: central-manager-access-method.png
      :scale: 50%
    
#. Log in to Central Manager
    
    Please use the following credentials:

        Username:
            .. code-block:: console

                admin

        Password:
            .. code-block:: console

                Welcome123!

    .. image:: central-manager-login-screen.png
        :scale: 50%

    .. image:: central-manager-home-screen.png