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Contents:

• Class 1: Programmability BIG-IP Rest Structure and Concepts Documentation!
  • Welcome to Class!
    • Agenda:
  • Lab Information
    • Lab Topology
    • Network Addressing
  • Module 1: Imperative Automation with the BIG-IP and iControl Rest
    • Lab 1.1: Exploring the iControl REST API
    • Lab 1.2: REST API Authentication & example Templates
    • Lab 1.3: Review/Set Device Settings
    • Lab 1.4: Basic Network Connectivity
    • Lab 1.5: Build a BIG-IP Cluster using a Collection
    • Lab 1.6: Build a Basic LTM Config using REST Transactions
  • Module 2: Abstracting Services using the App Services 3 Extension
    • Lab 2.1: Exploring AS3
    • Lab 2.2: Install the AS3 Extension
    • Lab 2.3: Application Service Deployments with AS3
  • Conclusion
  • BIG-IP Basics (optional)
    • What is BIG-IP
    • BIG-IP Basic Nomenclature
    • F5 DevCentral BIG-IP Basics Articles
    • Using F5 in Various Environments
    • HA Proxy to BIG-IP Quick Start
    • NGINX to BIG-IP Quick Start
• Class 2: A&O Toolchain 211: BIG-IP Deployments with Declarative Onboarding (DO)
  • Module 1: Programmability - Introduction to F5 Declarative Onboarding Concepts
    • Getting Started
    • Lab 1 Configure Standalone BIG-IP with Declarative Onboarding
    • Lab 2 Configure Clustered BIG-IP with Declarative Onboarding
    • Lab 3 Onboard a BIG-IP via BIG-IQ
    • Appendix A Declarative Onboarding
• Class 3: Deploy apps with AS3, FAST, and ACC
  • Getting Started
    • Overview
    • Prerequisites
    • Lab Components
    • Starting the Lab
  • Lab 1 - Creating a Simple HTTPS Application using FAST - (F5 Application Services Template)
    • F5 Devices
    • Task 1 - Getting connected
    • Task 2 - Access extension documentation
    • Task 3 - Import devices
    • Task 4 - Verify FAST extension
    • Task 5 - Deploy application via FAST template in TMUI
    • Task 6 - Deploy FAST application via API
    • Delete application through the FAST API
  • Lab 2 - Using AS3 to Create a HTTPS and HTTP applications
    • HTTPS application with SSL Offload
    • HTTP application
    • Delete Tenant
  • Lab 3 - Converting existing configuration to AS3 using ACC - (AS3 Configuration Converter)
  • Lab 4 - Creating FAST Template for future app deployments
    • Install FAST template on BIG-IP
    • Render Simple FAST YML template to AS3
    • Use VScode for Posting FAST Template Set
• Class 4: A&O Tool Chain - BIG-IP Service Analytics and Metrics with Telemetry Streaming (TS)
  • Getting Started
    • Lab Topology
  • Join UDF Course
  • Review API Calls
  • Deploy a Web Application
  • Telemetry Streaming With Kibana
  • Telemetry Streaming With AWS Cloudwatch
• Class 6: Programmability - CI/CD Process Integration with BIG-IP
  • Module 1: Programmability - Introduction to BIG-IP Rest Structure and Concepts
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• Class 7: Dude Where's My Services: Introduction to Service Discovery with Consul
  • Steps You will Peform
  • Terms Used in this Lab
    • About Terraform
    • About Consul
    • About BIG-IP
    • About AS3
• Class 8: Containers - Kubernetes & OpenShift Integration with BIG-IP
• Class 9: Basic BIG-IP Configuration Management with Ansible
  • Section 1 - Ansible F5 Basic Exercises
    • Exercise 0.0: Getting Started
    • Exercise 1.0: Exploring the lab environment
    • Exercise 1.1: Using the bigip_device_info module
    • Exercise 1.2: Adding nodes to F5 BIG-IP
    • Exercise 1.3: Adding a load balancing pool
    • Exercise 1.4: Adding members to a pool on F5
    • Exercise 1.5: Using the bigip_virtual_server module
    • Exercise 1.6: Using the bigip_irule module
    • Exercise 1.7: Using the bigip_config module
  • Section 2 - Ansible F5 Operational/Advanced Exercises
    • Exercise 2.0: Disabling a pool member
    • Exercise 2.1: Using a combination of modules to delete configuration on the BIG-IP
    • Exercise 2.2: Using a combination of modules to perform a graceful rollback
  • Section 3 - Ansible F5 AS3 Exercises
    • Exercise 3.0: Introduction to AS3
    • Exercise 3.1: Operational Change with AS3
    • Exercise 3.2: Deleting a Web Application
  • Section 4 - Ansible Tower F5 Exercises
    • Exercise 4.0: Explore Red Hat Ansible Tower
    • Exercise 4.1: Creating a Tower Job Template
    • Exercise 4.2: Creating a Workflow
    • Exercise 4.3: Creating Node Maintenance Workflow
• Class 10: Mastering Imperative and Declarative Automation with F5 BIG-IP
  • OVERVIEW
  • HOW TO USE
  • Support
  • Modules Labs
    • Use-Case 00: Backup And Restore Role
    • Use-Case 01: Deploy SSL enabled App-service
    • Use Case 02: Replace Application Certificates
    • Use Case 03: Application Maintenance
    • Use Case 04: WAF (XML) Policy Management in a Role
  • AS3 Labs
    • Use-Case 00: Backup And Restore Role
    • Use-case 01: Deploy SSL enabled App-service with AS3
    • Use Case 02: Replace Application Certificates with AS3
    • Use Case 03: Application Maintenance with AS3
    • Use Case 04: WAF (XML) Policy Management with AS3
    • Use Case 05: Stacking Declarations with Ansible
• Class 11:Terraform BIG-IP Provider
  • Introduction:
    • AWS Console Step #1
    • Subscribe to BIG-IP in AWS Marketplace Step #2
    • Run Terraform Provisioner Step #3
    • SSH into Ubuntu Jump Box Step #4
    • Review AWS Console Step #5
    • Install Terraform Step #6
    • Review TF files Step #7
    • Review TF files Step #7.1
    • Terraform TFVARS & Variables File Step #7.2
    • Review AS3 Declarative JSON Step #8
    • Terraform Commands #9
    • Terraform Apply Step #10
    • Test backend application #11
    • Review BIG-IP Configuration #12
    • Review BIG-IP Configuration #12.1
    • Destroy the Configuration #12.2
    • Secure Your App #13
    • Modify main.tf #14
    • Execute terraform plan #15
    • Execute terraform apply #16
    • Lets see the configuration on BIG-IP #17
    • Test Application again after WAF enabled #18
    • You can clean up once done !!
• Class 13: ADC Performance Monitoring and Autoscaling Lab
  • Getting Started
    • Lab Components
    • Starting the Lab
  • Lab 1 - Deploying Sample Application Infrastructure
    • Exercise 1 - Deploy Application Infrastructure
    • Exercise 2 - View Infrastructure Components
    • Lab Summary
  • Lab 2 - Configuring Alerts with Elastic Watcher
    • Exercise 1 - Create Index Pattern
    • Exercise 2 - Enable Elastic Trial License
    • Exercise 3 - Create Watcher Alerts
    • Lab Summary
  • Lab 3 - Generating Traffic and Monitoring Scaling Events
    • Exercise 1 - Generate Traffic
    • Exercise 2 - Monitor Scaling Operations
    • Lab Summary
• Class 14: Basic BIG-IP Configuration Management with Ansible
  • Section 1 - Ansible F5 Basic Exercises
    • Exercise 0.0: Getting Started
    • Exercise 1.0: Exploring the lab environment
    • Exercise 1.1: Using the bigip_device_info module
    • Exercise 1.2: Adding nodes to F5 BIG-IP
    • Exercise 1.3: Adding a load balancing pool
    • Exercise 1.4: Adding members to a pool on F5
    • Exercise 1.5: Using the bigip_virtual_server module
    • Exercise 1.6: Using the bigip_irule module
    • Exercise 1.7: Using the bigip_config module
  • Section 2 - Ansible F5 Operational/Advanced Exercises
    • Exercise 2.0: Disabling a pool member
    • Exercise 2.1: Using a combination of modules to delete configuration on the BIG-IP
    • Exercise 2.2: Using a combination of modules to perform a graceful rollback
  • Section 3 - Ansible F5 AS3 Exercises
    • Exercise 3.0: Introduction to AS3
    • Exercise 3.1: Operational Change with AS3
    • Exercise 3.2: Deleting a Web Application