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Lab 3.1: Importing AS3 templates¶
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Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes
Lab environment access¶
If you have not yet visited the page Getting Started, please do so.
View AS3 templates section¶
- Login to BIG-IQ as david .
- Go to Applications > Application Templates and review the top section which is titled AS3 Templates.
Notice there are two different types of Templates (AS3 Templates and Service Catalog Templates). AS3 Templates are the recommended templates for deploying new application services. Service Catalog Templates while still supported, are not recommended for new environments.
In this lab you will utilize the AS3 templates. Note the Import Templates hyperlink in the top right hand corner of the page. This link will take you to the f5devcentral/f5-big-iq repository on Github, where F5 publishes BIG-IQ AS3 templates and instructions on how to import them into BIG-IQ.
A new BIG-IQ v7.0 deployment will NOT include AS3 templates out of the box. If you want to start using AS3 templates which are provided by F5, then those AS3 templates can be found through the following link: https://github.com/f5devcentral/f5-big-iq
Import AS3 BIG-IQ templates¶
- Navigate under Applications > Application Templates, click Import Templates at the right top corner.
Make yourself familiar with the Github page and understand which AS3 templates are available.
In this lab, the AS3 templates are already imported in BIG-IQ.
Walk through the provided templates and select them to understand the structure. If you are not already familiar with AS3, visit the Application Services 3 Extension Documentation and Managing BIG-IQ AS3 Templates Documentation.
You can also look at the Module 2 in this lab guide which will give you more information on how AS3 was integrated with BIG-IQ.