Lab 4.2: DNS Application Service Creation

Note

Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes

Lab environment access

If you have not yet visited the page Getting Started, please do so.

Tasks

  1. Login as paula. Navigate to the airport_security Application.

This Application is composed of 3 Application Services:

  • security_site16_boston: Application Service serving a security app located in Boston.
  • security2_site18_seattle: Application Service serving a the same security app but located in Seattle.
  • security_fqdn: This the Wide-IP service serving the previous Application Services located in Boston and Seattle. The FQDN for this Wide-IP is airports.example.com.

Note

A wide IP maps a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) to one or more pools of virtual servers that host the content of a domain.

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  1. Let’s deploy a 3rd Application Service serving a the same security app also located in Seattle as there is more demand in traffic in this part of the world. Click Create to create an Application Service:
Application properties:
  • Grouping = New Application or Part of an Existing Application
  • Application Name = airport_security
  • Description = airports.example.com
Select an Application Service Template:
  • Template Type = Select AS3-F5-HTTP-lb-traffic-capture-template-big-iq-default-v1 [AS3]
General Properties:
  • Application Service Name = site14_seattle
  • Target = SEA-vBIGIP01.termmarc.com
  • Tenant = security2
Analytics_Profile. Keep default.
HTTP_Profile. Keep default.
Pool
  • Members: 10.1.20.120
Service_HTTP
  • Virtual addresses: 10.1.10.114
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  1. Once security_site14_seattle new Application Service has been created, you can see it on paula’s application dashboard.
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  1. Click on the security_site14_seattle application services, then under Properties, look for the value of DNS Virtual Server Name.
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  1. Navigate back to the airport_security Application, under FQND > CONFIGURATION tab, scroll down to Members row which is under Name: GSLB_Pool1 and click the plus button to add the new Member and click on Save & Close.
Bigip /Common/SEA-vBIGIP01.termmarc.com
Virtual Server /security2/site14_seattle/serviceMain
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Notice the new Application Service have been added under APPLICATION SERVICES.

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  1. Now, let’s look on the BIG-IP and verify the application is correctly deployed in partition security. Login to BOSvBIGIP01.termmarc.com BIG-IP from lab environment. Select the partition security and look at the objects created on the BIG-IP.

Under DNS > GSLB > Servers > Service List > SEA-vBIGIP01.termmarc.com > Virtual Servers

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Under DNS > GSLB > Pools > Pool List > GSLB_Pool1 > Members

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