Lab 6.3: Add Key to Regkey Pool

Note

Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes

In this lab, we will add a new key to the previously created regkey pool on BIG-IQ.

Prerequisites

  • BIG-IQ Regkey Pool name
  • BIG-IP registration key(s)
  1. Navigate to the Templates page and review (Class5-Mod11-Lab3) Add_BIGIQ_Regkey.
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Make sure the PLAYBOOK lab/f5-ansible-bigiq-as3-demo/tower/regkey_license_add.yml is selected. Also confirm that the admin-iq (BIG-IQ) credentials appear in the CREDENTIALS field.

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You can go on the GitHub repository and check review the playbooks and Jinja2 templates.

  1. Back on the Templates page, next to the (Class5-Mod11-Lab3) Add_BIGIQ_Regkey template, click on the Start a job using this template.
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  1. SURVEY: Enter in the name of your regkey pool and the new key.
REGISTRATION KEY POOL NAME regkey_pool_BT_200M
REGISTRATION KEY XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
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  1. PREVIEW: Review the summary of the template deployment, then click on LAUNCH.
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  1. Follow the JOB deployment of the Ansible playbook.
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  1. When the job is completed, check the PLAY RECAP and make sure there nothing failed.
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  1. Login on BIG-IQ as admin, go to Devices > LICENSE MANAGEMENT > Licenses. Click on the regkey pool and check the newly added key.
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You can repeat this task if you want to add multiple regkeys.

This completes the regkey add lab.