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Lab 9.2: Azure BIG-IP VE Creation¶
Note
Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes
Lab environment access¶
If you have not yet visited the page Getting Started, please do so.
Tasks¶
- Prerequisites to this module:
- Run the script creation file at the end of the previous lab
Note
VE Creation may not require the BIG-IQ and created BIG-IP’s to communicate (Utility Licensing or Declarative Onboarding). The BIG-IQ targets the public Azure API for VE creation, and the BIG-IP VE public IP for onboarding.
- Verify your BIG-IQ “Cloud Provider” for Azure
Navigate to Applications > Environments > Cloud Providers
View the Cloud Provider object with your Enterprise Application information.
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If your credentials are valid, you should be able to Test the connectivity between BIG-IQ and the Azure API.
- Verify your BIG-IQ “Cloud Environment” for Azure
Navigate to Applications > Environments > Cloud Environments
The Cloud Environment is where our BIG-IP will be deployed. If your credentials were valid, utilizing your just created Cloud Provider will expose resources available to you in your Azure account.
- Several parts of the Cloud Environment you may not want to be configured because you are planning on using F5 Declarative Onboarding.
- Device Templates are used for Service Scaling Groups, not a single or cluster of BIG-IP.
- You must accept Programmatic Deployments for any BIG-IP you wish to deploy from the BIG-IQ interface, not doing this will result in a failure to launch.
- Two types of Licensing, Utility will utilize the instance billing directly to the consumer, BYOL billing would be handled from a BIG-IQ License Pool. Alternatively, if you are planning to have F5 Declarative Onboarding specify a license, you will not define anything
- Creating your BIG-IP in Azure
Navigate to Devices > BIG-IP VE Creation > and choose Create
Fill in the Create BIG-IP VE Options.
Note
You can only create 1 VE at a time in Azure. Also, the BIG-IP VE name is the Instance name in Azure, not the TMOS name.
| BIG-IP VE Creation | |
|---|---|
| Task Name | Deploy BIG-IP VE in Azure |
| BIG-IP VE Name | bigipvm01 |
| Description | Created with BIG-IQ |
| Cloud Environment | (your script created env) |
| Admin Password | u7BnD@4f5 |
| Number of BIG-IP VE to Create | 1 |
Note
You can only create 1 VE at a time in Azure. Also, the BIG-IP VE name is the Instance name in Azure, not the TMOS name.
Once all the attributes are configured Create the VE.
BIG-IQ will gather all the needed pieces from our Provider, Environment, and Creation options. These will be sent to the Azure API for building out our instance.
From the Azure Portal, you can see the newly created instance, along with the instance BIG-IQ has created a Network Interface Card, Security Group, Storage Account, and a Public IP Address.
Warning
You cannot change these options at this time, a Public address will be created, and the Security Group will have ports (22,8443,443,4353) open from Any source. If you delete the BIG-IP, you will need to manually clean up the Security Group created.
BIG-IP VE Creation is complete from here we can see BIG-IQ harvested the Public IP address.
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All deployments are Single-NIC so that management will be on 8443. If you need to create additional NICs, you will need to do it through the cloud provider UI or API.
Lab 2 of this module will cover Onboarding the newly created VE.
Note
If you try to open BIG-IP web interface, to bypass the Google Chrome “Your connection is not private” Warning, just type in blindly thisisunsafe.
See Class 2 Module 5 Lab 6 for help with Troubleshooting.