Lab 3 – Start Baseline Traffic Generation

Task 1 – Create Protected Objects that the baseline traffic will be targeting

  • In the BIG-IP Configuration Utility, open the DoS Protection>>Quick Configuration page and in the Protected Objects section click Create.

  • Configure a protected object using the following information, and then click Create.

    Name Server5
    IP Address 10.1.20.15
    Port *
    Protocol All Protocols
    VLAN Any
    Protection Settings: Action Log and Mitigate
    Protection Settings: Silverline (un-selected)
    Protection Settings: DDoS Settings IPv4, TCP

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  • This protected object will be used for the Auto-Thresholding lab.

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Task 2 – Run Scripts to start L4 traffic generation – Good Traffic

  • Putty SSH (use the desktop shortcut) to open a shell to the good client system.

  • Accept the SSH Warning.

  • You will be logged in as user : root. The session is preconfigured to authenticate with a certificate.

  • Start the auto-threshold baselining script with:

    # cd ~/scripts
# ./baseline_l4.sh