Lab 1 - Expose the application

For this lab, we will use the following configuration

  1. Create the Origin Pool targeting Arcadia public app

  1. Web App & API Protection -> Load Balancers -> Origin Pool -> Add Origin Pool -> Fill the bellow data

    Object Value
    Name arcadia-public-endpoint
    Port 443
    TLS Enable
    Origin Server Verification Skip Verification

  2. In the same screen -> Origin Servers -> Add Item -> Fill the bellow data -> Apply -> Save and exit

    Object Value
    DNS name $$hostArcadia$$
  1. Create the HTTP LB

  1. Web App & API Protection -> Load Balancers -> HTTP Load Balancer -> Add HTTP Load Balancer -> Fill the bellow data -> Save and exit

    Object Value
    Name arcadia-re-lb
    Domains arcadia-re-$$makeId$$.workshop.emea.f5se.com
    Load Balancer Type HTTP
    Automatically Manage DNS Records Enable
    Origin Pools Click Add Item, for the Origin Pool select $$namespace$$/arcadia-public-endpoint -> Apply

3. So far, Arcadia is not protected but exposed all over the world on all F5XC RE. Check your Arcadia application is exposed and reachable from the F5XC Global Network by browsing to http://arcadia-re-$$makeId$$.workshop.emea.f5se.com

Warning

Some Service Providers have a very long recursive cache. It can take several minutes to get a DNS response. You can change your DNS server to 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 to fix that.