Lab 2 - Publish to the Internet
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**Exercise 1: Create HTTP Load Balancer**

#. Navigate the left-side menu to **Manage -> Load Balancers -> HTTP Load Balancers**, then click **Add HTTP Load Balancer**.

    |add_HTTP_menu|
    |add_HTTP|
   
#. In the **HTTP Load Balancer** Configuration Section make the following changes:

    - **Name**: User <your namespace>-lb 
    - **List of Domains**: Use <your namespace>.lab-app.f5demos.com
    - **Select Type of Load Balancer**: HTTP
    - **Automatically Manage DNS Records**: Make sure this is checked

    |http_basic|

#. In the **Origin Pools** section click **Add Item**.

    |add_origin_server|

#. Select your **Origin Pool**, which was created earlier in this lab, and Click **Apply**

    |select_origin_pool|

#. In the Common Security Controls section change the **Service Policies** to *Do Not Apply Service Policies* then click **Save and Exit** at the bottom of the page.

    |security_configuration|
   
#. After a few moments you should see a screen like the following:

    |http_status|

.. NOTE::
  - Please wait for the **VIRTUAL_HOST_READY**

Now we are ready to test!

Open a browser tab and navigate to the domain you entered. 

In the example below it is *grand-marten.lab-app.f5demos.com*

Success will render a page like the following:

    |http_page|

Please note the country name. 

Refresh your browser a few times and notice what happens to the country name. 

Why?

This ends the lab.




.. |add_HTTP_menu| image:: ../images/m-add-http-menu.png
.. |add_HTTP| image:: ../images/m-add-http.png
.. |http_basic| image:: ../images/m-http-basic-updated.png
.. |add_origin_server| image:: ../images/m-add-origin-server-updated.png
.. |select_origin_pool| image:: ../images/m-select-origin-pool-updated.png
.. |security_configuration| image:: ../images/m-security-configuration-updated.png
.. |http_status| image:: ../images/m-http-status-updated.png
.. |http_page| image:: ../images/m-http-page.png