2.1. Accessing the Virtual Lab

If you are not familiar with the process for joining a training course, refer to:

  1. You should have received a course registration email that contains the UDF course link. Click on the link and log into the UDF student portal.

Important

If MFA is not configured for your account, you will be asked to set it up before proceeding.

  1. Click on the JOIN button to enter the lab session. You will see 3 tabs: Overview, Documentation, and Deployment. The Overview tab will be shown.

    ../../_images/udf-overview.png

  2. Click on the Documentation tab to view lab information and a link to the Lab Guide (this document).

    ../../_images/udf-documentation2.png

  3. Click on the DEPLOYMENT tab to see all of your lab resources.

    ../../_images/udf-deployment3.png

    Virtual Machines

    Access Methods Used In this Lab

    BIG-IP Central Manager

    GUI

    BIG-IP Next instance

    Web Shell

    Ubuntu-Client

    Web Shell

    Ubuntu-Server

    Web Shell,

    WebRDP (to Ubuntu-Client desktop)

    To access a lab VM, click on the ACCESS link to view the remote access methods. Then, click on the desired option. Here is an example:

    ../../_images/udf-access.png

Note

You will only need your local web browser to access the lab VMs.