F5 and Ansible 201 - Advanced Course

Last updated: 2023-12-7 6:00 AM MT

OVERVIEW

The use cases templates are built for the F5 Automation Sandbox ennvironment. To run the use-cases, users must use the environment to stand-up the F5 automation sandbox environment.

With a F5 Automation Sandbox environment and these scenario use cases, users can/will be able to

  • Test common deployment scenarios through Automation with Ansible

  • Fork instances of code to develop their own plugins and automation playbooks

  • Provide feedback on existing and new use cases that are relevant to everyday work

Attention

This content is built by F5 Business Development organization. New content will be added periodically to provide additional automation senarios. Please open a github issue for any new feature request.

HOW TO USE

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1. PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE

There are two options to creating a F5 Automation Sandbox environment, you only need to do one of these (not both) to access the lab.

  • Contact your F5 Account Manager or Sales Engineer to help setup a F5 UDF Environment for testing.

2. Examine the Ansible-Use-Case Code via Github

3. When Using F5 UDF Environment & Ansible Inventory File

When using the F5 UDF environment, everything is configured and setup correctly, use the instructions on how to access your lab given to you by either your F5 instructor or by the UDF Instructions Email.

4. RUN USE CASE TEMPLATES

Start with Use-Cases (Click the following link) to begin - Use-Case 00

Note

Keep the BIG-IP login handy to login and validate configuration when use cases are executed

Support

This project is a community effort to promote Network and Security automation and is maintained by F5 Business Development (BD). For anyfeature requests or issues, feel free to open an issue and we will give our best effort to address it.

Note

Need help with automating use cases not present here - Open a request