Class 3- Application Deployments with BIG-IP and Application Services (AS3)

This class provides hands-on experience using F5's AS3 declarative interface for configuration of a BIG-IP. You will use AS3 for configuration by sending directly to BIG-IP and alternatively BIG-IQ.

The class will cover the following topics in the labs that follow:

• AS3 declarations
• Using Postman to send AS3 declarations
• Using Visual Studio Code to perform AS3 Schema validations
• Create, delete, and modify VIPs using AS3
• Using AS3 to apply WAF security policy
• How you can use AS3 with muliple applications per tenant
• Use of AS3 with multiple tenants
• Using BIG-IQ to push AS3 declarations

Expected time to complete: 1 hour, 20 minutes

We will be using a jumpbox to connect to the lab environment. Go to the next section for details on how to connect to the lab environment.

• Getting Started
• Lab 1 - Creating a Simple HTTP Application using AS3
• Lab 2 - Creating an HTTPS application with SSL Offload or SSL Bridging
• Lab 3 - Adding a WAF policy to an application
• Lab 4 - Creating Multiple HTTP Applications per tenant using AS3
• Lab 5 - How to work with multiple tenants using AS3
• Lab 6 - Creating a Applications using AS3 Declarative Interface & BIG-IQ