Ahmet Numan Aytemiz , 18.05.2022 - Ankara, Turkey

1. Provision Big-IP System

Navigate System > Resource and provision like Big-IP modules like below ;

  • Local Traffic (LTM) : Nominal
  • Access Policy (APM) : Nominal
  • Management : Small

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After resource porovisioning big-ip system will reboot.

2. Configure NTP and DNS on the F5-APM

To configure NTP navigate System > Configuration » Device » NTP and add the 172.16.20.20 ip address to the server list according to topology then update.

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To configure NTP navigate System > Configuration » Device » DNS and add the 172.16.20.20 ip address to the dns lookup server list and add f5apm.lab to the dns search domain list according to topology then update.

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3. Configure Vlans

Configure the vlan according to topology like below ;

Vlan Name Tag Untagged Interfaces Partitions
External 4093 1.1 Common
internal 4094 1.2 Common

To configure vlan navigate **Network » VLANs » Vlan List » Create **

  • External Vlan

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  • Internal Vlan

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4. Configure Self and Floating IP

Configure the self and floating ip adresses according to topology like below ;

Name Ip Address Netmask Vlan Traffic Group Port Lockdown
external-self 10.10.1.31 255.255.255.0 external traffic-group-local-only 443 and 22
external-floating 10.10.1.33 255.255.255.0 external traffic-group-1 443 and 22
internal-self 172.16.1.31 255.255.255.0 internal traffic-group-local-only default
internal-floating 172.16.1.33 255.255.255.0 internal traffic-group-1 default

To configure the self and floating ips navigate Network » Self IPs » Create

  • Configure external-self ip address

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  • Configure external-floating ip address

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  • Configure internal-self ip address

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  • Configure internal-floating ip address

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5. Configure big-ip’s hostname

To configure the hostname navigate System » Platform

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6. Create a UCS Archive of Configuration

Navigate System » Archives and back up current system’s configuration.

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