Getting Started

Please follow the instructions provided by the instructor to start your lab and access your jump host.

Note

All work for this lab will be performed exclusively from the Linux jumphost. No installation or interaction with your local system is required.

Lab Topology

The following components have been included in your lab environment:

  • 2 x F5 BIG-IP VE (v14.0) DNS GSLB engines
  • 1 x F5 BIG-IP VE (v13.1) central Router
  • 1 x Linux server (ubuntu)
  • 1 x Linux Jumphost

Lab Components

The following table lists VLANS, IP Addresses and Credentials for all components:

Component VLAN/IP Address(es) Credentials
bigip-dc1
  • Management: 10.0.1.245
  • External: 10.1.0.245
admin/f5edns0
bigip-dc2
  • Management: 10.0.1.246
  • External: 10.2.0.245
admin/f5edns0
bigip-router
  • Management: 10.0.1.240
admin/f5edns0
Linux Jumphost
  • Management: 10.0.1.50
ubuntu/supernetops
ubuntu server
  • Management: 10.0.1.253
ubuntu/ubuntu

Follow these steps to get your lab started:

  1. Open a browser and visit http://training.f5agility.com
  2. Enter your class number (instructor will provide this) and your student number.
  3. You should now be seeing the class portal and can now access the RDP and lab resrouces.
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To start your lab you will want to log into the linux jumpbox. From this you can then do all of the exercises in the lab. To log into the jump box for the lab start your session and access the jumpbox via RDP. Once the RDP window is open then just click to log in the “supernetops” user. You should not need a password.

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