Automating BIG-IP
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Key Info
COURSE ID:
F5-TRG-BIG-AUTO-AS3
PRODUCT FAMILY:
BIG-IP
TITLE:
Automating BIG-IP
COURSE LEVEL:
Core
MODALITY:
Instructor-Led Training (ILT)
LENGTH (DAYS/HOUR):
3 Days
LANGUAGES:
English
PRICE ($$/TU):
$3960/66 TUs
CONTAINS HANDS-ON LABS?:
Yes
SDT details
ILT details
Learn DevOps techniques for the onboarding of and deploying apps to BIG-IP. Start by reviewing the Linux command line and then review basic BIG-IP concepts such as F5 terminology, round robin server pool load balancing, health monitor checks, layer 4 proxying and source address translation both in lecture and in hands-on labs. Next, focus on automation and DevOps concepts such as Infrastructure as Code, the role of orchestration, Source of Truth, atomicity, idempotency and imperative vs. declarative operations and their APIs.
Dive into JSON, the standard scripting notation for DevOps, and investigate programming BIG-IP systems using JSON-based iControl REST. Discover onboarding BIG-IP using iControl REST, both in lecture and hands-on labs.
In both lecture and lab, explore F5’s declarative API, AS3, as the application source of truth. Use AS3 to deploy applications to BIG-IP using both curl on the command line and the Postman GUI. Use the F5 declarative onboarding API, DO, for managing the entire onboarding process.
Explore the alternative data serialization language to JSON, YAML, which is used by Kubernetes and many other applications, before jumping into Ansible. Learn about the Ansible architecture, components, modules and how it uses Python and iControl REST to run on just about any platform. Build trust relationships with BIG-IP systems and backend servers using advanced inventory files. Create sophisticated playbooks that feature fact gathering, conditional tasks, and secure password vaults that are used to onboard, provision, license and deploy HA applications to BIG-IP systems.
This course is intended for network administrators and operators and DevOps engineers interested in automating tasks on BIG-IP systems in their public and private Clouds as well as in their data center infrastructures.
Prior Knowledge
The following free Self-Directed Training (SDT) courses, although optional, are helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience:
General network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course, including OSI model encapsulation, routing and switching, Ethernet and ARP, TCP/IP concepts, IP addressing and subnetting, NAT and private IP addressing, NAT and private IP addressing, default gateway, network firewalls, and LAN vs. WAN.
Students should be familiar with and be able to configure basic BIG-IP elements such as virtual servers, pools, pool members, and nodes, pool monitors, and basic virtual server profiles. In addition, students should be familiar with the basics of the Linux command line, and have solid understanding of Layer 2 Ethernet and ARP networking, Layer 3 and 4 TCP/IP networking, including IP addressing and subnetting, Layer 7 HTTP networking, and HTML.
Finally, nice-to-have knowledge includes familiarity with programming and/or scripting languages, such as JavaScript or NodeJS, Python, or Bash.
Register for your course
Please find below the current active sessions for the ILT. If there are no sessions listed below and you would like to register your interest in attending the ILT version of this course please email: support@mail.education.f5.com Automating BIG-IP - UK Virtual (Mar 30, 2026): View ILT Automating BIG-IP - US Virtual (Jun 2, 2026): View ILT Automating BIG-IP - US Virtual (Mar 17, 2026): View ILT