Welcome

Welcome to the F5 Ansible Lab Day.

The following labs and exercises will instruct you on the basics of Ansible, working with the YAML data format, and using the F5 Ansible Modules to manage the configuration of BIG-IP Devices.

The content contained here leverages a full DevOps CI/CD pipeline and is sourced from the GitHub repository at https://github.com/cybershoe/f5-nyc-ansible-lab.git. Bugs and Requests for enhancements can be made using by opening an Issue within the repository.

Contents:

• Class 1: F5 Ansible Automation Lab
  • Getting Started
  • Lab 1: Installing Ansible in a Virtualenv
  • Lab 2: Running the first playbook
  • Lab 3: Using tags with Ansible
  • Lab 4: Using Variables
  • Lab 5: Importing an ASM Policy from an XML Template
  • Conclusion