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ApplicationSecurityManager(ASM)
AccessPolicyManager(APM)

PolicyBasedCOntrol

SSLVPN

Authentication

SingleSignon
GlobalTrafficManager(GTM)
BIGIPFullProxyArchitecture
Encrypt>unencrypt
compressed>uncompressed
ipv6>ipv4

TMOSOperatingSystemfromF5
FRomLCDyoucan:
ClearAlarms
Reloaddevice
ConfigManagementNetwork
GUIUtility
SelfIP
ManagementIP
TMOSshell(tmsh)
SetupBIGIP
DefaultIPAddress192.168.1.245/24becausehexadecimalofF5is245
ActivateBIGIPLicencehttps://activate.f5.com
Steps:
Generatedossier
senddosssiertoF5licenseserver
Generatelicence
BringlicensebacktoBIGIP
FinishlicensingprocessonBIGIP
ProcessofLicensingcanbeAutomaticorManual
ProvisioningLevels
Nominal(recommended)
Allocateonlywhatsneededtoenablemodulefunctions
Allocateadditionalasneededduringoperation
Minimum
Allocateonlywhatsneededtoenablemodulefunctions
Noadditionalresources
Dedicated
Takeeverything
Onemoduleonly
InstallingaDeviceCertificate
Usedforadministrativetasksandintersystemcommunications
BIGIPselfsignedcertificate(default)
ImportCAsignedcertificate(optional)
Storeceriticateon/config/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
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Rootaccount,noGUIaccess(onlyCLI)andisnotpossibleenableit
Adminaccount,noCLIaccessbutispossibleenableit
Thisbothaccountscannotbedisabe
(ONCLI)
username:root
password:default
(ONGUI)
username:admin
password:admin
Usethecommandconfigtosetupthemanagementnetwork
tmshlistsysmanagementip
(tmos)#save/sysucstrain1_base.ucs
Storeon/var/local/ucs
TheUCSfilehas:
ALLBIGIPspecificconfigfiles
Porductlicences
useraccounts/passwords
DNSzonefiles&ZoneRunnerconfig
SSLcertificatesandkeys
Rollingarchives,configbeforeapplyanewconfig
cs_backup.ucs
cs_backup_rotate.ucs
Allowcheckissues,defects,bestpractises
https://ihealth.f5.com
NecessarytogenerateQKViewFile
BIGIPPart2ApplicationDelivery
VirtualServer(VIP)
http_poolpoolofservers
AFullProxyArchitecture
Separateclientandserverconnections
CLIENTSYN>SYN_ACK>ACKVIRTUALSERVER
CLIENTHTTP_GET
SYN>SYN_ACK>ACKandHTTP_GET(totherealserver)
HTTP_RESPONSE(fromrealservertotheclient)
LoadBalacingMethods
Homogeneouspool
NonHomogeneouspooldiferentserverswithdiferentcapacity
Methods:
Static:predefineddistributionpattern
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Dynamic:Observesruntimeenvironment
adjustdistributionpattern"onthefly"
RoundRobindefaultloadbalancing
Stillexistsloadbalacingevenstatusofpoolisunknown
StatisticsModuleStatisticsLocalTrafficPools/Virtualservers
SourceNATTranslation(SNAT)
YoucanuseAutoMAP,thisusetheFloatingSelfIPoftheinterface
TheSNATisconfiguredinvirtualserversettings
MethodsofHealthMonitoring
Address/ServiceexampleICMP,TCPecho
ContentCheckMonitorexampleHTTP,HTTPS
ApplicationCheckMonitorexampleFTP
PathCheckMonitorexampleGatewayICMP
ConstructingHTTPMonitoring

ApplicationSpecific

ispossibleuseregularexpressions
BehaviourswithProfiles

ProfileParentChildRelationshipandInheritanceDefaultProfile
Parent>ChildInheritbutispossiblecustomizeorcreateacustomprofile
ProfileDependencies
AllVShaveaLayer4profile(defaultisTCP)
Someprofilesdependonothersbutsomeprofilesaremuttualyexclusive
ClientSSLProfile
ServerSSLProfile
System>FileManagement>SSLCertificateList
****LTMPart1HighAvailabilityandTrafficProcessing****
DeviceServiceClustering(DSC)
Devicetrustbasedonmutuallyauthentication(digitalcertificates)
syncfailover
synconlydonotprocessingfailoverdata
DevicetrustDevicesthattrustoneanother
Devicegroupmultipledevicesthattrusteachotherandcansynchronizeconfigdatawithand
failovertooneanother
Onversion11.xadevicegroupcanhaveuntil8BIGIP
TrafficFroupsandConfigSync
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Trafficgrouprelatedconfigobjectthatproccessparticularapplicationtraffic
ConfigSynctheprocessofsynchronizationconfigdata(virtualservers,pools,monitors,
profiles,....)betweendevicesinadevicegroup
TheHAusestheSelfIPandnottheFloatingSelfIP
UseNTP,andavalidcertificatetoestablishHAcorrectly
LoadBalancingMethods
Static:

RoundRobin(default)

Ratio
Dynamic:

LeastConnections

WeightedLeastConnections

Fastest

Observed

Predictive

DynamicRatio

LeastSessions
Failuremechanisms:

PriorityBasedMemeberActivation

FallbackHost
Theratio3receives3morerequeststhanaRatio1
Ratio(member)andRatio(node)
Ratio1
Ratio2
Ratio3
PriorityBasedMemberactivation
poolRatio(member)
Prioritygroup
Prioritygroupactivation
Thinkingin3PriorityGroups,withratio331
SpecifyingthePriorityGroupActivaiton<2meansthegroupwithlessprioritywillbeused
onlyifoneofthegroupfails
****Module3DirectingTrafficwithiRules*****
AfeweventsiniRules:
CLIENT_ACCEPTED
SERVER_CONNECTED
SERVER_DATA
iRulesConstruct
OPerators==<>starts_withcontainsends_with
Functionsfindstrgetfieldsubstr
Statementsif,switch,log,pool
CommandsHTTP::uriHTTP::headerAES::encryptSIP::call_id
https://devcentral.f5.com/login?returnurl=%2fwiki%2firules.homepage.ashx
https://devcentral.f5.com/d/tag/irules%20editor
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iRulesSyntax
whenCLIENT_ACCEPTED{

if{[[IP::remote_address]starts_with"10."]}{

poolten_pool

}else{

poolcustomer_pool

}
}
iRulebasedonaHeader
whenHTTP_REQUEST{

switch[stringtolower[substr[stringtrimleft[HTTP::headerAcceptLanguage]]02]]
{

"fr"{poolhttp_fr_pool}

"jp"{poolhttp_jp_pool}

default{poolhttp_pool}

}
}
ToapplyaiRulethevirtualserverrequiresaHTTPProfileashttp,afterconfigtheprofile
gotoresourcesandapplutheirulecreatedbefore
****Module4AcceleratingTraffic****
LeveragingOneConnect
OnceaclientconnectedtheBIGIPkeepaConnectionreusepooltousefromthesameclientor
otherclientstoconnecttothesameserverwithaopenedconnection
OptionunderLocalTraffic>Profiles:Services:HTTP
SourceMaskdetermineseligibilityforreusingandopen/idleconnection,thevalue0.0.0.0
meansallclientscanreusethesameconnection.And255.255.255.255onlythesameclientis
abletoreusetheconnectionopened
MaximumSizeMaxconnsheldinConnectionreusepool,ifthemaximumisreached,theBIGIP
systemwillcloseaserversideconnectionaftertheresponseisreceived
MaximumAgeMaxtimeaconnecitoncanstayopenANDidle
Maximumreusemaximumnumberoftimesaconnectioncanbereused
****GettingStartedwithBIGIPAccessPolicyManager(APM)****
WhatisaBIGIPAPM
RemoteAccessSolution
NetworkAccessSSLVN
PortalAccessreverseProxyWebApplications
ApplicationsAccessSingleApplicationTunnelincludingRemoteDesktop
PolicyEnforcementPoint
AuthenticationandAuthorization
EndpointInspection
AccessControlLists
DynamicResourceAssignment(perUserorGroupBasis)
SingleSignon(includeOAM,KerberosandSAML)
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PolicyenforcementonLTMusingAPM
ProfilesrequiredtoimplementAPM:TCP,ClientSSL,HTTP,ServerSSL,Access
LookslikeaFlowchartconfiguringaAPM
ConfigFullWebTop
Config

HTTPBasics
StatusCodes
100Informational
200Success
300Redirection(301MovedPermanently)
400ClientErrors(400Badrequests,401NotAuthorized,402Notfound)
500ServerErrors(500InternalServerError,505HTTPVersionUnsupported)
ResponseHeaders
ServerandContentFormatInformation
Age
ETag
Location
Server
EntityHeaders
Contentinformation
ContentLength
ContentEncoding
ContentType
LastModified
ProcessExamples
Caching
ContentTransferCompletion
Caching
CachingModels:
Expiration>ReducesRequests
Validation>Reducescontenttransfer
CacheExpiration
ReducesRequests
Example:
ExpiresTues13Feb200713:00:00GMT
CacheControl:maxage3600
CacheValidation
ReducesContentTransfer
304NotModifiedStatusCodes
Example:
EtagandIfNoneMatch
LastModifiedandIfModifiedSince
Whenclientreceives304codeusetheobjectinlocalcache
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ContentTransferCompletion
VIPRIONBasics
Failovercanbedoneusingunicastormulticast.Canbespecifiedaminimumnumberofblades
todoafailover
Mirroringcanbedoneinsamecluster,cloneallsessionstatetootherblade.Andbetween
clusters,mirroringsesseionstatetoapeer
VirtualClusteredMultiProcessing(vCMP)aclusterofvirtualmachinesrunningTMOSis
calledavCMPguest
ImportantVIPRIONcommands
Bladectlallowauserremotelyperformsimpletasks(likerebootablade,connecttoconsole
ports)inotherbladesinaVIPRIONchassis
clshallowausertoexecutethecommandoneveryactiveblade,userclshcommandasa
prefixtothebeginningosanothercommand
tmsh/sysvcmp
tmsh/sysclustermodifytheconfioftheprimarybladeinacluster,thesystemwill
propagateallchangestotheotherbladesinthecluster(knownasclustersynchronization)
TroubleshootingBasics
EndUSerDiagnostics(EUD)
AccessedviaGRUB
VIPRIONSpecifictests:Clustering,Hardwareproblems
TwoVIPRIONEUDBranches
EUD_V(VIPRION4000)
EUD_S(VIPRION2000)
!!!!Warning!!!!
DonorunitinaproductionEnvironment
Removeallbladesfromchassis
RunEUDdirectlyonbladebeingtested
OutofBandManagement
LightsOutProcessor(LOP)VIPRION2000Series
SerialPortRedirector(SPR)VIPRION4000Series
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