Deploy BIG-IP In Azure
======================

.. note:: Please note that you will incur costs associated with creating Azure resources and
   consuming F5 BIG-IP marketplace offers if you are using your own Azure account.

Launch BIG-IP 3nic stack
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

#. Browse to Github to access the F5 – Azure templates

   - https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-azure-arm-templates/tree/master/experimental/standalone/3nic/new-stack/payg
   - Scroll down and click Deploy to Azure button

   .. image:: ./images/azuredeploy.png
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#. You will be redirected to portal.azure.com

   - Log into the azure portal when prompted
   - Username : **f5student#@f5custlabs.onmicrosoft.com**
   - Password:  **ChangeMe123**

#. Complete the Customized template using the following values **(replace # with your student number to avoid conflicts)**

   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Resource Group         | Select Create New        |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Resource Group         | f5student#-rg            |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Location               | East US                  |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Admin Username         | azureuser                |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Admin Password         | ChangeMeNow123!          |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | DNS Label              | f5student#bigip          |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Instance Name          | f5student#-f5vm01        |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Number of External IPs | 3                        |                      
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Image Name             | Best25Mbps               |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | BIG IP Modules         | ltm:nominal,afm:nominal  |                      
   +------------------------+--------------------------+           
   | Restricted Src Address | 0.0.0.0/0                |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+ 

   .. image:: ./images/arm3nic.png
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#. Click the **“Review + Create”**
#. Click **Create** after confirming entries
#. This will take appoximately 10 minutes

   - You can monitor deployment on the azure dashboard by opening the Notifications in the azure portal

#. Continue with the Lab. The deployment will complete by the time the BIG-IP configuration is required

Deploy App Servers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

#. Browse to **f5student#-rg** resource group in Azure portal
#. Deploy App1

   - Click **Add**
   - Select **Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS**
   - complete virtual machine template with following values

   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Resource Group         | f5student#-rg            |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Virtual machine name   | f5student#-app1          |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Admin type             | Password                 |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Username               | azureuser                |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Password               | ChangeMeNow123!          |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Public inbound ports   | none                     |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+

   .. image:: ./images/ubuntucreate.png
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   - click **"Next : Disks"**

   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | OS Disk Type           | Standard HDD             |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Use Managed Disk       | Deselected (No)          |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Storage Account        | select your rg from list |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+

   .. image:: ./images/ubuntudisk.png
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   - click **"Next : Networking"**

   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Subnet                 | internal (10.0.3.0/24)   |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Public IP              | None                     |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | NIC security group     | None                     |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+

   .. image:: ./images/ubuntunetwork.png
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   - click **"Review + create"**

#. Click **Create** after confirming entries

#. This will take appoximately 1 minute

   - Continue when deployment completed

#. Repeat previous steps to deploy App2

   - Click **Add**
   - Select **Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS**
   - complete virtual machine template with following values

   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Resource Group         | f5student#-rg            |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Virtual machine name   | f5student#-app2          |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Admin type             | Password                 |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Username               | azureuser                |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Password               | ChangeMeNow123!          |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Public inbound ports   | none                     |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+

   - click **"Next : Disks"**

   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | OS Disk Type           | Standard HDD             |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Use Managed Disk       | Deselected (No)          |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Storage Account        | select your rg from list |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+

   - click **"Next : Networking"**

   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Subnet                 | internal (10.0.3.0/24)   |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | Public IP              | None                     |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+
   | NIC security group     | None                     |
   +------------------------+--------------------------+

   - click **"Review + create"**

#. Click **Create** after confirming entries
#. This will take appoximately 1 minute

   - Continue when deployment completed

Review the BIG IP config
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

#. Access the BIG-IP management GUI

   - search **f5student#bigip-mgmt-pip** in azure portal to capture BIG-IP management public address
   - browse to **https://<f5student#bigip-mgmt-pip**
   - Username: **admin**
   - Password: **ChangeMeNow123!**

#. Examine system config to validate basic network config

   - browse to **System->Resource Provisioning** to confirm AFM and LTM are provisioned
   - browse to **Network->Self IPs** to capture external and internal nics and associated ip addresses
   - browse to **Network->Routes** to capture default route