4. Install F5 Big-IP LTM in VMware || How to get free F5 load balancer licences || F5 Big-IP LTM
Summary
TLDRThis tutorial guides viewers on downloading the F5 LTM Appliance image file and deploying it in VMware Workstation. It begins with a recap of previous steps, including setting up web servers and adjusting the network topology. The presenter then demonstrates how to create an F5 account, download the image file, and import it into VMware. The video concludes with the successful login to the F5 appliance using default credentials, setting the stage for future tutorials on network configuration and license activation.
Takeaways
- 🌐 The tutorial is focused on downloading and deploying an F5 LTM Appliance image file in VMware Workstation.
- 🔄 In the previous tutorial, prerequisites were set up including deploying a web server with IP address 10.1.1.10 and two additional web servers.
- 💻 The presenter added a management station to the Network topology, which is the user's laptop or desktop.
- 📍 The management station has three network ports: one connected to VM Network, one connected to the BIG-IP's external interface, and one connected to three web servers over vmnet3.
- 🌐 The BIG-IP's external interface is connected to a client machine with a network address of 172.16.1.0.
- 📝 The presenter guides viewers to download the image file from the F5 website by registering for a free trial and following the steps to obtain a license key.
- 🔗 The tutorial covers how to navigate the F5 website to find and download the appropriate image file for VMware Workstation.
- 📧 The presenter explains that after registering, users will receive an email to activate their account and reset their password.
- 🚫 The video script mentions potential issues with downloading due to location restrictions and provides a solution to contact F5 support.
- 🔑 After downloading, the user is guided through the process of importing the image file into VMware Workstation and powering on the virtual machine.
- 🔄 The tutorial concludes with the user logging into the BIG-IP appliance and changing the default credentials.
Q & A
What is the main topic of this YouTube tutorial?
-The main topic of this YouTube tutorial is downloading the image file for an F5 LTM Appliance and deploying it in VMware Workstation.
What was one of the major prerequisites mentioned in the previous tutorial?
-One of the major prerequisites mentioned in the previous tutorial was deploying a web server.
What IP address was assigned to the web server created in the previous tutorial?
-The IP address assigned to the web server created in the previous tutorial was 10.1.1.10.
What is the purpose of the management station in the lab setup?
-The management station in the lab setup is a laptop or desktop used to perform the lab, and it has three network ports for connecting to different parts of the lab network.
What is the IP address of the big IP's external interface mentioned in the script?
-The IP address of the big IP's external interface mentioned in the script is 192.168.0.100.
What is the network address that will be connected to the internal interface of the big IP?
-The network address that will be connected to the internal interface of the big IP is 172.16.1.0.
How can one obtain a free trial of the F5 LTM Appliance?
-One can obtain a free trial of the F5 LTM Appliance by visiting the F5 website, registering an account, and following the steps to request a trial key and download the software.
What happens if the download of the F5 LTM Appliance image file is blocked?
-If the download is blocked, one should email [email protected] from the registered email address, providing details such as user ID, company name, contact phone number, and public IP address.
What are the default login credentials for the F5 LTM Appliance after importing it into VMware Workstation?
-The default login credentials for the F5 LTM Appliance after importing it into VMware Workstation are 'root' as the user and 'default' as the password.
What is the first task the user is prompted to do after logging into the F5 LTM Appliance for the first time?
-The first task the user is prompted to do after logging into the F5 LTM Appliance for the first time is to change the default credentials.
What will be covered in the next tutorial according to the script?
-In the next tutorial, the focus will be on configuring VMware networks, assigning VM networks to network adapters, and proceeding with basic installation, including checking and configuring the management IP address, and activating licenses.
Outlines
📘 Tutorial Introduction and Prerequisites
The video begins with a welcome to the YouTube channel 'No Networks' and introduces the tutorial's goal: downloading an image file for an F5 LTM Appliance and deploying it in VMware Workstation. The host recalls the previous tutorial's activities, which included deploying a web server on a Windows 10 machine with IP address 10.1.1.10 and two additional web servers. These servers will be used to test the output of the big IP Appliance. The presenter also discusses changes made to the network topology, including the addition of a management station, which could be a laptop or desktop. The management station has three network ports, one connected to the VM Network, one connected to the big IP's external interface at 192.168.0.100, and another connected to a client machine with a network address of 172.16.1.0. The internal interface of the big IP is connected to three web servers over vmnet3. The tutorial then proceeds to guide viewers on how to download the image file from the F5 website, detailing the steps to register for a free trial, receive a download key, and initiate the download process.
🔑 Account Registration and Software Download
This paragraph details the process of setting a password for the newly created F5 account, logging in, and navigating the F5 website to request a trial license key for Big IP VE and Big IQ. After providing evaluation information and selecting the desired trial options, the presenter encounters a potential download block due to location issues and provides a solution involving contacting F5 via email with specific details. The video then demonstrates how to download the Big IP virtual edition image file for VMware Workstation, emphasizing the importance of selecting the correct file and understanding the description to ensure the right version is downloaded. The presenter also explains the steps to download the file, including selecting a download location and method, and addresses potential issues that might arise during the download process.
🖥️ Importing and Configuring the Big IP Appliance
The final paragraph of the script covers the process of importing the downloaded Big IP image file into VMware Workstation. It includes steps such as opening the virtual machine file, accepting the license agreement, naming the virtual machine, and importing it with specified CPU and RAM configurations. After importing, the presenter powers on the virtual machine and logs in using the default credentials. The video then guides viewers through the process of changing the default password for the root user via CLI access. The tutorial concludes with a recap of the steps taken and a teaser for the next tutorial, which will focus on configuring VMware networks and basic installation, including managing the IP address and activating licenses.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡YouTube
💡F5 LTM Appliance
💡VMware Workstation
💡Web Server
💡IP Address
💡Network Topology
💡F5 Website
💡Free Trial
💡Virtual Edition
💡VMware Networking
💡CLI Access
Highlights
Introduction to the tutorial on downloading and deploying an F5 LTM Appliance image file in VMware Workstation.
Recap of previous tutorial where a web server was set up with IP address 10.1.1.10.
Mention of additional web servers created for testing the output of the big IP Appliance.
Explanation of changes made to the Network to Apologia lab topology, including the addition of a management station.
Description of the IP addresses and network ports involved in the lab setup.
Instructions on how to download the image file from the F5 website.
Details on creating an account on F5 for downloading the image file.
Process of resetting the password for the newly created F5 account.
Steps to request a trial license key for the F5 product.
Information on potential issues with downloading due to location restrictions and how to resolve them.
Guidance on selecting the appropriate hypervisor and environment for the virtual edition.
Instructions for accepting the end-user software license agreement.
Selection of the correct image file for VMware Workstation.
Process of importing the downloaded image file into VMware Workstation.
Powering on the virtual machine and logging in with default credentials.
Enforcement of changing the default credentials upon first login.
Summary of the tutorial's achievements, including account creation, image file download, and machine import.
Preview of the next tutorial's content, focusing on configuring VMware networks and basic installation.
Call to action for viewers to subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the tutorial.
Transcripts
hello everyone welcome to my YouTube
channel no Networks
in this tutorial we are going to
download
image file for
F5 LTM Appliance and deploy it in our
VMware Workstation
before we proceed let's recall shortly
what we did in our previous tutorial
so guys in our previous tutorial we are
we made the prerequisites ready like one
of the major prerequisite was deploying
the web server
so we have created a web server in
Windows 10 machine with IP address
10.1.1.10
similarly we created two more web
servers
this web servers will be useful to check
the output of the big IP Appliance
then as I told you that we will be doing
a small changes in our Network to
apologia lab topology
so guys what I did I have added a
management station this is nothing but
your laptop or a desktop on which you
are performing your lab
so this IP will be having three Network
ports
one of the Management Port will be
connected to VM Network one with the
four IP address of the big IP is
192.168.0.100 the external interface of
the big IP will be having a machine
connected to it that will be a client
machine
and the network address will be
172.16.1.0 and the internal interface of
the big IP we will be connecting three
of our web servers and that will be
connected over a vmnet3
the VMware Networking when we will be
doing a lab at that time you will have a
clear idea if you didn't understood over
here
quickly what we are going to do is we
will open our browser and going to F5
website we will download the page file I
will show you the steps to proceed
let's go on f5.com www.fy.com
over here click on get F5 and click on
free product files
yeah scroll down over here and
and a big IP and big iqve can't get the
free trials
over here scroll down a little and
you'll see that your 30 days free trial
started the four steps login or register
request your key download the software
launch it if you have accounts related
on F5 you will click on login since we
don't have a account we'll click on
register
create account
over here click on create one create a
new account
put the email address
on next
just provide your details over your
first name
last name job title
foreign
company or organization details
and once you fill up all these details
then click on register now it is saying
that registration confirmed thank you
for registering login instructions have
been sent to your registered email
address
so quickly open the mail address
and we will just wait for our
email to be received from F5
so guys you can see we have received an
email from F5 Networks and it is asking
you to reset the password see activate
your account back to you on the below
link
it will be prompted to change your
password click on this link
is asking to set your password let's set
our password for this account
and click on submit button
seems like some
Apple error okay
the password didn't match maybe so let's
try again
password match click on submit
okay fine one second
okay so once you have set your password
it is saying your password has been set
has been reset you may login click on
login button over here
now we will login to our account
using our registered email address in
the password which we have set now
click on login button over here
so guys as we log in it is asking you
the evaluation information
so let's provide the evaluation
information what is the purpose of this
trial
let's say current evaluating security
products what is your job function
selected accordingly then
over here which trial would you like
click on ipv and big IQ option
licenses just skip it one licenses and
when you will scroll down after the
contact information you will find the
captcha
just enter the three black text from
this which is 6 5
0 click on request license key
so as you can see over here it is saying
that thank you for your interest
in big ipve your trial registration keys
and activation instructions will be
emailed within next 30 minutes
uh meanwhile what we are going to do is
from this link over here we will be
trying to download our software just
click over here
scroll down
uh oh one more thing I want to show yeah
you will see over here like when you
scroll along select the hypervisor and
or environment where you want to run ve
we are going to run in our VMware
Workstation so this is the option which
is suitable for us
VMware KVM openstack just click on
download Big ipv Image click over here
guys over here you will find multiple
options and we are going with the
virtual Edition just add a note over
here guys like
due to the location issue or some XYZ
reason there is a possibility your
download will be blocked by the F5 and
you will get this error
so if in case you get this kind of error
saying that when you click on Virtual
edition if you get this other export
compliance check failure you don't need
to worry what you have to do is you have
to write an email to this email address
CSP fy.com from the same registered
email address
and you have to provide in the email
body with your user ID name company name
company name you can give your name it
is not necessary that it should be a
registered company
it is not mandatory it should be your
registered company you can give your
company name XYZ contact phone number
and the IP address IP address over here
means your public IP address you have to
go to google.com and simply type my IP
address you will get your public IP
address this details you have to provide
to F5 and then F5 will allow you to
download they will give your
confirmation and then when again you
come on this particular virtual Edition
link you will be able to download this
is just for your information if you face
any issue moreover you won't face but in
some location you might face this issue
so let me click on the virtual Edition
link and I will be redirected further I
will show you so guys uh as soon as you
click the virtual Edition over there it
will take you to this page
you have to accept the end user software
license click on I accept
now over here
is providing you the multiple options as
you can see over here the file name and
the description the description is quite
more important because using this
description we will identify what
exactly we require
foreign
option the big IP the file name with the
extension or and you will see that the
image file set for VMware esxi server so
this is what exactly we need we need a
image file for VMware
similarly you will find this file in the
bottom also but it is md5 we don't need
this md5 file right what we need is we
need an image file and if we will just
go through the image files over here
this is the one which will definitely
suit our requirement
so let's take this big IP
17.0.0 vmware.org we will click on this
now it is asking you that for which
location from which location you want to
download so whichever is nearby to you
you can just use that option and you can
download it easily so you have option
Australia island Japan Singapore
and so on and additionally saying that
if you are experiencing difficulties
with the link above just select an
alternative download method below so you
have FTP HTTP https and all so let's
select one of them and then we will
let's select Japan
from here we will start to download and
you can see the download has started
required file is being downloaded over
here now
so guys till the time
this is downloaded I will just pause the
video
so our image file is downloaded over
here now we are going to open this file
in our VMware Workstation let's open the
VMware Workstation
and you will click on open a virtual
machine
over here you will find the downloaded
file what you have to do is you have to
locate this file and
simply open it
just check this box I I accept the terms
of the license agreement
click on next
name of the new virtual machine you have
to give the name over here
will give the name F5 big-ip LTM
if you want to keep it as a default
location where you want to store this
virtual machine you can keep as it is or
else you can locate as per your minions
click on next over here
we will go with one CPU 048 MB RAM that
would be enough for doing our lab click
on import button
and you can see the importing of the
machine has started now
so guys the machine is successfully
imported in our VMware Workstation now
what we are going to do is we will just
power on this virtual machine click on
this or on virtual machine
to enter on the option big IP
machine will boot
you can see now you are prompted to the
login
so guys over here in the CLI the login
credentials which you will be using the
default credentials I would say will be
the root as a user and default will be
the password let me note down it for you
so guys as you can see this is going to
be your default credentials access
through a CLI a root and the password is
default let's login
and as soon as you log in with this
credentials I think some typing error
once again
okay it is enforcing you to change the
default credentials now it is asking
that just put the current password of
the big IP which is going to be default
now you have to set your password for
the CL uh for the root user through a
CLI access
you have to retype the password
and you can see over here now the
password for the root user is changed
guys we have successfully login to the
machine over here
through sdli
so just uh let's
recall what all things we have done so
guys in this tutorial we have
created the account in F5 from where we
have downloaded the image file for big
IP and then thereafter we have imported
this machine into VMware Workstation
so guys this is all about in this
tutorial in the next tutorial what we
are going to do is we will be
configuring our VMware networks VM
networks we are going to configure we
will be assigning the VM Network to the
network adapters as per our laptop 4G
and then we will proceed with basic
installation where we will be seeing how
to check the management IP address how
you can configure the management IP
address I mean you can change the
management IP address through a CLI we
will be taking a GI access we will be
activating the licenses and so on guys
in this way we will proceed thanks for
watching guys if you haven't subscribed
to my YouTube channel yet please
subscribe it now and do share with your
friends
see you in the next tutorial
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