Lab 4.1: Create an LTM application

For the lab, create a simple LTM Virtual Server:

1. Create a pool - go to Local Traffic ‣ Pools ‣ Pool List and click Create.

   • Set a name of your choice

   • Use “http” health monitor

   • Add the following pool members using (the internal webserver IPs) and service port 80

     • 10.20.0.90

     • 10.20.0.91

     • 10.20.0.92

   • Click Finished

2. Create a client SSL profile - go to Local Traffic ‣ Profiles ‣ SSL ‣ Client and click Create.

   • Set a name of your choice

   • Modify the “Certificate Key Chain” by adding wildcard.f5labs.com certificate and private key.

   • Click Finished

3. Create an LTM virtual server - go to Local Traffic ‣ Virtual Server List and click Create.

   • Set a name of your choice

   • Destination Address/Mask: 10.30.0.205

   • Service Port: 443

   • HTTP Profile: http

   • SSL Profile (Client): previously created Client SSL profile

   • VLANs and Tunnels: Select Enabled on… option, and then outbound VLAN

   • Source Address Translation: Auto Map

   • Default Pool: previously created pool

   • Click Finished

4. Test access to the LTM virtual server

   • RDP to the Inbound Windows client.

   • The webserver should be accessible via HTTPS request to the LTM virtual server IP.

   • Optionally add a static host entry in the local Windows hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) for:

     • www.f5labs.com = 10.30.0.205

     Note

     A shortcut to the “hosts” file can be found on the desktop.

   • Test access to https://www.f5labs.com.

   Note

   The certificate is a wildcard, so any *.f5labs.com hostname would also work.