Building F5 BIG-IP Lab for Free - VMware Workstation

Use for load balancing simulation, network/application testing or preparation for any f5 certification exam!

4.81 (246 reviews)

Udemy

platform

English

language

Network & Security

What you will learn

F5 BIG-IP Installation

Virtualization

Network Virtualization

F5 BIG-IP Basic

Load Balancing

Networking

Why take this course?

This course is designed to assist you build your own F5 home lab using VMware Workstation

You will be guided to complete easy steps like downloading and installing necessary Software such as BIG-IP Virtual Edition and web servers.

I will demonstrate the tuning and configuration of most of the components

Also will be doing some basic testing just to make sure we are doing everything right.

F5 BIG-IP is the most widely implemented Application Delivery Controller globally. It became popular as a Load Balancer appliance but it it can also do many things such as SSL off-loading, Web Application Firewall, SSL VPN concentrator, DDoS Solution and many more.

Target Audience

Network Engineers

Aspiring Network Engineers

Network Automation Engineers

F5 Specialist

System Administrators

Security Administrators

Expectations

Lab is built using VMware Workstation. We will not talk about how to install it.

We will not talk about networking basics

We will not talk about F5 concept in detail

We will not talk about Python Automation

Nothing but to assist you build F5 BIG-IP Lab

This is a FREE Udemy course and we have limited time of 2 hours

Sections

Introduction

F5 BIG-IP Lab

Part 1: Installing Nested ESXi

Part 2: Deploying F5 BIG-IP

Part 3: Deploying Client and Server

Part 4: F5 BIG-IP Setup Utility

Part 5: Testing Load Balancing and API

Completion

Application Requirements

VMware Workstation

Putty – SSH

Remote Desktop Connection

Linux or MAC OS X (VM or Your working OS)

Provided OVA/OVF Templates

Nested VMware ESXi

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition 13.X, 14.X or the latest

Windows Client

Training Server

Minimum System Requirement

CPU - Quad Core

RAM - 8G for the Lab (4G for a single F5 BIG-IP)

Disk - 50G for the Lab

Reviews

Ramy

October 12, 2023

Thanks, this is very informative. My question, do we really need to install vmrc or vmware remote console to enable the remote desktop protocol of Window in remotely accessing the Windows installed in VMWARE? Since, the VM version of Microsoft is no longer available in the MS webpage I installed Window8.1 pro as a WinClient Vm setup. But I was not able to use the RDP before and it made accessible after installing the vmrc of VMware exsi.

Hubert

October 6, 2023

Precisely explained how to make lab environment. Could You tell what credentials to training server are?

Ericzon

September 4, 2023

I am glad to have taken this course, as it has greatly helped me. Although I created my sandbox within EVE-NG instead of ESXi, I was still able to run the lab just the same and learned a lot. Now that I have completed this course, I am ready to simulate labs simultaneously with F5-101 course. Kudos to Dean for providing such a valuable course.

Farhan

August 28, 2023

terrible, outdated but not explained course materials. Dont how did he added pools and webpage 10.10.1.100 started working. All the configs are copied as per the course. Feel like no real-time explanation. Training Server not configured.

David

January 16, 2023

Each step to setting up this Big-IP lab environment was clear and easy to follow, and the resources required were easily obtained. Clear, concise, and an excellent attitude, Dean was an excellent instructor. Looking forward to studying for F5-CA with Dean in the near future.

Sankar

November 16, 2022

To the Point, Very Much Engaged, Quite Comfortable to Follow along. Thanks so much Sir for the wonderful course.

Evan

September 22, 2022

Dean is an amazing instructor with a visible, clear passion. His desire to provide free resources and amazing support is second to none. This course covered every aspect of configuring your F5 BIG-IP homelab and even includes an example virtual server configuration. 5/5 stars, easily!

Boris

September 9, 2022

links in this course not working see Part 1 to 5 from https://zurien.com/en/downloads/ e.g. https://bit.ly/3qFZqcJ

Robson

April 28, 2022

I give for this course five star because I can't give ten star. Very good course, very well explained.

ChriezR

April 21, 2022

I would to thank you for for this wonderful course. It has benefitted me very much to install and do my own labs for my exam. As a fellow Pinoy, salamat ng marami.

Marco

March 1, 2022

Es el mejor curso que haya realizado. El instructor explica fenomenal y de forma muy sencilla. Yo no soy de habla inglés pero el instructor habla tan bien y despacito que se puede entender todo perfectamente. Estoy seguro que me apuntaré a los cursos para la certificación. Mi enhorabuena por este fantástico curso. Merecería 10 estrellas.

Edén

September 17, 2021

El curso es totalmente práctico, muestra paso a paso cada configuración, muy útil, el instructor está bien capacitado, lo recomiendo. Desearia que compartiera la presentación para repasarla.

Taranjit

September 10, 2021

Amazing course. The instructor has guided to build a lab in very detail and with great resources. Kudos!!!!

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