F5 BIG-IP Next Instance Install on VMware

BIG-IP Next consists of two integral components: BIG-IP Next instances and the BIG-IP Next Central Manager. Together, they offer the most comprehensive application security and traffic management solution for apps spanning on-premises and multi-cloud architectures. BIG-IP Next instances are deployed close to your apps to process and secure user traffic, while the BIG-IP Next Central Manager provides a single control point.

A highly performant and scalable data plane responsible for delivering and securing your application traffic on-premises, within co-location facilities, in the cloud, or at the edge.

This lab environment highlights one of the core principles of F5 BIG-IP Next.

• You will be guided and tasked to create a new BIG-IP Next Instance.
• You will then set up and configure this instance.
• This instance will then be managed by BIG-IP Next Central Manager

This lab aims to guide you in setting up the core component for managing BIG-IP Next Instances.

• Windows 2019 Server (AD/DNS)Jumpbox
• Virtual Center 7.6 ESXi Host
• F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager ver. 20.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP Next Instance ver 20.1.0
• Docker VM