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F5 Super-NetOps Programmability, Automation and DevOps Training Classes

F5 Automation Labs

This repository contains the source for F5 Programmability Training docs.

To view the documentation please visit:

http://f5-automation-labs.readthedocs.io/en/latest

Class 1: Introduction to Automation & Orchestration

This introductory class covers the following topics:

• Imperative Automation using the F5 BIG-IP iControl REST API

• Declarative Automation using the F5 iWorkflow product

• F5 Automation Tools:

  • The f5-super-netops-container
  • Collections and the f5-postman-workflows extension to Postman
  • Automation Workflows using f5-newman-wrapper

  Expected time to complete: 3 hours

Class 2: Building Continuous Delivery Pipelines

This class covers the following topics:

• Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Delivery (CD) Concepts

• F5 Automation Tools:

  • The f5-super-netops-container
  • Collections and the f5-postman-workflows extension to Postman
  • Automation Workflows using f5-newman-wrapper

• Building CI/CD Pipelines with Jenkins

  Expected time to complete: 3 hours

Class 3: Introduction to SecDevOps

This class covers the following topics:

• How to secure applications programmatically using a BIG-IP's iControl based REST API
• Leverage programmability to deploy security policies and/or adhere to best practices during Application Lifecycle Management
• Reduce the operational (e.g. time and money) cost of a defense in depth strategy
• Integrate into the SDLC process

This course will feature the following topics.

• General interaction with tmm via BIG-IPs REST APIs

• Create, modify and assign an AFM policy

• Create, modify and assign an ASM policy

  Expected time to complete: 3 hours

Support

Bugs and enhancements can be made by opening an `issue`_ within the `GitHub`_ repository.