Developing iRules For BIG-IP – Inhouse - Inhouse von ExperTeach Gesellschaft für Netzwerkkompetenz mbH

This course provides networking professionals a functional understanding of iRules development. The course builds on the foundation of the Administering BIG-IP or Configuring LTM course, demonstrating how to logically plan and write iRules to help monitor and manage common tasks involved with processing traffic on the BIG-IP system. Extensive course labs consist of writing, applying and evaluating the effect of iRules on local traffic. This hands-on course includes lectures, labs, and discussions.

• Setting up the BIG-IP system
• Getting started with iRules
• Leveraging DevCentral resources for iRule development
• Exploring iRule elements, including events, functions, commands, variables, and operators
• Using control structures for conditional branching and looping
• Mastering whitespace, grouping, and special symbols
• Measuring iRule efficiency using timing statistics
• Logging from an iRule using syslog-ng and high-speed logging (HSL)
• Optimizing iRules execution, including implementing efficiency best practices
• Modularizing iRules for administrative efficiency, including using procedures
• Securing web applications with iRules, including preventing common HTTP
• attacks, securing HTTP headers and cookies, and implementing HTTP strict transport security (HSTS)
• Working with strings, including using Tcl parsing commands and iRules parsing functions
• Accessing and manipulating HTTP traffic, including applying selective HTTP compression
• Working with iFiles and data groups
• Using iRules with universal persistence and stream profiles
• Gathering statistics using STATS and ISTATS
• Incorporating advanced variables, including arrays, static variables, and the session table

Jeder Teilnehmer erhält die englischsprachigen Original-Unterlagen von F5 Networks in elektronischer Form.

Students must complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:

• Administering BIG-IP instructor-led course
• Configuring BIG-IP LTM instructor-led course
• F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator

The following free web-based training courses, although optional, will be very helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience. These courses are available at F5 University:

• Getting Started with BIG-IP web-based training
• Getting Started with BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) web-based training

The following general network technology knowledge and experience are recommended before attending any F5 Global Training Services instructor-led course: OSI model encapsulation; Routing and switching; Ethernet and ARP; TCP/IP concepts; IP addressing and subnetting; NAT and private IP addressing; Default gateway; Network firewalls; LAN vs. WAN.

The following course-specific knowledge and experience is suggested before attending this course: HTTP protocol; Any programming language.