course overview
Overview
This 3-day course gives network administrators, network operators, and network engineers a functional understanding of BIG-IP Access Policy Manager as it is commonly deployed in both application delivery network and remote access settings.
The course introduces students to BIG-IP Access Policy Manager, its configuration objects, how it commonly deployed, and how typical administrative and operational activities are performed.
The course includes lecture, hands-on labs, interactive demonstrations, and discussions.
Course Topics
• Getting started with the BIG-IP system
• APM Traffic Processing and APM Configuration Wizards
• APM Access Policies, Access Profiles
• Visual Policy Editor, Branches and Endings
• APM Portal Access and Rewrite Profiles
• Single Sign-On and Credential Caching
• APM Network Access and BIG-IP Edge Client
• Layer 4 and Layer 7 Access Control Lists
• APM Application Access and Webtop Types
• Remote Desktop, Optimized Tunnels and Webtop Links
• LTM Concepts including Virtual Servers, Pools, Monitors and SNAT'ing
• APM + LTM Use Case for Web Applications
• Visual Policy Editor Macros
• AAA Servers and Authentication and Authorization with Active Directory and RADIUS
• Endpoint Security with Windows Process Checking, Protected Workspace and Firewalls
• iRules, Customization and SAML
Audience
This course is intended for network administrators, operators, and engineers responsible for managing the normal day-to-day operation and administration of BIG-IP Access Policy Manager.
Skills Gained
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
• Configure remote access methods Network Access, Portal Access and Application Access and understand the differences and use cases for each
• Configure APM and LTM to work together for advanced application delivery as well as understand the APM + LTM use case versus the remote access use case
• Configure advanced policies using the Visual Policy Editor with all of its features such as macros, branches and multiple endings
• Understand the role of iRules and how they work together with BIG-IP in general and APM in specific
• Understand the role of Federated Single Sign-On using SAML and deploy a basic configuration
• Configure multiple authentication methods and understand how they can work together in a single access policy
• Set up, license, and provision the BIG-IP system out-of-the-box
• Create, restore from, and manage BIG-IP archives
• Use profiles to manipulate the way the BIG-IP system processes traffic through a virtual server
Prerequisites
Students must complete one of the following F5 prerequisites before attending this course:
? Administering BIG-IP instructor-led course or
? F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator
The following free web-based courses, although optional, will be very helpful for any student with limited BIG-IP administration and configuration experience.
These courses are available at LearnF5 (https://www.f5.com/services/training):
? Getting Started with BIG-IP web-based training
? Getting Started with BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) 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:
? Hands-on experience with BIG-IP
? Basic web application delivery (BIG-IP LTM)
? HTML, HTTP, HTTPS as well as some CSS and JavaScript
? Telnet, SSH and TLS/SSL
? VPN or tunnel encapsulation, Layer 4 NAT and Access Control Lists
Outline
F5 Networks is the leader in application security and availability. F5 Solutions ensure that applications are always secure and perform the way they should – anywhere, anytime, and on any device.
F5 Networks training courses will give you the knowledge needed to install and configure F5 Networks solutions including LTM, ASM, DNS, APM, AFM, AAM, Viprion, Big-IQ, iApps, and iRules.
F5 trainers bring to the classroom decades of extensive experience. All F5 Networks courses consist of Lectures, Labs, and Discussions and are available either in a classroom setting or as virtual live courses.
Network professionals intending to attend F5 Networks courses are required to be proficient with Basic PC operation and application skills, Windows OS & Basic Web Browser operation (HTTP).
If you need training for 3 or more people, you should ask us about onsite training. Putting aside the obvious location benefit, content can be customised to better meet your business objectives and more can be covered than in a public classroom. Its a cost effective option. One on one training can be delivered too, at reasonable rates.
Submit an enquiry from any page on this site, and let us know you are interested in the requirements box, or simply mention it when we contact you.
All $ prices are in USD unless it’s a NZ or AU date
SPVC = Self Paced Virtual Class
LVC = Live Virtual Class
Our clients have included prestigious national organisations such as Oxford University Press, multi-national private corporations such as JP Morgan and HSBC, as well as public sector institutions such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Health.
