F5 IRules - F5 IRules Editor

Introduction

During this course, candidates will learn about how to use F5 iRules. iRules is a feature within BIG-IP local traffic management system which enables individuals to manage network traffic, direct traffic and select pools based on different types of data as well as customising content switching to suit business and individual needs. This course will help users to get the most out of this software.

Pre-Requisites

There are no qualifications or experience required prior to attending this course.

Who Should Attend

This course is for network administrators.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, candidates should gain knowledge on:

• The basic elements of iRule
• Pool targeting
• Specifying destinations for traffic direction
• How to use the Universal Inspection Engine
• Writing iRules with Tool Command Language
• Declaring events
• Triggering iRules
• Comparing different operands in expressions
• Querying and manipulating data with commands
• Translating traffic destinations and addresses
• Choosing specific servers, cache servers and load balancing pools
• Redirecting and configuring HTTP requests
• SNAT connections and how to assign translation addresses
• Partitions of iRules
• How to control iRule evaluation
• Different event types and how to specify them
• Using utility, query, matchclass, statement and manipulation commands
• iRule session persistence
• Data group management
• Creating different types of data groups
• Storing data groups
• How to manage data group members

Course Outline

The units in this course include:

• Introduction
• Installation & Implementation
• Creating Rules
• iRule Control
• Commands
• Profiles
• Session Persistence
• Data Group Administration