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Lab 4 - Create a Virtual Server

Task 1 - Create a virtual server and assign pool

You need to assign newly created nodes to a pool. Use the bigip_virtual_server module.

  1. Create a playbook vs.yaml.

    • Type nano playbooks/vs.yaml

    • Type the following into the playbooks/vs.yaml file.

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    • Ctrl-x to save file.

  2. Run this playbook.

    • Type ansible-playbook playbooks/vs.yaml

      If successful, you should see similar results

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  3. Verify BIG-IP results.

    • Select Local Traffic ‣ Virtual Servers ‣ Virtual Server List

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    • Open browser to http://10.1.10.10.

Note

The bigip_virtual_server module can configure a number of attributes for virtual server. At a minimum, the name is required.

This module is idempotent. Therefore, you can run it over and over again and so-long as no settings have been changed, this module will report no changes.

The module has several more options, all of which can be seen at this link.

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