BIG-IP App Services Configuration

In this section you will configure basic application delivery services such as nodes, pools, pool members and virtual servers.

1. Create app1.tf

   • touch app1.tf

   • use vscode to add the following code to app1.tf

   resource "bigip_ltm_monitor" "monitor" {
     name     = "/Common/app1_monitor"
     parent   = "/Common/http"
     send     = "GET /\r\n"
     timeout  = "300"
     interval = "3"
   }
   
   resource "bigip_ltm_node" "node" {
     name    = "/Common/10.1.10.5"
     address = "10.1.10.5"
   }
   
   resource "bigip_ltm_pool" "pool" {
     name                = "/Common/app1_pool"
     load_balancing_mode = "round-robin"
     monitors            = ["/Common/app1_monitor"]
     allow_snat          = "yes"
     allow_nat           = "yes"
     depends_on = [bigip_ltm_monitor.monitor]
   }
   
   resource "bigip_ltm_pool_attachment" "attach_node" {
     pool = "/Common/app1_pool"
     node = "/Common/10.1.10.5:80"
     depends_on = [bigip_ltm_pool.pool, bigip_ltm_node.node]
   }
   
   resource "bigip_ltm_virtual_server" "http" {
     pool = "/Common/app1_pool"
     name = "/Common/app1_vs"
     destination = "10.1.20.20"
     port = 80
     source_address_translation = "automap"
     depends_on = [bigip_ltm_pool.pool]
   }
   

2. Deploy App1 services

   • terraform plan

   • terraform apply -auto-approve

   

3. Confirm BIG-IP is now configured

   • Explore BIG-IP GUI Local Traffic -> Network Map to view app1 services