Run provisioner

Now you can start to provision the environment in AWS.

Make sure you are in the correct directory after the git clone

cd f5_provisioner/provisioner

1. Configure f5_vars.yml to reflect your environment under provisioning.

   • Modify the AWS region on which the infrastructure will spin up
   • Modify the ec2_name_prefix to represent a workshop unique to your environment
   • Modify the number of students for which the environment needs to be spun up
   • There is a dependancy on your personal AWS environment resources available if you have a large number of students - Modify the password, this password will be used to login to all machines including BIG-IP

   # region where the nodes will live
   ec2_region: us-west-2
   # name prefix for all the VMs
   ec2_name_prefix: TESTWORKSHOP1
   # amount of work benches to provision
   student_total: 1
   
   ## Optional Variables
   # password used for student account on control node
   admin_password: ansible
   
   # DO NOT CHANGE
   # workshp runs in F5 mode
   workshop_type: f5
   

2. Run the playbook:

   ansible-playbook provision_lab.yml -e @f5_vars.yml
   

Note

If the provisioning is not successful, please teardownthe lab using command ansible-playbook teardown_lab.yml -e @f5_vars.yml and then run the provision playbook again (Step 2)

3. Login to the AWS EC2 console and you should see instances being created like:

   TESTWORKSHOP1-studentX-ansible
   

Note

Remember to tear down the lab when not is use by following

ansible-playbook teardown_lab.yml -e @f5_vars.yml, to avoid unexpected AWS charges!