Manual Chapter :
Setting up an AWS Cloud Environment
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
7.0.0
Setting up an AWS Cloud Environment
Add
AWS
cloud and environment details
BIG-IQ needs the credentials and parameters for your
AWS
cloud provider and cloud environment so that it can communicate with the
BIG-IP devices it manages in your service scaling group. Also, if you choose
to bring your own license (BYOL) for the devices in this SSG, you need to
activate a pool of BYOL licenses, and then provide details about the license
server when you configure the cloud environment.
Specify credentials required to connect to an AWS cloud
You create a new AWS cloud provider to tell BIG-IQ how to connect to your AWS cloud environment.
At the top of
the screen, click
Applications
then, on the left, click
ENVIRONMENTS
Cloud Providers
.
Click
Create
.
The New Provider screen opens.
Type a
Name
for the provider you are creating.
To help identify this provider when you want to use it later, type a brief
Description
.
From the
Provider Type
list, select
AWS
.
Under Provider Details, the screen display s settings that you use to specify your AWS credentials.
Type your
Access Key ID
and
Secret Access Key
, and then click
Test
to confirm your connection.
Click
Save & Close
.
The system creates the new AWS provider account, which is now ready to be used in a cloud environment.
Before you can use this provider to create a BIG-IP VE device in, you need to create the AWS cloud environment.
Activate a pool of BYOL licenses
Before you can activate a BYOL license, you need to purchase it from
F5 Networks. Once you complete your purchase, you get your base registration key,
typically in the form of an email.
If you
use the
AWS
marketplace licensing
option, skip this task.
When you choose the BYOL license option, you need to activate a pool
of licenses that the BIG-IQ can use for the new BIG-IP VE devices that the service
scaling group (SSG) creates in the cloud. You can use this procedure to automatically
contact the F5 license server for activation.
You can use this BIG-IQ as your license server,
or you can use another BIG-IQ as your license server, as long as it is running BIG-IQ
version 5.4.0 or later.
At the top of the screen, click
Devices
.
On the left, click
LICENSE MANAGEMENT
Licenses
.
Click the
Add License
button.
In the
License Name
field, type a
name to identify this license.
In the
Base Registration Key
field,
type or paste the registration key, and into the
Add-on Keys
field, type or
paste any associated add-on keys.
For the
Activation Method
setting, select
Automatic
.
Click the
Activate
button at the bottom
of the screen.
Review the user legal agreement and if you agree,
select the
I have read and agree
to the terms of this license
check box.
When the activation status displays as
Active
, you can use this pool of licenses
in the cloud environment configuration you define for your SSG.
Create an AWS cloud environment for a service scaling
group
When you create an AWS cloud environment, you
specify the parameters BIG-IQ uses to create BIG-IP VE devices in that
environment.
At the top of
the screen, click
Applications
then, on the left, click
ENVIRONMENTS
Cloud Environments
.
Click
Create
.
Give this environment a
Name
and an optional
Description
.
From the
Device
Template
list, select the device
template you want to use to configure new BIG-IP VE devices
when scaling out.
From the
Cloud
Provider
list, select the name of the
AWS provider you want to use for this environment.
The screen displays the
AWS Properties settings.
From the
VPC
list, select the name of
the virtual private cloud you created for this environment.
The subnets defined for this
VPC are listed under Available.
For
Restricted Source
Address
, using the CIDR format, specify
the addresses that you want to be able to access the
environment.
For example
12.12.0.0/16
.
Only
addresses that match your entry will have access (IP
addresses that use
12.12.xxx.xxx
in the example
above).
For
SSH Key Name
, select the SSH key you want to use for this
environment.
For
Services To Deploy
, select the F5 service you want to use for
this environment.
The Local Traffic and Application
Visibility Reporting modules are selected by default. This is the minimum viable
configuration for an SSG.
For
License
Type
, select the kind of license that
you want to use for the devices created in this
environment.
Choose
BYOL
if you have purchased a BYOL
license.
Choose
Utility
if you want your cloud
provider to bill you on a specified interval for
the licenses you use.
If you choose
BYOL
, the screen displays additional
settings under the BYOL License Information
area.
For
AMI Image
, select the AMI you want to use for the devices
created in this environment.
For access to the BIG-IP image you must
subscribe and agree to the software terms in AWS.
For
Instance
Type
, select the instance type that
provides the resources needed for this environment.
The Local Traffic and
Application Visibility Reporting modules are selected by
default. This is the minimum viable configuration for new
BIG-IP VE devices.
If you selected
BYOL
for
License
Type
, supply the following
information:
For
BIG-IQ IP
Address
, type the address of the
BIG-IQ that acts as the license server for your
cloud environment.
For
BIG-IQ
User
, type the user name for the admin
account on the license server.
For
BIG-IQ
Password
, type the password for the
admin account on the license server.
For
BIG-IQ License
Pool Name
, type the name of the
purchased license pool on the license
server.
If the license you
activated includes offerings, for
Offering
Name
, type the name of the particular
offering from the license pool just specified that
you want to use to license devices in this cloud
environment.
For
Unit of
Measure
, select the interval that you
want F5 to use when billing you for this
license.
The
hourly interval is most expensive, but the time
that you are billed more closely matches your
actual use. Decide on what works best for your
situation.
Click
Save & Close
.
This AWS cloud environment is available for you
to create BIG-IP VE devices in it from BIG-IQ.
