Deploy Customer Edge Site (On-Prem)

Exercise 1: Create a Site Token

Next you will need to change to the “Cloud and Edge Sites” menu.

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Once in the “Cloud and Edge Sites” menu you will need to go to the “Site Management” menu and select “Site Tokens”.

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Click on “Add Site Token”.

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Provide a name for the token. You can use the same unique name that was assigned for your namespace (i.e. first x-surname).

Record the “UID” that is created. You will later use this when you add a site.

Exercise 2: Add a Site

From your UDF Deployment find your “volterra” component and click on “Site UI”.

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The local Volterra Node UI will prompt you to login:

Variable

Value

Username

admin

Password

Volterra123

Change the default password

You will next need to click on “Configure Now”.

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You will need to provide the following information.

Warning

Make sure you select “kvm-multi-nic-voltmesh” you will be unable to complete the lab unless you select the correct image.

  • Token: [use one created previously]

  • Cluster Name: [unique name]+udf

  • Hostname: main-0

  • Certified Hardware: kvm-multi-nic-voltmesh

  • Primary Outside NIC: eth0

  • Latitude/Longitude

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Note

F5 Distributed Cloud uses the latitude/longitude of a site to assist in finding the closest geographic Regional Edge locations. The following is meant to help you find a location that is close to the UDF deployment location that you selected.

One method of finding a location is to search Google Maps, right click and highlight the GPS coordinates. This will copy the values into your clipboard.

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Pick a location that is geographically similar to where you selected your UDF deployment (i.e. for Virginia, USA search for Washington Monument, DC)

You could also use a regional office (vs. your home address) as a location https://www.f5.com/company/contact/regional-offices

Once you have a reasonable set of latitude/longitude you can proceed.

FYI the F5 Seattle office coordinates: 47.6, -122.3

You can then click on “Save Configuration”.

You will then need to go back to F5 Distributed Cloud Console to “Accept” the registration.

You will need to go under “System->Site Management->Registrations”.

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Click on the “checkmark” icon to accept the registration.

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You can then click on “Accept” to use the default values (we will modify these in a later lab).

This will start the process of loading the F5 Distributed Cloud software that is necessary to connect the site to a F5 Distributed Cloud Regional Edge site.

It will take several minutes for this to complete. You can continue to the next lab while you wait for it to complete.





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You have reached the end of this lab. For instructor-led courses, do not continue until instructed to do so.