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NickTurner
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Jun 09, 2016

Does the Lab licence allow you to use SWG?

Hi all, I'm trying to test Secure Web Gateway (SWG) on am F5 with a lab licence.

 

I believe the lab licence includes the APM lite module which is slightly restricted

 

I'm able to enable the SWG module but it says unlicenced. Does anyone know for sure that this is a restriction? If so, any ideas how I'd go about testing it?

 

Thanks! Nick

 

application delivery
BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
lab licence
Secure Web Gateway
  • shopkeeper56_23's avatar
    shopkeeper56_23
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    Jun 09, 2016

    I dont see why not, but you probably wont get the URL Categories without a subscription.

     

    • NickTurner's avatar
      NickTurner
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      Jun 09, 2016
      Thanks, I'm trying to confirm this officially with F5. I'm happy, for testing, to just use my own set of categories/filters. Looking at some SWG setup examples (which all seem to be for 11.5/6), the VPE contains a "SWG Scheme Assign" agent. I'm running 12.1 and this isn't an available option. Do you know if this is a change in the new version or if there are any pre-reqs for this to become available?
    • a_basharat's avatar
      a_basharat
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      May 03, 2018

      You would need to talk to your Account Manager at F5, as SWG is a pre-paid product. They will grant you a trial license with SWG included that will last for a month for you to test and play with it. The Lab license doesn't bring SWG activated on it.