Deploying F5 BIG-IP in Microsoft Azure for Developers

F5’s BYOL (Bring Your Own License) model allows you to purchase a developer/lab license and install it in Microsoft Azure. This model provides a stable development instance for the following soft...
Published Nov 12, 2015
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Nov 14, 2016

Hi Steve.

 

The sizing is for developer use only. The Good/Better/Best Azure licensing gives you proper production instance recommendations but we're using A1, DS2, or D11 for dev environments only. My MSDN account gives me 100 bucks to use per month and I'd rather not spend it on unneeded resources.

 

The Developer license is $95 USD that gives you access to most BIG-IP modules (minus service provider resources, those are optional). This is purchased through your BIG-IP reseller. For only a bit longer, F5's Azure licensing is BYOL but it will soon match AWS licensing and offer hourly billing. AWS licensing also gives you a free 30 day eval period.