iRules Editor & Declarative Development with Visual Studio Code
The windows iRule Editor has had a very long life. But...it hasn't been updated in years and really should be sunsetted in your environment. There have been other attempts along the way, from a personal project with a Mac desktop app written in python and Qt that never made it past me, an Eclipse plugin several years back that gained a little traction, but the iRule Editor Joe Pruitt created lived on through all of that. However, there are a couple fantastic options now in the Visual Studio Code marketplace that combine to make for a great iRules development environment and also include the ability to pursue the automation toolchain development as well. Here are the tools you'll need: Visual Studio Code F5 Networks iRules (for iRules command completion and syntax highlighting) The F5 Extension (for session management and soooo much more) ACC Chariot (for converting config from UCS upload to AS3) John Wagnon and I had Ben Gordon on our DevCentral Connects live stream a couple times to highlight the functionality, which as mentioned goes far beyond just iRules.
AS3 Foundations: Creating New Apps and Using Shared Objects
I joined in on the fun at several stops on the F5 Academy BIG-IP Next roadshow tour this fall, and in talking to customers, everyone is at various stages of their F5 automation journey, and some aren't automating at all yet. I'm kicking off a six-part series to set some foundational understanding of what AS3 is, how it works, what tools you might use to interact with it, and we'll finish it off with some best practices. If you want to learn or if you want to share your own experience with the class, join me over the next three weeks to finish 2023 in style! Episode Five - Dec 18th@ 9AM PST Demonstrate snippet templates and grab examples from CloudDocs Demonstrate iRule/Cert strings to base 64 encoding Demonstrate cert management options Demonstrate use cases for shared objects, and make clear any gotchas with such approachesAS3 Foundations: Best Practices
I joined in on the fun at several stops on the F5 Academy BIG-IP Next roadshow tour this fall, and in talking to customers, everyone is at various stages of their F5 automation journey, and some aren't automating at all yet. I'm kicking off a six-part series to set some foundational understanding of what AS3 is, how it works, what tools you might use to interact with it, and we'll finish it off with some best practices. If you want to learn or if you want to share your own experience with the class, join me over the next three weeks to finish 2023 in style! Episode Six - Dec 21st@ 10AM PST Tips for System Tweaking Tips for Structuring Declarations FAST - Well, hello there!AS3 Foundations: Migrating and Deploying Applications in VSCode
I joined in on the fun at several stops on the F5 Academy BIG-IP Next roadshow tour this fall, and in talking to customers, everyone is at various stages of their F5 automation journey, and some aren't automating at all yet. I'm kicking off a six-part series to set some foundational understanding of what AS3 is, how it works, what tools you might use to interact with it, and we'll finish it off with some best practices. If you want to learn or if you want to share your own experience with the class, join me over the next three weeks to finish 2023 in style! Episode Four - Dec 14th@ 10AM PST Installing VSCode Install the F5 extension for VSCode Install the ACC extension for VSCode Installing AS3 Adding and connecting to a BIG-IP Use config explorer to explore the existing configuration Select a few apps and review the diagnostics Use ACC to convert a few different types of applications Deploy these appsAS3 Foundations: Top 10 Features to Know in the VSCode F5 Extension
I joined in on the fun at several stops on the F5 Academy BIG-IP Next roadshow tour this fall, and in talking to customers, everyone is at various stages of their F5 automation journey, and some aren't automating at all yet. I'm kicking off a six-part series to set some foundational understanding of what AS3 is, how it works, what tools you might use to interact with it, and we'll finish it off with some best practices. If you want to learn or if you want to share your own experience with the class, join me over the next three weeks to finish 2023 in style! Episode Two - Dec 7th@ 12PM PST Why VSCode for AS3? Top Features to Know for AS3 Development
