Advertise Apps on Site Service Network
Objective
This guide provides instructions on how to advertise your apps on the vK8s site service network in F5® Distributed Cloud Services. To know more about vK8s, see vK8s.
A vK8s site service network is a F5 internal network that is used for communication between apps running on the F5® Distributed Cloud Services sites and not intended for advertising on the public network. Using the site service network, you can advertise apps on the CE sites or RE sites.
Using the instructions provided in this guide, you will be able to update a HTTP or TCP load balancer advertising the services on the vK8s site service network of a given set of sites or virtual sites.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites apply:
- A valid Account is required.
Note: If you do not have an account, see Create an Account.
- One or more F5 sites in case you want to advertise on the CE sites.
Note: If you do not have a site, see Site Management documentation for instructions on deploying a site.
- Apps deployed on F5 vK8s
Note: If you do not have apps deployed on vK8s, see Create vK8s Object and vK8s Deployment.
Set Custom Advertisement for Load Balancer
The instructions shown in this guide cover advertising on the site service network for HTTP load balancer. However, the same set of instructions are also applicable for TCP load balancer.
Advertise policies can be viewed and managed in multiple services: Shared Configuration
, and Load Balancers
.
This example shows Advertise Policies
setup in Load Balancers
.
Step 1: Log into F5® Distributed Cloud Console, start editing load balancer.
- Open
F5® Distributed Cloud Console
homepage, selectLoad Balancers
box.
Note: Homepage is role based, and your homepage may look different due to your role customization. Select
All Services
drop-down menu to discover all options. Customize Settings:Administration
>Personal Management
>My Account
>Edit work domain & skills
button >Advanced
box > checkWork Domain
boxes >Save changes
button.
Note: Confirm
Namespace
feature is in correct namespace, drop-down selector located in upper-left corner. Not available in all services.
- Select
Manage
in left column menu > selectLoad Balancers
>HTTP Load Balancers
.
Note: If options are not showing available, select
Show
link inAdvanced nav options visible
in bottom left corner. If needed, selectHide
to minimize options from Advanced nav options mode.
-
Select
Add HTTP Load Balancers
button. -
Select
...
>Edit
for your load balancer from the displayed list of load balancers to edit existing HTTP Load balancer objects.
Step 2: Configure Advertisement.
-
Open
Configuration
link inVIP Configuration
section. -
Toggle
Show Advanced Fields
option on in upper-right corner. -
Select
Advertise Custom
in drop-down menu options inWhere to Advertise the VIP
box. -
Select
Configure
link option that appears inAdvertise Custom
box.
Advertise on F5 CE Sites
-
Toggle
Show Advanced Fields
option on in upper-right corner to show options inCustom Advertise VIP Configuration
page. -
Select
+ Add Item
button. -
Select
Site
orVirtual Site
inSelect Where to Advertise
drop-down menu. -
Select
vK8s Service Network
inSite Network
drop-down menu. -
Select
Site
orvirtual site
options inSite Reference
drop-down menu. -
Toggle
Show Advanced Fields
option on in upper-right corner to showTCP Listen Port Choice
option. -
Select
Add Item
.
Step 3: Complete updating load balancer configuration.
Select Save and Exit
to complete updating the load balancer.