F5 NGINX Army Lab

F5 and Carahsoft invite you to attend a technical training where you will gain hands-on experience with a live AWS environment. We will start by deploying a modern application to Kubernetes and discuss what NGINX Ingress Controllers do. We will then "shift left" and deploy a container with the WAF security policy in a CI/CD pipeline using the tools below.

No previous experience with NGINX is required, we will start at a high level to get everyone on the same page.

Agenda:

1:00pm ET	Introduction to the technologies used in the workshop
2:00pm ET	Demo of lab environment and architecture
2:30pm ET	Hands-on lab

Workshop Overview:

Deploy a full micro-service-based application to a Kubernetes cluster
Publish the application with NGINX Plus Ingress Controller and monitor with the real time dashboard
Build and deploy NGINX App Protect Docker image to protect the application
Monitor the environment with the k8s dashboards and check the logs in an ELK stack
Make changes to the environment by triggering a change in GitLab event with Jenkins

Resources required:

An AWS instance will be provided
RDP client to connect to a hosted Windows desktop
A second screen (tablet or monitor) for the workshop guide is ideal but not required

Technologies Used: