Merge pull request #103 from f5devcentral/develop

AW26 - Monday Push - 3-9-2026

Author: VDI-Tech-Guy

docs/class5/api_keys.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ F5 Insight Lab
 
 **Accessing your Anthropic License Key**
 
+.. NOTE::
+	 This page only applies to AppWorld2026 participants. Other students will need to provide your own AI API Key for Insight.
+
 **Objectives:**
 
    - Retrieve an API key
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ F5 Insight Lab
 
     1. Take note of your Lab Number - This will be assigned by the instructor and will be three digits.
 
-    2. Using your lab number appended to the end of the following link, go to:``https://appworldinsight.com/grab/AppWorld26-000`` where "000" is your lab number.
+    2. Using your lab number appended to the end of the following link, go to:``https://appworldinsight.com/grab/AppWorld26-XXXXX`` where "XXXXX" is your lab ID.  The number of characters may vary.
 
     3. Enter your passphrase which will be App+World+26-000 where "000" is your lab number. 
 
@@ -31,10 +34,19 @@ F5 Insight Lab
     6. Paste the key into the **API Tokey/Key field**
 
     7. In the **Enterprise API URL enter**: ``https://api.anthropic.com``
-    
 
-Please proceed to the first ticket.
+    8. Click **Test Connection**
 
----
+    9. Click **Next** once verified.
+  
+    10. From **Steup Method** please select **Start Fresh** and then click **Next**
+
+    .. image:: ./images/image9.png
+        :width: 500px
+        :alt: Login screen
+
+    11. Click **View the Homepage** to complete onboarding.  
+    
+Please proceed to the first ticket.
 
 Go to `Ticket 1 <./lab01/lab01.html>`_

docs/class5/images/image8.png

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ F5 Insight Lab
 
 **Setup**
 
-    - There are 16 tickets waiting for your analysis and proposed solution
+    - There are 14 tickets waiting for your analysis and proposed solution
 
     - We strongly suggest working in teams, pairs are ideal, and it is a great opportunity to meet someone new
 
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ Student deliverables per ticket:
     * Evidence (screenshot or command output) where needed.
 
 
-Please proceed to the first ticket.
+Please proceed to API Keys.
 
----
 
 Go to `API Keys <./api_keys.html>`_

docs/class5/images/image9.png

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Deliverables
 
   Briefly answer the following:
 
-    - What day and time was this VS NOT available?
+    - What is the graph telling you about the Virtual Server availability? What percentage has this Virtual Server been up over the last 7 days?
 
   Review the following for additional information and trends:
 

docs/class5/introduction.rst

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Tasks
 
   Locate the panel:
 
-    **Pool Member State – isAvailable**
+    **Pool Member Request Rate**
 
   Click the "Expand panel" button on top right of that panel
 
@@ -55,28 +55,27 @@ Tasks
 
   Try adjusting the range to broader views such as:
 
+    - Last 1 hour (focus on this)
     - Last 24 hours
     - Last 7 Days
     - Last 30 Days
 
   Identify:
 
-    - The most recent time the pool member *10.1.20.201:80*  was not available
-    - The duration of the outage (if visible)
-    - How long it has been since that outage occurred
-
+    - Does the pool member request have any anomalies?
+    - Does there appear to be any one pool member taking more requests than another?
+    - In the graph key, de-select all members EXCEPT member *10.1.20.201:80*
 
 Deliverables
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-  Briefly answer the following:
+  Briefly answer the following focusing on *10.1.20.201:80*:
 
-    - What day and time was it observed that pool was less than 100% available?
-    - What percent of pool members were up at that time?
+    - What is the highest req p/s that you've observed?
 
-  Review the following for additional information and trends:
+  Review the following for additional information and trends (navigate back to summary page):
 
-    - Date and time of the last outage
+    - Observe date and time of the last outage (if any)
     - Approximate duration of the outage
     - Time elapsed since the outage
     - Any observations about stability trends

docs/class5/lab02/lab02.rst

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Context
 
   **Metric:** Connection Count – Standard Deviation Change (VS)
 
+  **Virtual Server** CentralRegion-bigip-01/Common/backup-app
+
 
 Tasks
 ~~~~~
@@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ Tasks
     - Yellow indicates Warning
     - Green indicates Normal/Good
 
-  Select a Virtual Server in a "Critical" state with highest deviation score.
+  Select the Virtual Server **CentralRegion-bigip-01/backup-app** (It may not be in Critical)
+  (in future, browse other Virtual Servers).
 
   The graph above will update based on your selection.
 
@@ -75,14 +78,15 @@ Tasks
 
   Use the time range selector (1h, 6h, 1d, 1w) in the upper-right
   corner of the dashboard to review different time windows.
+    - Last 1 hour (focus on this)
 
 
 Deliverables
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
   Briefly answer the following:
 
-    - Reviewing the graph, provide the expected connection count.
+    - Reviewing the graph, provide the expected connection count for the VS specified above.
 
   Review the following for additional information and trends:
 
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ Hints
 
   - Hover over the red expected line in graph to view associated data
   - Hover over points in the graph to see exact values.
+  - View the table data
   - Try changing the time range to see if deviations are persistent.
   - Sort the Virtual Server table by deviation percentage.
   - Focus first on Critical (red) entries, then Warning (yellow).

docs/class5/lab03/lab03.rst

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Tasks
 
     ``Can you check the virtual servers named 'web-app-foo' and their associated objects across all BIG-IPs to verify that the configuration is the same?``
 
+  (Tell the AI assistant yes to all datacenters if it asks you the scope of the question)
+  
   Review the information returned.  Do you see any configuration differences between *EastRegion-bigip-01* and *WestRegion-bigip-01*?
 
   If differences are identified, validate them by navigating to: **Dashboard >> BIG-IP Device >> Device Virtual Server and Dashboard >> BIG-IP Device >> Device Pools**
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ Hints
 ~~~~~
 
   - Pay specific attention to the pool members configured on each device.
+  - The Virtual Server configuration as well
 
 This concludes Ticket 7.
 

docs/class5/lab04/lab04.rst

@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ Tasks
 
     **Dashboards >> BIG-IP Fleet >> APM Sessions**
 
+  From the Data Center dropdown, leave default:
+
+    **default**
+
+  From the Devices dropdown, select all 4:
+
+    - **CentralRegion-bigip-01**
+    - **WestRegion-bigip-01**
+    - **EastRegion-bigip-01**
+    - **SecurityRegion1-bigip-01**
+
+  Click the *"Apply Filters"* button
+  
   Review the "Current APM Access Sessions by State" panel.
 
   Identify which BIG-IP device(s) are showing:

docs/class5/lab07/lab07.rst

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Context
 
   **Virtual Server:** web_app_42
 
-  **Pool:** web-pool (attached to web_app_42)
+  **Pool:** web-pool
 
   **Symptom:** It is suspected that one pool member shows higher response times and/or
   fewer completed requests compared to the others.