F5 BIG-IP Forward Proxy (LTM Only)

Short and simple AS3 declaration to create a forward proxy on LTM. This would work on all BIG-IPs but could be a great use case for boundary proxy solutions like VPC's, cloud Resources, or container platforms. Links: Code: https://github.com/jmcalalang/lab/blob/main/big-ip/terraform/configuration/applications/as3/http/forward-proxy-as3.tpl APM Documentation: https://techdocs.f5.com/en-us/bigip-14-1-0/big-ip-access-policy-manager-secure-web-gateway-14-1-0/explicit-forward-proxy-configuration.html Commands Run: Set ubuntu session https proxy: export HTTPS_PROXY=10.0.3.7:3128 AS3 Declaration at video: { "class": "AS3", "action": "deploy", "persist": true, "declaration": { "class": "ADC", "schemaVersion": "${as3-version}", "id": "forwardProxy", "forwardProxy": { "class": "Tenant", "forwardProxy": { "class": "Application", "http-as3": { "class": "Service_HTTP", "virtualAddresses": [ "10.0.3.7" ], "virtualPort": 3128, "layer4": "tcp", "profileTCP": "normal", "profileHTTP": { "use": "http-profile-forward-proxy" } }, "http-profile-forward-proxy": { "class": "HTTP_Profile", "proxyType": "explicit", "resolver": { "bigip": "/Common/DNS_Resolver" }, "defaultConnectAction": "allow" } } } } }