**** 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 (𝐅𝟓 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬)? ****

 F5 Application Services Templates are an Easy, Effective, Flexible and Powerful way to 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on the BIG-IP system using "𝐀𝐒𝟑 (𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝟑)" Declarations. The 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 provides a Toolset for Templating and Managing 𝐀𝐒𝟑 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on BIG-IP. FAST is considered as a 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 to "𝐢𝐀𝐩𝐩 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬", built on top of our Declarative APIs. It also provides Seamless Integration and Insertion into 𝐂𝐈/𝐂𝐃 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. Moreover, FAST has Compatibility with Modern Development Languages like "𝐍𝐨𝐝𝐞.𝐣𝐬" and "𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧".

FAST uses "𝐀𝐒𝟑 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬" to deploy 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 and 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬. The Declarative API Represents the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 which AS3 is Responsible for Creating on a BIG-IP system. Once a FAST Template is used to Deploy an Application and Tenant on a BIG-IP, FAST should 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄 to be used for that Application and Tenant.  

Regarding the 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝟓 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, It should be noted that FAST is initially targeted to the "𝐁𝐈𝐆-𝐈𝐏". Below are the Requirements of FAST:

- 𝐁𝐈𝐆-𝐈𝐏 𝐯𝟏𝟑.𝟏 𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫
- 𝐀𝐒𝟑 𝐯𝟑.𝟏𝟔 𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐛𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 (Package Management LX)