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Manual : BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Device

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

6.1.0

Original Publication Date: 02/14/2019
Updated Date: 08/17/2020

BIG-IQ Centralized Management Overview

About BIG-IQ Centralized Management

Statistics Monitoring Overview

BIG-IP device configuration requirements for viewing statistics in BIG-IQ

Monitoring BIG-IP statistics in BIG-IQ

Device Discovery and Basic Device Management

How do I start managing BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ?

About adding BIG-IP devices and discovering and importing services

Add a single BIG-IP device

Before you use a CSV file to add BIG-IP devices and discover and import their services

Use a CSV file to add BIG-IP devices, and discover and import their services

About basic device management

Script Management

Create a script to run on your managed devices

Run a script on BIG-IP devices

License Management

How do I manage software licenses for my devices?

Options for adding and activating a license pool

Create a registration key pool for standalone BIG-IP VE licenses

Assigning, revoking, and changing a license or license pool

Active and historical pool license usage reports

License usage billing reports

BIG-IP Software Upgrades

How do I manage software for BIG-IP devices?

Downloading a software image from F5 Networks

Upload BIG-IP software

Upgrade managed devices

Re-discover BIG-IP devices and re-import services

Upgrade the BIG-IP framework

Upgrade a legacy device (version 10.2.0 - 11.4.1)

SSL Certificates

How do I manage the local traffic SSL certificates for my BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ ?

Convert an SSL certificate and key pair from unmanaged so you can deploy them to BIG-IP devices

Create a self-signed certificate on BIG-IQ for your managed devices

About managing CA-signed SSL certificates

Create a CSR for a CA-signed certificate

Import a CA-signed SSL certificate to BIG-IQ for your managed devices

About SSL certificates, keys, and PKCS #12 SSL archive files created outside of BIG-IQ

Import an SSL certificate so you can deploy it to a BIG-IP device

Import a key for an SSL certificate so you can deploy it to a BIG-IP device

Import a PKCS #12 SSL archive file so you can deploy it to a BIG-IP device

How do I manage Certificate Revocation Lists from BIG-IQ?

Import a Certificate Revocation List file

Backup File Management

How do I manage backups for BIG-IP configurations?

Backing up a device's current configuration

Setting up a UCS backup schedule

Pausing and restarting a UCS backup schedule

Compare two UCS backup files

Restoring a device with a UCS backup file

Using Templates for Managing Configurations

About configuration templates

Deploying a configuration template to managed devices

Deploying Changes

How do shared objects impact my deployments?

How do I evaluate changes made to managed objects?

Evaluate configuration changes

How do I deploy changes made to managed objects?

Deploy configuration changes

Make an urgent deployment

Deploy to one device when a cluster member is down

Managing Configuration Snapshots

What are configuration snapshots?

Create a snapshot

Comparing snapshots

Restore some objects from a snapshot

Restore all objects from a snapshot