Manual Chapter :
What do I do After I Deploy Everything?
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 6.1.0
What do I do After I Deploy Everything?
What do I do after I deploy the BIG-IQ?
After you have licensed the BIG-IQ, you have a couple of options.
- If you plan to use the BIG-IQ only as a license server, refer toLicense Managementin theF5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Deviceguide onsupport.f5.com.
- If you plan to use the BIG-IQ to manage devices, the BIG-IQ needs to discover those devices. To learn about how to do that, refer toHow do I start managing BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ?in theF5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Deviceguide onsupport.f5.com.
- To use the BIG-IQ to manage applications in the cloud, or use analytics to maintain your device health, or manage alerts and events generated by your devices, you need to install a data collection device. For details, refer toHow do I deploy a Data Collection Device?in thePlanning and Implementing an F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management Deployment Deviceguide onsupport.f5.com.
What do I do after I deploy the DCD?
After you license the data collection device, you have a couple of
options.
- To use the BIG-IQ to manage applications in the cloud, use the end to end workflow that best matches you requirements:
- F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Managing Applications in an Auto-Scaled VMWare Environmentonsupport.f5.com
- F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Managing Applications in an Auto-Scaled AWS Cloudonsupport.f5.com
- F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Managing Applications in an Auto-Scaled Azure Cloudonsupport.f5.com
- To use BIG-IQ analytics to maintain your device health, refer toHow do I start managing BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ?in theF5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Deviceguide onsupport.f5.com.
- To use the BIG-IQ to manage alerts and events generated by your devices, the best place to get started is to take a look at the additional documentation for the services that generate those alerts or events. For details, refer to that service-specific content.
For these modules | Refer to this content |
|---|---|
APM | F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Access |
DNS | F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: DNS Management |
FPS | F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Fraud Protection Service |
IPsec | F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Local Traffic & Network Implementations |
AFM or ASM | F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Security |
