Managing Applications in an Auto-Scaled Azure Cloud from BIG-IQ

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Manual : Managing Applications in an Auto-Scaled Azure Cloud from BIG-IQ

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0, 7.1.0

Original Publication Date: 04/23/2020
Updated Date: 04/13/2023

Azure Scaling Groups Overview

Overview: Auto-scaling BIG-IP VE devices in Azure cloud

How do I start auto-scaling BIG-IP VE devices in Azure?

BIG-IP VE device licensing overview

Azure Setup for a Service Scaling Group

Overview of the Azure setup process

Register the F5 enterprise application on your Azure portal

Create an Azure virtual network

Locate the credentials for BIG-IQ authentication

Set Up Azure Marketplace images for automated deployment

Requirements for a public BIG-IQ cluster

Requirements for a private BIG-IQ cluster

Configuration requirements for an Azure VPN

Creating a Device Template for an Azure Cloud

What details are needed in a device template for Azure?

Before you create a device template for a service scaling group

Create a new device template for Azure

Setting Up an Azure Cloud Environment

Add Azure cloud and environment details

Specify credentials required to connect to an Azure cloud

Activate a pool of BYOL licenses

Configure your Azure cloud environment on BIG-IQ

Auto-Scaling BIG-IP VE Devices in an Azure Cloud

What does a service scaling group do?

Create a service scaling group to manage applications in Azure

Standardize an Application Service for Self-service Deployment

Creating service templates for self-service application deployment

Create a service catalog template starting with a clone of an existing template

Create a service catalog template by importing existing objects

Create a service catalog template by manually specifying objects

When to use an SSG-compatible service template

Create SSG-compatible service catalog template if you manage BIG-IP 15.0.1 devices

Provide users access to self-serve applications in a scalable cloud

Deploying Application Services to Your Devices

How do service catalog templates work?

Create and deploy an application service

Resuming Auto-Scaling

About paused BIG-IP VE auto-scaling

Reactivate auto-scaling after it's been paused

Modify Auto-Scale Settings

Modifying auto-scale triggers for your service scaling group

Modify auto-scaling triggers

Managing a Scaling Group in an Azure Environment

How do I modify an application?

Modifying a template-based application service

Evaluating the performance of a service scaling group's devices

Verify the health of all your service scaling groups

Verify that all alerts to a service scaling group are cleared

Monitor resource usage in service scaling group devices

Monitor throughput in service scaling group devices

Detecting device health issues in a service scaling group

Isolate a service scaling group with health issues

Isolate a service scaling group device with health issues

Detecting device performance issues in a service scaling group

Isolate a service scaling group with performance issues

Identify a service scaling group performance issue

Isolate a service scaling group device with performance issues

Device resource and performance charts

Managing device monitoring settings for a service scaling group

About device health alert rules

Modify service scaling group device resources alerts

Service scaling group health alerts

Device health alerts