Manual Chapter : CE file for local traffic & conflict resolution

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

  • 7.1.0
Manual Chapter

CE file for local traffic & conflict resolution

In this release, support for copying profiles is limited to the following profile types:
SSL
clientssl
serverssl
certificateauthority
HTTP
http
Persistence(default and fallback)
cookie
source_addr
ssl
universal
Protocol
tcp
fastL4
Acceleration
Web Acceleration
OneConnect
HTTP Compression
  1. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Virtual Servers
    .
    The screen displays the list of virtual servers defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a virtual server, you can delete it, clone it, attach iRules to it, view statistics for it, or deploy it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this virtual server relates.
  2. At the top of the screen, click
    Devices
    , then, on the left, click
    BIG-IP DEVICE SILOS
    .
    The screen displays the list of silos defined on this device.
  3. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Profiles
    .
    The screen displays the list of profiles defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a profile, you can either delete or clone it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this profile relates.
  4. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    iRules
    .
    The screen displays the list of iRules defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for an iRule, you can either delete or view statistics for it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this iRule relates.
  5. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Pools
    .
    The screen displays the list of pools defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a pool, you can either delete it, deploy it, or view statistics for it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this pool relates.
  6. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Pool Members
    .
    The screen displays the list of pool members defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a pool, you can either enable, disable, or force the pool member offline. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this pool member relates.
  7. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Nodes
    .
    The screen displays the list of nodes defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a node, you can either delete it, deploy it, or view statistics for it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this node relates.
  8. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Monitors
    .
    The screen displays the list of monitors defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a monitor, you can delete it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this monitor relates.
  9. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    SNAT Pools
    .
    The SNAT Pools screen displays a list of SNAT translation members defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a SNAT pool, you can delete it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this snat pool relates.
  10. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Logs
    Log Filters
    .
    The Log Filters screen displays a list of the log filters that are defined on this device.
  11. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Logs
    Log Publishers
    .
    The Log Publishers screen displays a list of the log publishers that are defined on this device.
  12. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    Logs
    Log Destinations
    .
    The Log Destinations screen displays a list of the log destinations that are defined on this device.
  13. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    Interfaces
    .
    The screen displays the list of interfaces defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for an interface, you can either enable or disable it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this interface relates.
  14. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    Routes
    .
    The screen displays the list of routes defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a route, you can delete it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this route relates.
  15. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    Self IPs
    .
    The screen displays the list of self IP addresses defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a self IP, you can delete it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this self IP relates.
  16. For
    Target Silo
    , click
    Do Not Use a Silo
    and then click
    Continue
    to start the process.
    While BIG-IQ removes the device from the silo, you can
    Close
    the pop-up screen and click
    Cancel
    to close the properties screen.
  17. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    Route Domains
    .
    The screen displays the list of route domains defined on this device.
  18. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    Tunnels
    .
    The screen displays the list of tunnels defined on this device.
  19. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    Tunnel Profiles
    .
    The screen displays the list of tunnel profiles defined on this device.
  20. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    VLANs
    .
    The screen displays the list of VLANs defined on this device.
  21. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    DNS Resolvers
    .
    The screen displays the list of DNS resolvers defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a DNS resolver, you can delete it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this DNS resolver relates.
  22. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    Tunnel Profiles
    .
    The screen displays the list of tunnel profiles defined on this device.
    If you select the check box for a tunnel profile, you can delete it. You can also view details about other configuration objects to which this tunnel profile relates.
  23. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    .
  24. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    , then, on the left, click
    NETWORK
    .
  25. Under
    LOCAL TRAFFIC
    , select
    Monitors
    .
  26. Click
    Create
    .
    The New Profiles screen opens.
  27. Click
    Create
    .
    The New tunnel profile screen opens.
  28. In the
    Name
    field, type in a name for the profile you are creating.
  29. If you have imported multiple versions of this object, select the
    Version
    you want to edit.
    The screen displays parameter values for the version you selected. Changes you make to these values impact only that version of the object.
  30. If this BIG-IQ is no longer managing devices for the selected version of an object, you can remove that version of the object by clicking
    Delete Version
    .
    If this BIG-IQ is managing devices with the selected version, the delete fails.
  31. To create this object as part of conflict resolution work flow, select the
    Silo
    you want to create it in; otherwise, leave the default setting (
    None
    ).
    For detailed work flows explaining how you can use a silo to resolve configuration object conflicts, refer to
    Resolving Device Object Conflicts
    on
    support.f5.com
    .
  32. If this object is in a silo as part of a conflict resolution work flow, the name of that
    Silo
    displays here; otherwise, this field is blank.
    For detailed work flows explaining how you can use a silo to resolve configuration object conflicts, refer to
    Resolving Device Object Conflicts
    on
    support.f5.com
    .
  33. For detailed information on the impact of using a particular virtual server value, refer to
    BIG-IP Local Traffic Management: Basics
    on
    support.F5.com
    .
    For detailed information on the impact of using a particular route parameter value, refer to the
    BIG-IP TMOS: Routing Administration
    on
    support.F5.com
    .
    For detailed information on the impact of using a particular self IP parameter value, refer to the
    Self IP Addresses
    chapter in the
    BIG-IP TMOS: Routing Administration
    guide on
    support.F5.com
    .
    For detailed information on the impact of using a particular VLAN parameter value, refer to the
    VLANs VLAN Groups and VXLAN
    chapter in the
    BIG-IP TMOS: Routing Administration
    guide on
    support.F5.com
    .
    For detailed information on the impact of using a particular profile parameter value, refer to
    BIG-IP Local Traffic Management: Profiles Reference
    on
    support.F5.com
    .
    In the AS3 user interface, the BIG-IP device partition to which services deploy is referred to as the
    tenant
    . Do not deploy any objects to a partition that has been used to deploy AS3 application services using the Configuration tab. For additional detail about partitions and tenants, refer to
    AS3 tenant name details
    in the
    Managing BIG-IQ AS3 templates
    article on
    support.f5.com
  34. dummy step
    This is a shared object. Shared objects do not deploy to a device unless they are attached to a device-specific object. The table lists device-specific and shared objects. When you create a shared object, remember that you must associate it with a device-specific object before you can deploy it to a device.
    Device Specific Objects
    Shared Objects
    Node
    Certificates and Keys
    Pool
    Eviction Policies
    SNAT Pool
    iRules
    Virtual Server
    Monitors
    Profiles
Changes that you make are made only to the pending version. The
pending version
serves as a repository for changes you stage before deploying them to the managed device. Object settings for the pending version are not the same as the object settings on the actual BIG-IP device until they are deployed or discarded.
To pin this profile to specific devices, click
Configuration
LOCAL TRAFFIC
Pinning Policies
.
For detail about how pinning works, refer to
Managing Object Pinning
on
support.f5.com
.