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

Applies To:

BIG-IQ Centralized Management

  • 8.4.0
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Use a CSV file to add BIG-IP devices, and discover and import their services

Before you can add BIG-IP devices to BIG-IQ, keep these things in mind:

You must save your devices’ details in a comma separated value (CSV) file.

Important: You cannot add multiple BIG-IP devices with SSLO services. You must add those BIG-IP devices individually. After you import a BIG-IP device with SSLO services, make future configuration changes only from BIG-IQ. If you make a change to the SSLO service configuration directly on the BIG-IP device, you cannot re-discover or re-import that device.

You add BIG-IP devices to BIG-IQ Centralized Management and discover and import their services so you can start managing them. This procedure allows you add multiple BIG-IP devices to BIG-IQ using a comma separated value (CSV) file, and discover and import their services.

  1. At the top of the screen, click Devices.

  2. On the left, click BIG-IP DEVICES.

  3. Click the Add Device(s) button.

  4. For the Discovery Type setting, select Add BIG-IP device(s) and discover and import services in one step.

  5. To create a snapshot of the BIG-IQ configuration before importing services, select the Snapshot check box.

    Important: Clear this check box if you are adding devices that are in an access group you just created. If you don’t, BIG-IQ won’t be able to add the device(s).

  6. To create a snapshot of the BIG-IQ configuration before importing services, select the Snapshot check box.

    Important: Clear this check box if you are adding devices that are in an access group you just created. If you don’t, BIG-IQ won’t be able to add the device(s).

  7. To ignore conflicts for objects shared between BIG-IQ and the BIG-IP device(s) you’re adding, leave the Conflict Resolution check box selected.

    This allows you to continue to import services that have no conflicts, and fix the conflicts individually later, from the BIG-IP DEVICES > SERVICES screen, to complete the import process for those services.

  8. Click the Upload CSV button.

  9. Navigate to the location where you saved your CSV file and click Open.

  10. Select the check box next to the BIG-IP devices you want to discover and import services for, and click the Discover and Import button at the bottom of the screen.

To view status and address any conflicts between BIG-IQ and BIG-IP device objects, on the left, click BIG-IP DEVICES.