Manual Chapter : Services

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BIG-IP AAM

  • 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1

BIG-IP APM

  • 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1

BIG-IP GTM

  • 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1

BIG-IP Link Controller

  • 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1

BIG-IP LTM

  • 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1

BIG-IP AFM

  • 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1

BIG-IP PEM

  • 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1

BIG-IP ASM

  • 11.5.10, 11.5.9, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.6, 11.5.5, 11.5.4, 11.5.3, 11.5.2, 11.5.1
Manual Chapter

Services

Managing BIG-IP System Services

The BIG-IP® system includes a number of services that you can start, stop, or restart using the BIG-IP Configuration utility. This ability to start or stop services from within the BIG-IP Configuration utility is useful when you want to run only those services that you need to successfully manage network traffic.

The BIG-IP Configuration utility screen for managing services lists the name of each service and its current status. At a minimum, the services that you can stop or start with the BIG-IP Configuration utility are:

ntpd
Sets and maintains the system time of day.
snmpd
Receives and processes SNMP requests, and sends trap notifications. Note that you must stop this service before updating the SNMP v3 file /config/net-snmp/snmpd.conf, which specifies SNMP user names.
sshd
Provides secure remote login between untrusted hosts.

If you have other BIG-IP product modules running on the BIG-IP system, such as Global Traffic Manager™, you might see other services listed on the Services screen.

Important: You must have either the Administrator or Resource Administrator user role assigned to your user account to stop, start, or restart a service.

When you view the list of services available on the BIG-IP system, you can also view current status. In the BIG-IP Configuration utility, you can see this status in the History column. Examples of status for a service are: Running for 6 days, Running, and down, Not provisioned.