Manual Chapter :
Managing Virtual Servers
Applies To:
Show VersionsBIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 5.3.0
How do I change object settings on a managed device?
To change the object settings on a managed device, there are four tasks to perform.
This figure illustrates the workflow you perform to manage the objects on BIG-IP® devices. Changing the settings is the second step in this process.
Change managed object workflow
What virtual server management tasks can I perform?
There are a number of ways you can use BIG-IQ® Centralized Management to manage the virtual servers on the managed BIG-IP® devices:
- Create a new virtual server.
- Modify an existing virtual server.
- Clone the settings of an existing virtual server to create a new one.
- Attach a sequence of iRules® to a virtual server.
- View statistics for a virtual server.
- Deploy the virtual server immediately to your
managed device. Note: You (or someone else) can also deploy your changes later. For more information about managing changes, look on support.F5.com in F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Device for the topic: Deploying Changes.
- Add or remove permissions for a virtual server and assign them to roles that have been defined on this BIG-IQ system. For more information about managing permissions, look on support.F5.com in F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Licensing and Initial Setup for the topic: Users, User Groups, Roles, and Authentication.
Create a new virtual server
In BIG-IQ®
Centralized Management, you can use the Local Traffic interface to add a virtual server
to a managed device.
Important: When you are revising configurations on devices that belong to a
high availability cluster, it is important to let the changes synchronize to the
cluster members instead of trying to make the same changes to multiple devices. If
you try to replicate changes you made on one device in the cluster, the next config
sync attempt could fail.
Clone a virtual server
You can use the BIG-IQ® Local Traffic interface to create a new virtual server based on the
specifications for an existing one. This can be a great time saver when you need to
create several virtual servers that use a number of similar settings.
Attach iRules to virtual servers
You can use the BIG-IQ® Local Traffic interface to attach iRules® to a set
of virtual servers. Adding an iRule sequence to a group of servers at once can save time
and help you cut down on errors that result from performing repetitious tasks.
Change virtual server settings
Using the BIG-IQ® user interface to make revisions to your virtual server configurations
simplifies managing your devices.
Important: If you revise configurations on
devices that belong to a high availability cluster, the synchronizes BIG-IQ cluster
members automatically when you deploy the change. Do not try to make the same
changes to multiple devices. If you try to replicate changes you made on one device
in the cluster, the next config sync attempt could fail.
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 apply the working configuration
settings to the BIG-IP device, you now need to deploy the revisions.