You pin an object, such as a logging profile, to a pinning policy to have it included in a deployment. The pinning policy is associated with a BIG-IP^® device and has the same name as the BIG-IP device. You do not create pinning policies. Pinning policies always exist to contain objects that get pinned to a policy.

You pin an object to a pinning policy for a BIG-IP device to mark the object as being used by the BIG-IP device configuration, and to have it deployed with that configuration and not deleted from the device. When an object is pinned for deployment to a BIG-IP device that is part of a cluster, the object is deployed to the other member of the cluster as well.

You use the Pinning Policies screen to pin policy objects so that they are deployed to a BIG-IP device, or to view the objects that are already pinned to be deployed to a BIG-IP device. The objects that can be selected for pinning differ depending on which service is being used. For example, only the Network Security service allows you to pin firewall policy objects, and only the Local Traffic service allows you to pin SMTP server objects. You can pin objects to, or unpin objects from, multiple BIG-IP device pinning policies at once.

1. Open the Pinning Policies screen. How you access the screen depends on the service you are using.
   • To pin Local Traffic service objects, click Configuration > LOCAL TRAFFIC > Pinning Policies .
   • To pin Network Security service objects, click Configuration > SECURITY > Network Security > Pinning Policies .
   • To pin Shared Security service objects, click Configuration > SECURITY > Shared Security > Pinning Policies .
   • To pin Access service objects, click Configuration > ACCESS > Access Groups > Pinning Policies . An Access group must exist to see this menu item.
2. Decide whether to pin to a single BIG-IP device pinning policy, or multiple BIG-IP device pinning policies.
   • Go to Step 3 to pin objects to a single BIG-IP device pinning policy.
   • Go to Step 4 to pin objects to multiple BIG-IP device pinning policies.
3. To pin objects to a pinning policy for a single BIG-IP device:
   1. Click the name of the BIG-IP device pinning policy to which you will pin objects. (It has the same name as the associated BIG-IP device.)
      The properties screen opens.
   2. At the top of the area near the bottom of the screen, select the type of object to be pinned.
      The screen lists objects of the type you selected.
   3. Select the check box to the left of the objects to be pinned, and click Add Selected.
4. To pin objects to multiple BIG-IP device pinning policies:
   1. Select the check boxes for the BIG-IP device pinning policies to which to pin objects, and click Pin to Multiple Policies.
      The properties screen opens and displays the selected BIG-IP device pinning policies.
   2. In the area near the bottom of the screen, select the type of object to be pinned.
      The screen lists objects of the type you selected.
   3. Select the check box for objects to be pinned and click Add Selected.
5. Save your work.

1. Open the Pinning Policies screen. How you access the screen depends on the service you are using.
   • To unpin Local Traffic service objects, click Configuration > LOCAL TRAFFIC > Pinning Policies .
   • To unpin Network Security service objects, click Configuration > SECURITY > Network Security > Pinning Policies .
   • To unpin Shared Security service objects, click Configuration > SECURITY > Shared Security > Pinning Policies .
   • To pin Access service objects, click Configuration > ACCESS > Access Groups > Pinning Policies . An Access group must exist to see this menu item.
2. Decide whether to unpin from a single BIG-IP device pinning policy, or from multiple BIG-IP device pinning policies.
   • Go to Step 3 to unpin objects from a single BIG-IP device pinning policy.
   • Go to Step 4 to unpin objects from multiple BIG-IP device pinning policies.
3. To unpin objects from a single BIG-IP device pinning policy:
   1. Click the name of the BIG-IP device pinning policy from which to unpin objects.
      The properties screen opens.
   2. In the Selected Resources area, expand the resource type of the object you want to unpin.
      The screen lists objects of the type you selected.
   3. Select the check box for the objects to be unpinned and click Remove.
      Both the system and users can pin an object. But users can unpin only objects that are labeled as user pinned. For easy identification, objects pinned by a user are listed with the User identifier in the Pin Source Tags column on the Pinning Policy Properties screen. Any user can unpin a user pinned object.
4. To unpin objects from multiple BIG-IP device pinning policies:
   1. Select the check boxes for the BIG-IP device pinning policies from which to unpin objects, and click Unpin from Multiple Policies.
      The properties screen opens and displays the selected BIG-IP device pinning policies.
   2. In the lower area of the screen, select the type of object to be unpinned.
      The screen lists objects of the type you selected.
   3. Select the check box for the objects to unpin and click Add Selected.
      The Selected Resources area lists the objects to be unpinned. Both the system and users can pin an object. But users can unpin only objects that are labeled as user pinned. For easy identification, objects pinned by a user are listed with the User identifier in the Pin Source Tags column on the Pinning Policy Properties screen. Any user can unpin a user pinned object.
5. Save your work.