Applies To:
Show VersionsBIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 5.4.0
Understanding roles required for deploying security policies
When you want to deploy a Web Application Security configuration, or a Network Security configuration, you need to use one of the following built-in roles.
- To deploy Network Security or Web Application Security configurations, use an account with the Security Manager role.
- To deploy only Network Security configurations, use an account with the Security Manager, Network Security Manager, or Network Security Deployer roles.
- To deploy only Web Application Security configurations, use an account with the Security Manager, Web App Security Manager, or Web App Security Deployer roles.
For more information on roles, refer to the role descriptions on the Roles screen (support.f5.com.
) or refer to F5® BIG-IQ® Centralized Management: Authentication, Roles, and User Management onVerifying firewall rules have compiled on all BIG-IP devices
Reviewing deployment process states to diagnose problems
When a firewall security policy or a web application security policy is deployed, that policy goes through several deployment states. Reviewing these states may be useful in understanding what occurred during deployment in order to diagnose a problem. Note that not all states may appear in the log, since what states are displayed depends on how the deployment was processed.
Review the restjavad.n.log file to view deployment states for either a firewall security policy or a web application security policy.
Device deployment states
This table displays states that can occur during the deployment process, and a brief description of each state.
State | Description |
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CHECK_LICENSE | Licenses for BIG-IQ systems are checked to be valid. |
CHECK_OTHER_RUNNING_TASKS | Verifies that no tasks are running that could cause errors during deployment. Tasks
that could cause errors include:
|
GET_DEVICES | Finds all devices managed by the BIG-IQ Security system. |
CHECK_DEVICE_AVAILABILITY | Determines whether the devices to be deployed are available. |
LOOKUP_CLUSTERS | Determines if any devices included in the deployment are part of a cluster, and if so, verifies that both devices in the cluster are configured with the same sync mode and sync failover group on the BIG-IP device. |
REFRESH_CURRENT_CONFIG_SOAP | Using the SOAP API, refreshes the current configuration for all devices included in the deployment. This process adds any new configuration items from the BIG-IP device to the current configuration. |
REFRESH_CURRENT_CONFIG_REST | Using the REST API, refreshes the current configuration for all devices included in deployment. This process adds any new configuration items from the BIG-IP device to the current configuration. |
CREATE_SNAPSHOT | Creates a snapshot of the working configuration. |
CREATE_DIFFERENCE | Generates the differences between the snapshot taken and the current configuration. |
VERIFY_CONFIG | Verifies that devices to be deployed do not have configuration problems that could lead to deployment errors. |
GET_CHILD_DEPLOY_DEVICES | Finds all devices managed by Shared Security objects. These devices are considered to be child deployments of a parent firewall security or web application security deployment. |
START_CHILD_DEPLOY | Starts the deployment of devices managed by Shared Security objects. |
WAIT_FOR_CHILD_DEPLOY | Waits for deployment of devices managed by Shared Security objects to complete. |
CLEANUP_PREVIOUS_EVALUATE | Cleans up processing artifacts from the previous evaluation. |
DISTRIBUTE_DSC_CLUSTERS | Distributes changes to devices identified as being in a cluster by the LOOKUP_CLUSTERS process and that are configured to use the BIG-IP Device Service Clustering (DSC) to keep the BIG-IP devices synchronized. |
DISTRIBUTE_CONFIG | Distributes configuration changes to the specified devices. |
DISTRIBUTE_CONFIG_SOAP | Using the SOAP API, distributes configuration changes to the specified devices. |
DISTRIBUTE_CONFIG_REST | Using the REST API, distributes configuration changes to the specified devices. |
FOLDBACK_DEPLOYED_ADDITIONS | Inserts any newly-added objects directly into the current configuration to that the BIG-IQ system will already know about those objects on the next refresh of the current configuration. |
DONE | Indicates the deployment process has completed. |