Applies To:
Show VersionsBIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 5.4.0
Default administrator and root user names and passwords
You access BIG-IQ with the following administrative user roles and a default password. For security purposes, you should change these passwords after you license the system (during initial setup), and at regular intervals.
Default User Type | Default Password | Access Rights / Role |
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admin | admin | This user type can access all aspects of the BIG-IQ system from the system's user interface. |
root | default | This user has access to all aspects of the BIG-IQ system from the system's console command line. |
Open ports required for device management
F5® BIG-IQ® Centralized Management must have bilateral communication with the devices in your network to successfully manage them. For this communication, the following ports must be open to allow for the required two-way communication. You might have to contact a firewall or network administrator to verify that these ports are open (they are by default), or have them opened if they aren't.
Open Port | Purpose |
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TCP 443 (HTTPS) and TCP 22 (SSH) | Discovering, monitoring, configuring BIG-IP devices running versions 11.5.0-11.6.0 |
TCP 443 (HTTPS) | Discovering, monitoring, configuring BIG-IP devices running versions 12.0.0 and later |
TCP 443 (HTTPS) | Replicating and synchronizing BIG-IQ systems |
How do I license and do the basic setup to start using BIG-IQ?
After you download the software image from the F5 Downloads site and start BIG-IQ® in your virtual environment, you can license the system using the base registration key provided by F5. The base registration key is a character string the F5 license server uses to provide BIG-IQ a license to access the subscription licensing feature.
You license BIG-IQ in one of the following ways:
- If the system has access to the Internet, you can have the BIG-IQ system contact the F5 license server and automatically activate the base registration key to get a license.
- If the system is not connected to the Internet, you can manually license the BIG-IQ using the F5 license server web portal.
- If the system is in a closed-circuit network (CCN) that does not allow you to export any encrypted information, you must open a case with F5 support at: support.f5.com/csp/my-support/home.
When licensing BIG-IQ, you:
- Activate the license.
- Accept the EULA.
- Specify the system personality as BIG-IQ Centralized Management.
- Specify a host name, and IP addresses for the management port, DNS server, and network time protocol (NTP) servers.
- Specify the master key pass phrase.
- Change the default admin and root passwords.
Automatic license and initial setup for BIG-IQ
Manual license and initial setup for BIG-IQ
Change your BIG-IQ user password
- At the top of the screen, click System.
- On the left, click .
- Click your user name.
- In the Old Password field, type the password.
- In the Password and Confirm Password fields, type a new password.
- Click the Save & Close button at the bottom of the screen.