You use the BIG-IQ Cloud to centrally manage cloud resources for tenants. Resources can be located on BIG-IQ devices in your local network, in a public cloud like Amazon EC2, or in a combination of both.

You start managing the resources that are located on devices in your local network by installing on those devices components that are specific to BIG-IQ Cloud, and then making BIG-IQ Cloud aware of them through the discovery process. You accomplish the component installation process from the command line. To discover a device, you provide BIG-IQ Cloud with its IP address, user name, and password.

Alternately, for those devices located in the Amazon EC2 and OpenStack public cloud space, BIG-IQ Cloud automatically detects them when it connects to the Amazon EC2 or OpenStack cloud.

1. Log in to the BIG-IQ system terminal as the root user.
2. Establish SSH trust between the BIG-IQ system and the managed BIG-IP device. ssh-copy-id root@<BIG-IP Management IP Address> This step is optional. If you do not establish trust, you will be required to provide the BIG-IP system's root password multiple times.
3. Navigate to the folder in which the files reside. cd /usr/lib/dco/packages/upd-adc
4. Run the installation script.
   • For devices installed in an Amazon EC2 environment: ./update_bigip.sh -a admin -p <password> -i /<path_to_PEM_file> <BIG-IP Management IP Address>
   • For devices installed in any other environment: ./update_bigip.sh –a admin –p <password> <BIG-IP Management IP Address>
   Where <password> is the administrator password for the BIG-IP device.
5. Revoke SSH trust between the BIG-IQ system and the managed BIG-IP device. ssh-keygen –R <BIG-IP Management IP address> This step is not required if you did not establish trust in step 2.

1. Hover on the Devices header, and click the + icon when it appears. The panel expands to display the New Device properties.
2. For devices on the same subnet as the BIG-IQ system, in the IP Address field, specify the IP address of the device:
   • For devices in your local network, or located on an OpenStack or VMware cloud device, type the device's internal self IP address.
   • For devices located on Amazon EC2 cloud, type the device's external self IP address.
   You cannot discover a BIG-IP device using its management IP address.
3. If the BIG-IQ system and the BIG-IP device are on different subnets, you must create a route:
   1. Use SSH to log in to the BIG-IQ system's management IP address as the root user.
   2. Type the following command: tmsh create net route <route name> {gw <x.x.x.x> network default}
   Where <route name>is a user-provided name to identify the new route and <x.x.x.x> is the IP address of the default gateway for the internal network.
4. For devices on the same subnet as the BIG-IQ system, in the IP Address field, specify the IP address of the device:
   • For devices in your local network, or located on an OpenStack or VMware cloud device, type the device's internal self IP address.
   • For devices located on Amazon EC2 cloud, type the device's external self IP address.
   You cannot discover a BIG-IP device using its management IP address.
5. If the BIG-IQ system and the BIG-IP device are on different subnets, you must create a route:
   1. Use SSH to log in to the BIG-IQ system's management IP address as the root user.
   2. Type the following command: tmsh create net route <route name> {gw <x.x.x.x> network default}
   Where <route name>is a user-provided name to identify the new route and <x.x.x.x> is the IP address of the default gateway for the internal network.
6. In the User Name and Password fields, type the administrator user name and password for the managed device.
7. Select the Auto Update Framework check box to direct the BIG-IQ system to perform any required REST framework updates on the BIG-IP device. For the BIG-IQ system to properly manage a BIG-IP device, the BIG-IP device must be running the most recent REST framework. If you do not select the Auto Update Framework check box before you click the Add button, a message displays prompting you do update the framework or cancel the task.
8. Click the Add button.

1. Hover on the Devices header, and click the + icon when it appears. The panel expands to display the New Device properties.
2. Select the Create a device option.
3. From the Cloud Connector list, select the connector associated with the device you are adding.
4. From the Device Image list, select an image for the device you are creating.
5. If the BIG-IQ system and the BIG-IP device are on different subnets, you must create a route:
   1. Use SSH to log in to the BIG-IQ system's management IP address as the root user.
   2. Type the following command: tmsh create net route <route name> {gw <x.x.x.x> network default}
   Where <route name>is a user-provided name to identify the new route and <x.x.x.x> is the IP address of the default gateway for the internal network.
6. In the User Name and Password fields, type a user name and password for this device.
7. Click the Add button.

1. To display the details for all managed devices, verify that the filter field at the top of the screen is clear, and then click the show details ( |> ) button in the Devices panel header. The panel expands to display the details for all of the managed devices.
2. To view the details for a specific device, click the device listed in the Device panel, and then click the change view button in the panel header. The screen refreshes to display the details for the selected device.
3. To export the data to a CSV file, click the Export button on the device details screen.