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N__197982
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Feb 04, 2019

What is the use of the AWS configuration field on the F5 devices?

Folks, I came across a TAB in the F5 which talks about AWS. Main --> System --> Configuration --> AWS.   This has a access key and a secret key to enter.   what is this used for? Is it for some...
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Rico
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Feb 04, 2019

N,

 

This is used when deploying F5 devices in AWS. Specifically on page 9 of this deployment guide, you can see that it is needed for Advanced HA across AWS Availability Zones (AZs) since normal High Availability configurations are not possible across AWS AZs.