BigIP Report Old

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This is a script which will generate a report of the BigIP LTM configuration on all your load balancers making it easy to find information and get a comprehensive overview of virtual servers and pools connected to them.

This information is used to relay information to our NOC and developers to give them insight in where things are located and to be able to plan patching and deploys. I also use it myself as a quick way get information or gather data used as a foundation for RFC's, ie get a list of all external virtual servers without compression profiles.

The script has been running on 13 pairs of load balancers, indexing over 1200 virtual servers for several years now and the report is widely used across the company and by many companies and governments across the world.

It's easy to setup and use and only requires guest permissions on your devices.

Demo/Preview

Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair. However, they still serve the purpose of showing what you can expect from the report.

Interactive demo

http://loadbalancing.se/bigipreportdemo/

 

Screen shots

The main report:

 

The device overview:

Certificate details:

How to use this snippet:

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Installation instructions

BigipReport REST

This is the only branch we're updating since middle of 2020 and it supports 12.x and upwards (maybe even 11.6).

Downloadhttps://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.4.zip

Documentation, installation instructions and troubleshooting: https://loadbalancing.se/bigipreport-rest/

Docker support

This will be the recommended way of running bigipreport in the near future. It's still undergoing testing but it's looking really good so far.

https://loadbalancing.se/2021/01/05/running-bigipreport-on-docker/

BigipReport (Legacy)

Older version of the report that only runs on Windows and is depending on a Powershell plugin originally written by Joe Pruitt (F5).

 

BigipReport (Stable):

https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-5.3.1.zip

BigipReport (BETA): https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-5.4.0-beta.zip

iControl Snapin: https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/f5-icontrol.zip

Documentation and installation instructions:

https://loadbalancing.se/bigip-report/

Upgrade instructions

Protect the report using APM and active directory

Written by DevCentral member Shann_P:

https://loadbalancing.se/2018/04/08/protecting-bigip-report-behind-an-apm-by-shannon-poole/

Got issues/problems/feedback?

Still have issues? Drop a comment below. We usually reply quite fast. Any bugs found, issues detected or ideas contributed makes the report better for everyone, so it's always appreciated.

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Also trying out a Discord channel now. You're welcome to hang out with us there:

https://discord.gg/7JJvPMYahA

Code :

85931,86647,90730

Tested this on version:

13.0

Updated Dec 08, 2022
Version 2.0

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