Are iApps interesting?

Hello Nanukanu- Roughly 1/3 of F5 customers use iApps, so it's safe to say that they are interesting. There is nothing to prevent you from mixing iApp-controlled config with manual config, and it is common practice to do so. In fact, iApps inherently provide protection for the config that they generate in order to prevent inadvertent manual tampering--a property called "strict-updates." iApps are especially popular for more complex configurations, like Microsoft Exchange, for example, which requires up to 1200 mouse clicks to configure manually and 50 mouse clicks to configure with the iApp. iApps are also often used to roll out a cookie-cutter config to multiple BIG-IP's. Some customers run hundreds of iApps, some run none--the choice is yours.