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Urs_Schwarz_122
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Jul 17, 2014

AWS auto scaling working together with AWS BIG-IP ?

Hi I am trying to figure out how AWS auto scaling can work together with AWS BIG-IP/F5 LTM. Did quite some investigation. Unfortunately could not find helpful information and I doubt that this can b...
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ChrisMutzel_151
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Nov 24, 2015

Update to this...

 

1) In version 12.0 BYOL, you can integrate BIG-IP with an auto-scaled group of pool members. 2) When the utility version of 12.0 is released (target is mid December), you will be able to auto-scale BIG-IP as well.

 

Also in 12.0 (BYOL and utility), CloudInit has been installed on BIG-IP, so that BIG-IP can be configured at launch to start handling traffic (key for 2) above with user data scripts.

 

I'll be writing some articles on this stuff soon, and will post back here. Until then, here is the latest setup guide which discusses pool member auto-scaling. It refers to CloudFormation templates hosted on DevCentral that help with the setup process.

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-ve-setup-amazon-ec2-12-0-0/4.htmlunique_930717118