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Enfield303
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Nov 19, 2020

Azure Big IP F5 template with HA via LB

Hello All, I have deployed two Big IP virtual appliances into Micosoft Azure using the following template: https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-azure-arm-templates/tree/master/supported/failover/same-net...
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So it look like for more virtual servers the advice is to add more secondary IP configurations to the ext interface on the F5s: https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-azure-arm-templates/tree/master/supported/failover/same-net/via-lb/3nic/existing-stack/payg#creating-virtual-servers-on-the-big-ip-ve

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Dec 17, 2020

The 'adding more secondary IP' approach is working well for me. However, each F5 in the HA cluster will have differing IPs for their VIPs. So how can i keep config in sync if the 2 configs have to differ?

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    Dec 31, 2020

    Hello Jim I created a shared object that contained both F5 IPs and used that shared object for the VIP