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nickamon
Nimbostratus
Thanks Paulius , I am aware of the GUI option but I'm adding this via automation and the entries only need to exist temporarily (I understand that they will be overwritten by updates from the GUI). Disappointedly, I think you are correct, the FQDN pool members are only resolved via a DNS query and don't reference /etc/hosts at all.
Back to the drawing board with this.
Thanks!
boneyard
Jul 30, 2024MVP
the article mentioned exactly states that indeed:
Note: Beginning in version 11.6.0, the BIG-IP system uses DNS to resolve host names for nodes and pool members that are identified with fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) and does not consult the /etc/hosts file.
why do you need multiple nodes with the same IP address?