Mar 27, 2026 - For details about updated CVE-2025-53521 (BIG-IP APM vulnerability), refer to K000156741.

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F5_guy_380365's avatar
F5_guy_380365
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Jan 12, 2019

Does AFM and APM use same virtual server in the F5 ? Or it is different all the times ? are there any chances virtual server getting overlapped ?

I am trying to configure APM and AFM both , and curious if we can use same virtual server for the both, or by configuration limitation it needs to be different on all occasions. Also, I found out tha...
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Dave_McCauley_3's avatar
Dave_McCauley_3
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Jan 12, 2019

For the most part there shouldn’t be any overlap or issues having both on the same vip.

 

The lease pool for APM is to give IP addresses to vpn clients so it’s 1 per network access profile more or less.

 

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    F5_guy_380365
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    Jan 12, 2019

    Hi Dave,

     

    Thank you for the reply.

     

    About below comment, does that mean same virtual server can be used for AFM and APM ? Also, there won't be any issues and under virtual server configuration, it will show what APM and AFM policy being used ?

     

    "For the most part there shouldn’t be any overlap or issues having both on the same vip"