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ashish_solanki
Cirrus
CirrusForwarding Request to Azure Firewall From F5 LTM
Hi All, I have a requirement to setup a virtual server which can send the request to Azure Firewall when request comes to a particular subnet for example: Source Subnet: 10.10.10.0/24 >> This is in...
You can absolutely do this by establishing a forwarding VS on your BIG-IP and setting the BIG-IP default gateway to the Azure FW. If you do not want the Azure FW to be the BIG-IP's default gateway, then add a route for the clients to reach the internet. Matching a forwarding VS tells the packet to consult the TMOS routing engine. If your BIG-IP default gateway is the Azure FW, your egress packets will always flow there.
Make sense?
AubreyKingF5
Moderator
ModeratorYou can absolutely do this by establishing a forwarding VS on your BIG-IP and setting the BIG-IP default gateway to the Azure FW. If you do not want the Azure FW to be the BIG-IP's default gateway, then add a route for the clients to reach the internet. Matching a forwarding VS tells the packet to consult the TMOS routing engine. If your BIG-IP default gateway is the Azure FW, your egress packets will always flow there.
Make sense?
ashish_solankiThank you AubreyKingF5 for your help. I will discuss this with my lead and update you.