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SP_266134
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Jan 25, 2018

HA active standalone configuration on VE 13. 1

In my Lab I have configured F5-1 VE and tested my LTM module; I have assigned only management IP on the second F5-2 box. So far. All are put in the DMZ. All nodes behind the firewall

 

  • Do I need to fully configure F5-2 and its interfaces vlan and all default routes, SSL certs , Irules and all …. All before I begin HA setup. ? Or the configuration sync will make a mirror copy of the F5-1 VE. ?

     

  • Do I need to back up single file configuration on F5-1 and restore on F5-2? Or Get both F5 1 and 2 working independently and then configure the Sync.

     

  • What is the best and easy process to implement Active Standalone configuration? Any pointer are appreciated.

     

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    Jan 25, 2018
    • Do I need to fully configure F5-2 and its interfaces vlan and all default routes, SSL certs , Irules and all …. All before I begin HA setup. ? Or the configuration sync will make a mirror copy of the F5-1 VE. ?

    No, you need a basic setup with mainly network (interfaces, vlans, self IPs), HA communication config and then built the trust relation and do a config sync.

     

    • Do I need to back up single file configuration on F5-1 and restore on F5-2? Or Get both F5 1 and 2 working independently and then configure the Sync.

    wouldn't bother with that. you mainly have configure the networking part and that often not that much work.

     

    • What is the best and easy process to implement Active Standalone configuration? Any pointer are appreciated.

    what is Active Standalone? or do you mean Active Standby?

     

    here is some info on the required things to configure: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/tmos-implementations-12-0-0/3.html