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Dmitri_Ch__1425's avatar
Dmitri_Ch__1425
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Oct 30, 2015

Installing Python Module on F5

Hi,

 

I'll need to add a python module to F5 devices (to write a custom health monitor). Before I proceed, I wanted to ask how F5 handles adding new python modules? and does it 'survive' BIGIP OS upgrades, or needed to be re-installed.

 

Thank you.

 

4 Replies

  • Brad_Parker's avatar
    Brad_Parker
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    Oct 30, 2015

    The only thing that survives an upgrade lives in the /config directory. You will most likely have to re-install it.

     

  • yingweizhao_137's avatar
    yingweizhao_137
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    Sep 07, 2017

    i have been try before ,but failed,you can't do that,because the F5 BIG-IP SYSTEM is protected!

     

  • Simon_Blakely's avatar
    Simon_Blakely
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    Sep 07, 2017

    F5 does not support installation of arbitrary software on the BigIP.

     

    If the python library is purely python, you can probably place it in the scripts directory and import it to your monitor script.

     

    If the python library relies on binary or linked libraries, you will be unable to install it.

     

    I'd suggest using an external (or local to the pool member) service to monitor your application with an http api reporting the status, so the BigIP can check the api for the application availability.