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Nforba
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Jul 14, 2022

Layer7 Migration to F5

Hello Community, I am new to F5 and I want to do migration from layer7 to F5. Please can someone guide me through on what to do? 
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Hello,

Currently our layer7 is out of support and we need the functionality migrated to the F5. I'm new to F5 and would wish to have some help on how to accomplish the task of migrating from layer7 to F5.

 

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Jul 20, 2022

Hi Nforba it sounds like you may be referring to the former CA Layer7 API Gateway product? I don't believe we have any specific documented guidance on this. Do you have an idea of what functions were done on the Layer7 and we might be able to point you in the direction for how these would be setup on a BIG-IP?

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    Jul 20, 2022

    The following functions are running on the layer7

    SAP PROCESS ORCHESTRATION 

    Solarwinds

    SAP Services (Gateway, gateway rest and gateway timeout long).

    On layer7 API Gateway 1) TLS or SSL request is done, 2) HTTP basic authentication against LDAP and 3) redirect app server such as SAP PO, SAP PRD

    We need to migrate those services to F5. Thanks

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      Nforba
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      Jul 20, 2022

      buulam, this is actually the former CA API Gateway

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        Jul 20, 2022

        Ok, this is a fairly older document but it gives an idea of configuration of some of these features. 

        https://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-sap-dg.pdf

        These are fairly standard LTM functions so if you are familiar with basic LTM operations, you should be good. If not, you may want to have a look at university.f5.com so some introductory content on LTM to get yourself up and running.