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VinceBlack
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Feb 12, 2023

Looking for Setup Advice

Hello, I am looking for some advise for setting up a F5 Big-IP that can accomplish the following things.  I only have one public IP address but will be hosting muliple services.  I am looking at se...
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  • Amine_Kadimi's avatar
    Amine_Kadimi
    Feb 12, 2023

    You need a first match strategy here. And while it is technically possible to forward to another VS, forwarding directly to the pool member is sufficient here unless you have reasons to forward to a secondary VS.

    The flow is: client --> VS (with policy attached) --> pool (selected by policy)

    Example:

     

VinceBlack's avatar
VinceBlack
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Feb 14, 2023

Hey Guys, Thank you very much for the response and suggestions.  I have gotten the basic working with simple service (plain vanilla website) however trying to get a streaming service to work.   I am looking how to best troublshoot and what the cause might be.  This is a homelab and trying my best to understand F5 more. I trully appreciate all the help and patience.

  • Leslie_Hubertus's avatar
    Leslie_Hubertus
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    Feb 15, 2023

    Hey VinceBlack - glad you got the first bit of help you needed. Are you getting a specific error message on the streaming? May be worth starting a new thread for that challenge with your homelab. 

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      VinceBlack
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      Feb 19, 2023

      Hey Leslie_Hubertus, no errors that I can find.  I believe you are correct about opening a new question.

      Thank you Amine_Kadimi and PSFletchTheTek for your help.  This got me up and running.