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cjunior_138458
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Jun 13, 2014

Pattern to named objects

Hello, Is there any pattern to the names of objects suggested by F5 or for you that can be followed and thus have a default on our customers? For example: Virtual Server: http_www_xpto_com Pool: ...
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shaggy
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Jun 13, 2014

It's handy to have the host-name, port/protocol, and object type in the name:

 

  • www.example.com_443_vs (virtual server)
  • www.example.com_443_pl (pool)
  • www.example.com_http_pr (http profile)
  • www.example.com_tcp_pr (tcp profile)

You want to be able to easily and quickly associate objects together by name and identify the object type. I like to configure organizational base profiles to enforce standards - so "company_name-http" for my standard http profile, and if customizations need to be done for an application, the application would get its own custom profile based on "company_name-http".