Run commands remotely on a BIG-IP load balancer????

Which type of commands do you wish to run on the BIG-IP? Either you are asking whether you can run BIG-IP commands remotely from another machines console, or if you can run remote commands from another machine on a BIG-IP console. BIG-IP does include the ssh client and server so you can use ssh to remotely execute commands in either direction (Windows might be a bit tricky as you would need to find a ssh server)

 

 

If you are asking whether you can run BIG-IP commands remotely from another machine, I would ask why you don't use iControl to query the configuration and statistics you are interested. The SDK includes various examples that are compatible with many development languages and platforms (including Windows and Linux). The added benefit is that you will have a structured format of the results where the command line output is not guaranteed to be consistent from release to release.

 

 

Keep in mind, that F5 does not support loading any external software (including command scripts) on the BIG-IP filesystem.

 

 

If you can be a bit more specific in your scenario, I can try to give some guidance on where to look in the SDK for the methods relevant to your situation (or even include code examples depending on the complexity).

 

 

-Joe