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Herman2024
Cirrus
CirrusShould config via cli rather than gui?
hi, someone advised to better config big-ip via cli rather than gui, and for HA cluster, should config on standby unit rather than active unit. Are these advices correct? if yes, why need to do so? ...
- It is recommended to use the GUI whenever possible. For me, when I make a lot of changes at once I use the CLI because it's faster but if it's just a few changes I will perform them in the GUI.
- If you have your HA cluster setup to auto-sync the configuration between devices it doesn't matter if you make the changes on the active or standby unit. If you made the changes on the standby unit you theoretically have a slight delay for the changes to sync to the primary unit.
Food for thought. A lot of the F5 certificate questions are GUI based so it would be better in the long run to make the changes in the GUI.
Aswin_mk
Cumulonimbus
CumulonimbusHi Herman2024
You can use the CLI to configure management IP addresses. To log in to the CLI, you need to connect to the system using a management console or console server, and then log in using an account with admin access.
You can use the Configuration utility to update or upgrade BIG-IP HA systems.
For HA clusters, you should make configuration changes on the active peer and wait for the changes to sync to the other peer before making any additional configuration changes
FOr me i am using GUI for all administrative works in LTM,GTM,AFM,ASM and APM. CLI using for troubleshooting purposes (logs, captures, connections status). Also management interface(ssh,httpd) related changes aswell performing via CLI
BR
Aswin