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Altocumulus

Jun 15, 2022

Speed up action on Node with BigIQ API

Were trying to perfrom automation on our BigIQ platform but we are facing some issues when performing an action like Disable/Enable/Force-Offline a Node. It takes 5+ mins for the whole process to com...

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Nikoolayy1
Jun 19, 2022
Have you tried BIG-IQ proxy feature for the REST-API command?

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K79939355

Nikoolayy1

MVP

As article is detailed it shouldn't affect the Big-IQ or BIg-IP still better test with an F5 virtual machine trial license on-prem in VMWARE or AWS and play first with it.

The F5 BIG-IQ proxy is just to proxy the f5 BIG-IP REST API commands as you add the device id in the URL path when pushing REST API commands.

https://www.f5.com/trials

https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-wjf44onau666e

The ADC Discover Config Task seems to me normal to run when using the BIG-IQ to control the F5 devices as someone may have modified the nodes directly from the F5 BIG-IP GUI, so better to discover the config again just in case.

Another option is for the server/web admins to dissable the nodes with a special response health monitor string:

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12818