Virtual Server creation

I thought to use network virtual server because I want to modify the netmask thinking that this is the root cause of problem.

Initially when I set up LTM VE, I tried to use host virtual server only. Anyway I modified my virtual server.

root@f5(Active)(tmos) list ltm virtual vs_http_sandeep

    ltm virtual vs_http_sandeep {
        destination 172.29.0.44:http
        ip-protocol tcp
        mask 255.255.255.255
        pool CCE-Tomcat_pool
        profiles {
            CCE-Tomcat_lan-optimized_tcp_profile { }
        }
        snat automap
    }

root@f5(Active)(tmos) list ltm pool CCE-Tomcat_pool

ltm pool CCE-Tomcat_pool {
    load-balancing-mode least-connections-member
    members {
        172.29.1.51:tproxy {
            monitor CCE-Tomcat_monitor
            priority-group 1
            state up
        }
        172.29.1.51:us-cli {
            monitor CCE-Tomcat_monitor
            priority-group 1
            state up
        }
        172.29.1.51:us-srv {
            monitor CCE-Tomcat_monitor
            priority-group 1
            state up
        }
    }
    monitor CCE-Tomcat_monitor
}

Anyway I modified my virtual server.

so, does it work now? if not, can you capture packet on bigip to see what wrong is?

e.g.

 tcpdump -nni 0.0:nnn -s0 -w /var/tmp/output.pcap host 172.29.0.44 or host 172.29.1.51 -v

Nope, it didn't work this time also. I run the command as you said and then try to access 172.29.0.44 or 172.29.1.51...

[root@f5:Active] tmp  tcpdump -nni 0.0:nnn -s0 -w /var/tmp/output.pcap host 172.29.0.44 or host 172.29.1.51 -v
tcpdump: listening on 0.0:nnn, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
Got 0

Nope, it didn't work this time also. I run the command as you said and then try to access 172.29.0.44 or 172.29.1.51...

doesn't it mean it did not reach bigip?

Yes, http request is not reaching to f5. If I try to access http://172.29.0.44:80, I got the connection time out. Even when I ping VS IP (172.29.0.44) .. no response.

My three tomcat applications are running

 http://172.29.1.51:8081/cluster-example/test.jsp
 http://172.29.1.51:8082/cluster-example/test.jsp
 http://172.29.1.51:8083/cluster-example/test.jsp

It seems that the solution isn't available for this question either here or many other places like youtube, google, dev central website etc.

Can the destination address be any random value like (10.10.10.11) for a virtual server? or there are any specific values to be considered.

Thank you.

Dear Sravan Kumar,

The main thing you need to consider is that the Virtual Server (destination Address) has to be from a network which is accessible from your PC.

And before that.. (Sorry for this Question). Have you configured the Self-IP Addresses for your F5?

Regards

Mohammed Shiraz