BIG-IP Report
Problem this snippet solves:
Overview
This is a script which will generate a report of the BIG-IP LTM configuration on all your load balancers making it easy to find information and get a comprehensive overview of virtual servers and pools connected to them.
This information is used to relay information to NOC and developers to give them insight in where things are located and to be able to plan patching and deploys. I also use it myself as a quick way get information or gather data used as a foundation for RFC's, ie get a list of all external virtual servers without compression profiles.
The script has been running on 13 pairs of load balancers, indexing over 1200 virtual servers for several years now and the report is widely used across the company and by many companies and governments across the world.
It's easy to setup and use and only requires auditor (read-only) permissions on your devices.
Demo/Preview
Interactive demo
http://loadbalancing.se/bigipreportdemo/
Screen shots
The main report:
The device overview:
Certificate details:
How to use this snippet:
Installation instructions
BigipReport REST
This is the only branch we're updating since middle of 2020 and it supports 12.x and upwards (maybe even 11.6).
- Downloads:
https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.7.13.zip - Documentation, installation instructions and troubleshooting: https://loadbalancing.se/bigipreport-rest/
Docker support
https://loadbalancing.se/2021/01/05/running-bigipreport-on-docker/
Kubernetes support
https://loadbalancing.se/2021/04/16/bigipreport-on-kubernetes/
BIG-IP Report (Legacy)
Older version of the report that only runs on Windows and is depending on a Powershell plugin originally written by Joe Pruitt (F5)
BIG-IP Report (only download this if you have v10 devices):
https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-5.4.0-beta.zip
iControl Snapin
https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/f5-icontrol.zip
Documentation and Installation Instructions
https://loadbalancing.se/bigip-report/
Upgrade instructions
Protect the report using APM and active directory
Written by DevCentral member Shann_P:
https://loadbalancing.se/2018/04/08/protecting-bigip-report-behind-an-apm-by-shannon-poole/
Got issues/problems/feedback?
Still have issues? Drop a comment below. We usually reply quite fast. Any bugs found, issues detected or ideas contributed makes the report better for everyone, so it's always appreciated.
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Code :
BigIP Report
Tested this on version:
12, 13, 14, 15, 16
97 Comments
- Santhosh0991
Nimbostratus
Collector script, -u mean is it XML or PS ?
when i run PS, it says unable to contact the server, but i have the connectivity to the deivce from the IIS server
Could you let me know should i do any changes ?
Hey Santosh!
Could you elaborate on what the problem is? Has the collector script finished without errors?
Kind regards
Patrik
- Santhosh0991
Nimbostratus
Hello Patrcik,
I finished installing using IIS, however i am getting json file did not load error although i m using IIS 10.x, can you help ?
Updated webpack because of a vulnerability. Should make no difference since it's frontend and we do not have a "real" backend, but it also made performance enhancing fixes so here's v5.7.2.
https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.7.2.zip
Kind regards,
Patrik- Bryan_T_
Cirrus
Thank you Patrik_Jonsson !
New version out that fixes syntax iRules syntax highlighting and revamps the direct hash links. There's also a lot of quality work in this one (kudos TimRiker !):
https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.7.0.zipBig thanks to TimRiker for his relentless improvements and patience with unit tests and integration tests. This one was all him. 🙂
Also, I have created new docker builds with vulnerability fixes starting from v5.7.0 (base image has been updated) and updated some node dependencies for security reasons.
Hey Ben!
Thanks for reporting. From the looks of it I'd say this is not related to BigIPReport. Try to re-install Powershell?I can also highly recommend the Docker version of BigIPReport. Less OS related head aches. 🙂
Kind regards,
PatrikDuplicate comment. Read below. 🙂
- BenT
Altocumulus
I've been running on Ubuntu 20.04, and recently powershell was updated to 7.3.0 and bigipreport stopped working. I downgraded to 7.2.7 and it is back to working. With powershell at 7.3.0 the following error was given, "The application to execute does not exist: '/var/www/html/BigIPReport/pwsh.dll'."
Not sure if this is a powershell issue or if something in the bigipreport code needs updating, just passing it on.
Hey there
Not sure if people subscribe to this thread anymore. Feels like we lost most subscribers after the first update to DC. Still get plenty of downloads though so in case someone is listening:
Been updating the Docker base images in October to patch some security holes. Be sure to pull the new ones from DockerHub. 🙂
I've been looking at making a PoC of a new frontend in React and I was wondering if there are any features that you feel is missing from BigIPReport? If it's frontend related I might just add it in the next revision.
Kind regards,
Patrik
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