BigIP Report Old
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This is a script which will generate a report of the BigIP 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 our 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 guest permissions on your devices.
Demo/Preview
Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair. However, they still serve the purpose of showing what you can expect from the report.
Interactive demo
http://loadbalancing.se/bigipreportdemo/
Screen shots
The main report:
The device overview:
Certificate details:
How to use this snippet:
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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).
Download: https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.4.zip
Documentation, installation instructions and troubleshooting: https://loadbalancing.se/bigipreport-rest/
Docker support
This will be the recommended way of running bigipreport in the near future. It's still undergoing testing but it's looking really good so far.
https://loadbalancing.se/2021/01/05/running-bigipreport-on-docker/
BigipReport (Legacy)
Older version of the report that only runs on Windows and is depending on a Powershell plugin originally written by Joe Pruitt (F5).
BigipReport (Stable):
https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-5.3.1.zip
BigipReport (BETA): 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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Also trying out a Discord channel now. You're welcome to hang out with us there:
Code :
85931,86647,90730
Tested this on version:
13.0
Updated Dec 08, 2022
Version 2.0
danielpenna_196Nimbostratus
That is awesome, have run it up ourselves as a PoC and will set it up into production. The only thing extra I would like to see ( and will try and get it working ourselves ) is the iRules associated with a Virtual Server and the ability to see that iRule.
thennessey_2290Excellent! Thanks for this!- Thanks guys, glad you liked it!
cookie2323_2299i like this i am newwwwww...........................
Andrew78This worked out great for me. My only comment is it wasn't abundantly clear on how to configure multiple load balancers. The syntax tripped me up since there was no example for multiple. I was trying commas, commas and parentheses... Finally figured out it's a semi-colon to delimit each load balancer and the parentheses needs to be changed to a curly brace. In case anyone else gets stuck on this... Example: $Global:bigipdict = @{ "172.16.0.1" = "LB1"; "172.16.0.2" = "LB2"; "172.16.0.3" = "LB3" }- Thank you for your comment Andrew, I will make it easier in the next version.
- Walter_Kacynski
Cirrostratus
Can this script be adapted to report on "sys db" values? We have a need to reconcile any differences in this information since this falls outside of a sync group. - Yeah, it could. But I'm not sure how this would be presented and/or be beneficial as a permanent part in the report? I believe though that it would be easy to generate a comparison table. Can check it out tomorrow after work.
- Here you go: http://pastebin.com/7Le9JFue /Patrik
- tonytroubleshooHi Patrick, this would work wonders in our environment. I am having issues getting it running...Do you have some simple instructions or quick guide to getting this up and running? I Powershell minimum version 3.0 - Check F5 Powershell Snap-in - Check A web server of your choice - ? You mean an F5 load-balancer of our choice to report from? I am surprised of how long F5 has had Load balalncers, but not a simplified way or guided way, to report configuration settings on them in our environment.. i.e. VIP's, pools, pool members, nodes, nodes IP, nodes port. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks again, Tony
