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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Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair.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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Code :
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Tested this on version:
13.0
Updated Dec 08, 2022
Version 2.0
PhilShannon_334Nimbostratus
If nobody else can even end up with this mess, I'm assuming the problem I am facing is something related to security here in our network, maybe IT is deploying a group policy that is disabling the ability to have these js files actually work as normal. If you can't replicate this issue anywhere I think it's time to just move on and worry about more important issues. I couldn't make it any easier to replicate, fresh win 7 system with default IIS 7 settings.
Your first error will be solved if you upgrade to Powershell version 4. Do that and try again?
/Patrik
Version 4.7.4
The script won't run on systems with a Powershell version lower than 4.
/Patrik
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After upgrading to Powershell 4:
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\BigIpReport> .\bigipreport-4.7.3.ps1 Successfully loaded the config file 2017-12-27 08:55:06 Configuring the console window 2017-12-27 08:55:06 Pre-execution checks 2017-12-27 08:55:06 iControl Snapin could not be found, aborting 2017-12-27 08:55:06 There were errors during the config file sanity check 2017-12-27 08:55:06 Attempting to sen an error report via mail 2017-12-27 08:55:06 There were errors while generating the report 2017-12-27 08:55:06 Sending report 2017-12-27 08:55:06 Exiting
the email says:
The following handled errors was thrown during the execution iControl Snapin could not be found, aborting The following exceptions was thrown during script execution CategoryLinenumberLineStacktrace PSSecurityException1At line:1 char:1 + .\bigipreport-4.7.3.ps1 + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~at , : line 1 CommandNotFoundException1At line:1 char:2 + ;s + ~at , : line 1 ItemNotFoundException1At line:1 char:1 + cd Big + ~~~~~~at , : line 1
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update: tried to install the plugin that I found here https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/Microsoft-Powershell-with-iControl but I'm getting a bunch of errors on that one too
 
- PhilShannon_334
Before I continue with 1 hurdle after another, do you know a better way to setup a brand new system where this would actually work out of the box? Like Windows 10 or Server 2016 or anything like that? thanks
If you follow the instructions here, step by step it would work on both of those systems.
https://loadbalancing.se/bigip-report/iControl_installation
I have not written any automatic installation yet as the installation is (usually) pretty straight forward.
/Patrik
- PhilShannon_334
OK not only do you need to "unblock" the zip file, but after you extract it to C:\Program Files\F% Networks\ you have to unblock each of the files. After that I got it to work. Here is the result:
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Haven't messed with an IIS settings, these files all are present in what seems to be the correct location
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