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Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair.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 :
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Tested this on version:
13.0
Updated Dec 08, 2022
Version 2.0
- Reason is most likely that information is missing from one of your devices. If you disable the debug option and run the script on all devices you should have less output and if one of your devices fails you should be able to pinpoint if a device is missing. If you end up empty handed I'll try to write a check function for you for debugging purposes. :) /Patrik
AndyNimbostratus
Thanks for the help, I have two nodes that have failed to pull config, when these are commented out of the script the html and json files are created ok.- Thank you for your feedback Andrew! I will re-write the validation part to give better feedback in terms of missing load balancer data. /Patrik
- mike_89584Hi Patrik Just another thought - would it be possible to build in an option to have the default view either with the pools automatically expanded or as it is currently with the click to view? Thanks!
- Sure, I'll add it to the feature request list. :)
SSD_245059Hi Patrick, Thanks for the script! It worked great for a v11 system. I'm getting below error when trying to run against a LTM running v9.x: ************************************************** Cannot index into a null array. At D:\F5\Bigipreport4.0.3\Bigipreport-4.0.3.ps1:598 char:13 + For($x=0;$x -lt $PoolMembers[$i].count;$x++){ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray ************************************************** I have to change the TLS to false for v9 or it was just not connecting.- Hi! Sorry, I can only support version 11 and to some extent version 12. Simply because I don't have a version 9 to test against. :) /Patrik
- mike_89584Hi Patrik Is it possible to get the report to display pools that do not have an associated VS please?
- Sure, that should not be a problem Mike. I'm on parental leave now and the weather is far too nice, but if you do some rain dancing I'll look into it as soon as the dark clouds arrive. :) /Patrik
- mike_89584Thanks Patrik, and congratulations :)
