BigIP Report Old
Problem this snippet solves:
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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Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair.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
974 Comments
- Mike_Perez_6161
Nimbostratus
Not seeing the Description column with v5.2.2
Also maybe just cosmetic but seeing this in both .ps1 files of v5.2.0 and v5.2.2
Script version$Global:ScriptVersion = "5.1.9"
- Mike_Perez_6161
Nimbostratus
Patrik,
I had to download the source from Github Master to get Description to show. May have to re-zip the contents for the .zip file and update the link for 5.2.2.
Thanks, Mike
- Mike_Perez_6161
Nimbostratus
Looks great though. Thanks fellas!
- oscontrolbridge
Nimbostratus
TimRiker, Patrik this is what I get when I run the command you suggested:
PS C:\Users\daviesjc> Add-PSSnapIn iControlSnapin PS C:\Users\daviesjc> Initialize- -Hostname x.x.x.x -UserName ***** -Password k******* Initialize- : Could not initialize connection with supplied information At line:1 char:1 + Initialize- -Hostname x.x.x.x -UserName root -Passwor ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (10.x.x.x0:String) [Initialize-], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 2,iControlSnapIn.CmdLet.Global.InitializeiControl
PS C:\Users\daviesjc>
however, these details do work, I can log in fine directly.
- TimRiker
Cirrocumulus
oscontrolbridgetechnical@cgi.com,
Do you have a DNS name for the server? Try using the DNS name that matches the device certificate.
Is the user you are connecting as have Guest access to all partitions? I think iControl wants at least that level of permission.
- Mike_Perez_6161
Nimbostratus
Just noticing this. Is it intended the FastL4 profile to show up in the SSL C/S column?
- TimRiker
Cirrocumulus
Mike,
Yes, I did that intentionally. If you are Fast L4, then you don't have SSL profiles, so I reused the column to make L4 VIPs easily searchable.
Tim
- Mike_Perez_6161
Nimbostratus
Good use. Makes sense. Thanks Tim
oscontrolbridgetechnical: Did you run the script I provided earlier?
https://github.com/epacke/BigIPReport/blob/master/HelpScripts/TroubleShoot.ps1
Jeff Allen: Could you please try after clearing the cache? Or with a different browser?
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