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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Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair.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
LucernNimbostratus
Ahhh! Okay, yeah I thought I correctly merged the old and new configs, I guess not! I fixed that but now I'm getting:
Error getting auth token from 10.1.1.1 : {"code":401,"message":"Authentication failed.","referer":"10.2.2.2","restOperationId":9023623,"kind":":resterrorresponse"} (Line 1727, Tries 1)
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2246 | $StatsMsg += " LB:" + $Global:ReportObjects.Values.LoadBalancer.Count
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| The property 'LoadBalancer' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.
I know the username has has the correct perms and it looks good so something else is a bit off.
Hmmmm...
Thanks!
Good morning
This could be due to that you only have one load balancer in your config and the login to that one is failing for some reason.
See if you can get a token with curl. There's a guide here. Search for "Validate that you can get a token:".
https://loadbalancing.se/2021/03/28/installing-troubleshooting-and-running-bigip-ingress-controller/#Authentication_issues
If it still does not work I'd recommend you to join the discord channel. Then we can sync troubleshooting during an evening/lunch break. I have a feeling that you're living in the US. If this is the case you'd ideally catch me in your morning or poke Tim.
Discord link:
https://discord.gg/eY2UyDqs
Kind regards,
Patrik
- Lucern
Got it!
Here's what I had to do, a few things changed! Looks like now the user needs to have Auditor level permissions, Guest no longer works. We're using AD so I created a local user with the same name with Auditor permissions. Then in the Group mapping I changed the permissions to also be Auditor.
Once I did that everything worked! YIPPIE!! :)
People at my company will be super happy tomorrow!
Thanks a bunch guys!
- TimRiker
Cirrocumulus
Yes, with the REST interface, some things in the report require Auditor on All Partitions.
We are using an LDAP account, with this access. A local account should work as well.
