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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Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair.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
974 Comments
Issue identified. New version in a few minutes. Thanks to Luc for helping me identify the issue!
- Version 5.0.2
The pre-load layer was not hidden after the report being loaded for users that has not implemented the polling endpoints (maybe an incentive to try? ;).
Expecting to read some posts saying "Yes, it worked!". Thanks for the feedback guys, keep it coming!
/Patrik
- Luc__184828
Nimbostratus
You rock! Confirmed fixed :) Have a great night!
- Cirrus
Cirrus
Just installed the new version, also working for me.
Thank you for that great work.
Cheers, Christoph
Forgot to add. If you like the script. Feel free to leave a rating above. :)
/Patrik
- leo_graells
Nimbostratus
Hello Patrik, Thanks you for your amazing job. I love the upgrades you've done since I started to use your script. Just a little feature request that I think can be usefull with adding a column named "URL" with a simple nslookup from VS Ip address.
Thanks !!
Thank Leo, that's a great suggestion. I wonder if you think it'd be manageable to put that in a separate script as it'd add quite a lot of time to the execution.
I'm thinking something similar to the NAT csv file, but for the reverse lookup results. What do you think?
/Patrik
- Patrick_Farrel1
Nimbostratus
Curiosity question. I notice you have an icon for the C2400 in your icons folder. I have a C2400 with B2100 blades. I can add my defined LTMs to the report and they index fine although they show up as VCMP with an unknown icon. If I should add the C2400 itself as a device then it doesn't generate a report at all. I'm curious as to if I'm missing out on something or this is expected?
Hi Patrick!
I don't have access to all the platforms so I would rely on kind souls like you to report in. Would you be willing to share loadbalancers.json and devicegroups.json with me?
I'll write a small js function to export them without exposing name, ip and serial in case you do.
/Patrik
- Patrick_Farrel1
Nimbostratus
Sure, we can do that. Let me know how you would like to proceed.
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