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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Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair.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
- Version 5.0.9
- Roll back back of a URI encoding addition which causes problems on some systems.
- Powershell 5.0 or above is required to use the new string builder.
/Patrik
JustCooLpOOLeCirrocumulus
Hi Patrik,
For ASM, it appears that the account used for the report (Guest access) has trouble getting a token in order to retrieve that information. When I run the report manually as an admin account, I have no trouble. Any thoughts on that?
Hi Shann_P
That's a shame. Which version of TMOS are you running? Never had that issue myself.
/Patrik
- JustCooLpOOLe
Hi Patrik,
We're running version 12.1.3 on i2600, i4600, and 5000. Those are the three devices were pulling data. It's not a big deal as the LTM information is more important but thought I would give you a heads up on what I'm seeing in our environment. Everything shows up fine, just no column for ASM unless I run it manually using my account.
Thanks for the feedback Shann, it's highly appreciated.
ASM has been a constant head ache since adding it. I wonder what the difference is since I haven't seen it myself. Granted, we run different HW platforms but the software version is the same.
I have a feeling that most people would be hesitant towards running the script with higher permissions that guest (and rightly so, I'm a random guy on the Internet after all :) ) so that's not really an option. Maybe I should add an option in the config file so people would need to activate the ASM feature manually and in doing so also accept that a higher level of permissions is needed.
Thoughts on this?
Kind regards, Patrik
- JustCooLpOOLe
I don’t know exactly what those permissions are yet and I don’t think you would need full administrator rights to get a token but I might mess around with the permissions to see what exactly is needed.
Sounds good. It's hard to solve for me since I can't replicate the issue myself. Would you mind emailing me the error message?
/Patrik
- Guide for protecting your BigIP Report using APM
Shann_P here at Devcentral has been kind enough to write a guide on how to protect BigIP Report using APM and Active Directory. The guide is available here:
https://loadbalancing.se/2018/04/08/protecting-bigip-report-behind-an-apm-by-shannon-poole/
Mike_Perez_6161Nimbostratus
Hello Patrik, I have recently deployed your BigIP Report tool in our environment. It has been a success and pass all the positive feedback onto you. So thank you.
I am in a situation where we are running DR in an adjacent data center and deploy virtual server and pool names all the same, only difference is the IP addressing. The report is applying the same data-vsid="" and AssociatePoolsInfo- making one of the opposite pool members data unreadable.
Is it possible to uniquely identify objects with the same names?
Hi Mike
Thank you for your feedback. Been wrecking my brain to think how this could have happened. The id is supposed to be truly unique. Which version of the report are you running?
/Patrik
