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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Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair.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
Interested to know if anyone here is running Kubernetes and if you'd be willing to test out a deployment of BigIPReport?
Kind regards,
Patrik
- Evan_Hendrick
Nimbostratus
I'd be willing to test it out on k8s. ​
Looking people that would like to test installing BigIPReport as a container.
If you want to help out, please follow this guide:
https://loadbalancing.se/2021/01/05/running-bigipreport-on-docker/
Input on the installation instructions, spelling errors (or horrors!), improvements. All welcome!
Also presenting our brand new Discord channel for the project:
https://discord.gg/RzmjgneW
Kind regards,
Patrik
Sorry for keeping you on hold Evan. Needed to find time to dockerize the app first. Will get back to you.
The docker guide has been updated after some excellent feedback from our esteemed . If you ran into issues, please refresh the page. 🙂
Since devcentral only shows two comments in seemingly random places.
Still looking people that would like to test installing BigIPReport as a container.
If you want to help out, please follow this guide:
https://loadbalancing.se/2021/01/05/running-bigipreport-on-docker/
Input on the installation instructions, spelling errors (or horrors!), improvements. All welcome!
Also presenting our brand new Discord channel for the project. Come and hang out with us!
Kind regards,
Patrik
- Kevin_Anderson
Nimbostratus
We have hit an error and can't proceed with the installation. it's a standard windows server. Attached is the issue, can you please assist?
Hi Kevin
This one is a bit tricky to troubleshoot. I've seen it before but it was years ago and I do not remember what it was.
Instead of investing time on the snapin version, may I suggest that you try the REST version instead?
The installation instructions are pretty much the same and I should mark it as stable now that we've tested it for a while.
If you prefer Linux there's a docker path you can follow:
https://loadbalancing.se/2021/01/05/running-bigipreport-on-docker/
Or follow the instructions for Windows here:
https://loadbalancing.se/bigipreport-rest/
Welcome to join our discord chat too in case you run into more issues:
Kind regards,
Patrik
New version out. Fixed a bug where invalid certs caused issues with the token generation.
All JS was rewritten into typescript and a bug that prevented the data group lists from showing has now been fixed.
https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.4.5.zip
Kind regards,
Patrik
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