BigIP Report Old

New version out

https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.0.zip

Sync status and non primary node active indications in device status (Closes #38) (#39)
 
* Release 5.5.0 - Brotli, CIDR masks, IPv6, cluster sync, active secondaries
 
Co-authored-by: Patrik Jonsson <patrik.jonsson@gmail.com>

Thanks to Tim for the great work.

Yet another version released. The script now has the ability to check if the devices in the report has valid support contracts by reaching out to F5. Don't forget to update the configuration file!

Big thanks to Tim for testing!

We're still unable to update the links in the article body above so here's the link:

https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.1.zip

Kind regards,

Patrik

Update to the support entitlement checks. Instead of running every time the report is updated they now run once per day. If you're running v5.5.1 please do update to this version as we don't want F5 to start blocking these API calls using ASM or something...

https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.2.zip

Kind regards,

Patrik

Looks like it could be an old config file, have you updated to the config file version that came with the script?

While you're at it, please note that we have released a few versions since then.

Sadly I've lost access to the code share page due to some bug. They're working at it but while they do you might want to download this version instead.

https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.2.zip

If you keep running into trouble you can join us here:

https://discord.gg/eY2UyDqs

Easier to have a chat.

Here's a new release with support for storing credentials in environment variables. This was needed in order to run the report in a secure way using Kubernetes.

An article documenting how to get started with Kubernetes can be found here:

https://loadbalancing.se/2021/04/16/bigipreport-on-kubernetes/

The new release can be found here:

https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.3.zip

If you run into issues, join us on Discord:

https://discord.gg/eY2UyDqs

I still do not have access to updating the article but  is working on it.

Found a bug in v5.5.3 where the script was not using the XML config file credentials even though they were set.

Fixed and a new release here:

https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.4.zip

Working on refactoring the script to shave off a few seconds and make the code more manageable. This is one of my first bigger projects and there's plenty of stuff to improve. Would like to replace it with NodeJS but that ain't gonna happen anytime soon so refactoring will have to do for now.

Join us on Discord if you run into trouble or just want to say hi:

https://discord.gg/eY2UyDqs

Kind regards,

Patrik

Guys,

I'm running Powershell 7.1.3 and trying to use Report version 5.5.4 and get the following error:

ParentContainsErrorRecordException: C:\Program Files\f5 networks\bigipreport-v5.5.4.ps1:619

Line |

 619 | if ($null -eq $Global:Bigipreportconfig.Settings.UseBrotli) {

   |   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   | The property 'UseBrotli' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists.

Should I maybe try Powershell 6.x ?

Thanks!

Hola

This is very very likely due to you using an old config file in combination with a case of silly config sanity checks.

Adding a bug at GitHub for it. Until it's resolved, please try to migrate to the new configuration file that the script came with.

Kind regards,

Patrik

You need to have UseBrotli in your xml file. See the included example. It needs to be present. It can be either true or false.

https://github.com/net-utilities/BigIPReport/search?q=usebrotli