EM Template MS Exchange 2007 CA Active Sync

Problem this snippet solves:

Creates a virtual server referencing a pool with a basic monitor, a basic TCP profile, a cookie insert persistence profile, a customized HTTP profile with compression & caching, and a generic clientSSL profile.

Product/Version Details

Tested on EM 1.4.1/LTM 9.4.0 Based on F5 Deployment Guide Deploying F5 with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

How to use this snippet:

Creating a Template

• Create a new template using the Configuration Template Text below.
• Optional: Modify default pool member IP:port values
• Optional: Modify object names to match your naming convention (making sure to maintain existing cross references)
• Optional: Customize the monitor profile settings to provide the level of monitoring appropriate for your environment.
• Optional: Customize the clientSSL profile settings to include the appropriate SSL certificate for the service.
• Optional: Customize the HTTP profile settings as required to support the service in your environment.
• Optional: Customize the persistence profile settings as required to support the service in your environment.
• Optional: Customize the TCP profile settings as required to support the service in your environment.

Creating a Changeset

• Use this template to create a changeset, substituting values for:
  • Destination - IP:port of virtual server
  • Pool members - IP:port of real servers

Code :

@define @members description "ActiveSync Pool Members" editable visible default "10.10.10.1:http 10.10.10.2:http"
@define @destination description "ActiveSync Virtual" editable visible  default "10.12.12.101:https"

#F5[Local Traffic / Monitor]
#F5[$target_partition$]
monitor exch_activesync_http {
   defaults from http
   interval 30
   timeout 91
}

#F5[Local Traffic / Pool]
#F5[$target_partition$]
pool exch_activesync_pool {
   lb method least conn
   monitor all exch_activesync_http
   members
      @members
}

#F5[Local Traffic / Profiles / ClientSSL]
#F5[$target_partition$]
profile clientssl exch_activesync_clientssl {
   defaults from clientssl
}

#F5[Local Traffic / Profiles / HTTP]
#F5[$target_partition$]
profile http exch_activesync_http {
   defaults from http-wan-optimized-compression-caching
   compress keep accept encoding enable
   redirect rewrite matching
   compress content type include
      "text/"
      "application/(xml|x-javascript)"
      "application/pdf"
      "application/vnd.ms-publisher"
      "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint"
      "application/vnd.ms-excel"
      "application/msword"
   compress content type exclude none
}

#F5[Local Traffic / Profiles / Persist]
#F5[$target_partition$]
profile persist exch_activesync_cookie {
   defaults from cookie
   mode cookie
}

#F5[Local Traffic / Profiles / TCP]
#F5[$target_partition$]
profile tcp exch_activesync_tcp {
   defaults from tcp
}

#F5[Local Traffic / Virtual Server]
#F5[$target_partition$]
virtual exch_activesync_virtual {
   pool exch_activesync_pool
   destination 10.133.20.204:https
   ip protocol tcp
   profiles
      exch_activesync_clientssl
      exch_activesync_http
      exch_activesync_tcp
   persist exch_activesync_cookie
}