F5 App Study Tool with passwords stored in Vault

Summary The App Study Tool is a popular tool for observability into BIG-IP metrics. This is a simple introduction to using Hashicorp Vault, aimed at network admins who may be unfamiliar with secret...
Updated Jul 02, 2025
Version 2.0
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MichaelOLeary
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Jul 02, 2025

Hi Shaun_B_​ , I'm just seeing your comment now. Is it possible for you to reach out to me and I'm happy to walk you through it? That question is more aimed at how to use Vault. Short answer, if you have Vault set up, something like this should work: "vault secrets enable -path=secret -version=2 kv" and then "vault kv put /secret/bigip_password_1/config username=admin password='Sup3rS3cr3tPassw0rd'"

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Jul 02, 2025

Shaun_B_​ , alternatively, reach out to your account rep or SE, and they can reach out to me too. I'm happy to walk you through it. Password Management is important but as network folks, we don't always know those tools deeply.