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Modernizing F5 Platforms with Ansible

I’ve been meaning to publish this article for some time now. Over the past few months, I’ve been building Ansible automation that I believe will help customers modernize their F5 infrastructure. This...
Published Aug 13, 2025
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I am a Senior Solutions Archtiect at F5 in Business Development. I specialize in VMware integrated solutions, Ansible automation (including F5 Automation Toolchain), and Virtual Edition performance. I have a deep background in troubleshooting. I have multiple VMware VCP Certifications including (Data Center, Desktop and Mobility and NSX)
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Oct 14, 2025

Great work Matt,
I see in your demo it does not require using F5 Journeys for migration, is it for the case of UCS like-to-like migration, restore UCS with --platform-migrate would be enough?

Thank you 

Justin