Site Launch Frequently Asked Questions

 Got you.

• PyControl
• v11.6.0 iControlREST API User Guide

We're working on getting common files and docs up on Github and also in a frequently accessed downloads within an article.

 - Thanks!

 - Don't suppose you have a working link for suds (required now) too?

Download and install PowerShell from Microsoft
Go to the PowerShell Labs page on DevCentral and select the "Download Now" link.  This will download the Cmdlet installer.
Run the iControlSnapInSetup.msi installer.  This will install the SnapIn into the c:\program files\F5 Networks\iControlSnapIn directory.
 
Start PowerShell from the Windows Start menu.
Cd to c:\program files\F5 Networks\iControlSnapIn directory
Dot Source the setup script (only once after the install)
PS > . .\setupSnapIn.ps1)
 
Load the SnapIn into the Runtime
PS > Add-PSSnapIn iControlSnapIn
 
Initialize the iControl connection with the Initialize-F5.iControl CmdLet
PS > Initialize-F5.iControl -Hostname bigip_address -Credentials (Get-Credential)
 
Run the Get-F5.iControlCommands CmdLet to list out all the available Cmdlets.
PS > Get-F5.iControlCommands
 
Try out some of the CmdLets
PS > Get-F5.LTMPool

https://cdn.f5.com/websites/devcentral.f5.com/downloads/f5-icontrol-powershell-snapin-13_1_0.zip

  If PIP didn't work for you: https://cdn.f5.com/websites/devcentral.f5.com/downloads/bigsuds-1.0.zip

The new site is very hard to browse and navigate. Search is slow and I can no longer open search results in a bunch of tabs in order to rapidly review and find the content I need.

For example, I only just found this FAQ today, and while it's content finally explains some things that have made me sad since the launch, you have to acknowledge the irony of having a FAQ that cant' be found. It's only had 108 views in a month since it was published.

  Hi Sam;

You're not along in your complaint regarding search. We have an open request in with our search SaaS to get HREF's active which will allow open-in-new-tab. Why that's not normal/expected is surprising to us as well. Regarding search speeds, what type of slowness are you seeing? We're doing site testing with speeds from Seattle, San Jose, and Chertsey UK. All speeds seem ok except when there's a script load delay (with search).

I'm in Australia, clicking on a search result takes about 15-20 seconds for the content to load. So frustrating when it loads only to find it's not the content I'm looking for. Then I have to return to the search again, which takes at least 5+ seconds to load if I'm lucky. Search again for the same term I already searched for... wait another 10 seconds for the search results to load that I was looking at a moment ago, play lucky dip again based only on the title and a cropped sentence... wait 15-20 seconds... repeat... it all adds up. The fact is that information that would have taken maybe 30 seconds to locate on the old site, you could now expect to take about 5 minutes. I found I can get through faster if I open up about 10 tabs of the search page and paste my search term into all of them one by one, then return to each one to open all the results in parallel so I don't have to wait later. It's so lame.

If I actually have to login to do something, like make this comment, there goes at least another 30 seconds of my life with all the very slow redirection business going on there.

That is fantastic and measurable feedback I can push back on to our dev and SaaS teams with. This was a concern some of us had that was overlooked and I think we can make a better case to optimize script heavy functionality for smarter code. We'll update the community as we improve these failures. Lief Zimmerman has a recent update out already here and I'll discuss your performance issues with him immediately.