Migration from NetScaler to F5

[RAQS]

Hello Everyone,

I am planning to migrate from NetScaler to F5 iSeries. I want to migrate the whole configuration from NetScaler to F5 (Load balancer setup)

Can you guys please help me with any script , instead of manually configuring each VIP if i get any script it will be helpful.

Thanks

ShashankS

[Dario_Garrido]

Hello ShashankS

Try this ->

https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/citrix-netscaler-to-f5-big-ip

KR,

Dario.

[RAQS]

Hi Dario, Thanks for your reply I have been to this document earlier. Cab you please help me to understand this step by step. Do i need to use some extra tool or application? Regards, ShashankS

[Dario_Garrido]

Yes, previously you need to have installed a perl interpreter.

REF - https://learn.perl.org/installing/

After that, you need to export the netscaler configuration to a text file.

Then you can run the script using the netscaler text file like this.

# perl nsv8_to_f5.pl netscalerconfigfile /var/tmp/bigipoutputfile

This is a pretty old script, but that's the only resource related in the community. I would try it before exploring other possibilities.

KR,

Dario.

[RAQS]

Hi Dario, Greetings for the day Where should i run this script? On F5 CLI ? What will be the use of perl interpreter # perl nsv8_to_f5.pl netscalerconfigfile /var/tmp/bigipoutputfile Also i am on 11.1 NetScaler and F5s are 12.1 and 13.1 Will this script work? Regards, ShashankS

[Dario_Garrido]

You can run the script in one machine with perl interpreter (see previous comment) or use F5 device (which already has perl installed). Of course, using CLI.

Regarding the versions, i'm not the developer and I cannot confirm this.

This only a text parser, you are not executing anything. You can try it without problem.

BTW, if my answer was helpful, I would appreciate if you mark mark my answer as "the best" or give me some upvote.

KR,

Dario.

[RAQS]

Thanks Dario for reply. I will check it and update you accordingly.

[IsaiahH]

Hi Shashank, did you get it to work? I am trying the same perl script but it is not working for me. I am also need it for a ver 11 for netscaler.

[fsckeith]

The basic syntax used by Netscaler v8.x is quite different from v11.x. In 8.x you will see probe, rserver, serverfarm, etc. In 11.x, configs have action prefixes and terms like monitor, server, service, vserver, etc. The script will never work for v11.x.