# \#big-ip-next **URL:** https://community.f5.com/tag/big-ip-next/654.md [Latest](https://community.f5.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.f5.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.f5.com/tags.md) --- ## [Strategic Update from MyF5: Modernizing BIG-IP TMOS and discontinuing BIG-IP Next](https://community.f5.com/t/strategic-update-from-myf5-modernizing-big-ip-tmos-and-discontinuing-big-ip-next/76450)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/strategic-update-from-myf5-modernizing-big-ip-tmos-and-discontinuing-big-ip-next/76450 "2025-08-19T18:06:49Z")
Details here. This does not impact BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes or BIG-IP Next Cloud-Native Network Functions. The BIG-IP Next Academy group will be archived August 29th if there’s anything of note you want to capture. --- ## [BIG-IP Next HA failed](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-ha-failed/76407)
**Author:** [@Ireda](https://community.f5.com/u/Ireda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-ha-failed/76407 "2025-08-11T09:09:54Z")
HA failed, how can i troublshooting --- ## [BIG-IP Next does not work on KubeVirt](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-does-not-work-on-kubevirt/75730)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Baumann](https://community.f5.com/u/Peter_Baumann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-does-not-work-on-kubevirt/75730 "2025-03-05T21:01:41Z")
Hi all, I use a KubeVirt based Hypervisor called Harvester (https://harvesterhci.io) and tried to start a BIG-IP Next Instance with the BIG-IP-Next-20.3.0-2.716.2+0.0.50.qcow2.tar.gz image. The VM does start but I cann… --- ## [Introducing F5 BIG-IP Next CNF Solutions for Red Hat OpenShift](https://community.f5.com/t/introducing-f5-big-ip-next-cnf-solutions-for-red-hat-openshift/71707)
**Author:** [@Ulises\_Alonso](https://community.f5.com/u/Ulises_Alonso)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/introducing-f5-big-ip-next-cnf-solutions-for-red-hat-openshift/71707 "2025-02-20T10:52:06Z")
5G and Red Hat OpenShift 5G standards have embraced Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNFs) for implementing network services in software as containers. This is a big change from previous Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) o… --- ## [iRule LX replacement on bigip-Next](https://community.f5.com/t/irule-lx-replacement-on-bigip-next/74289)
**Author:** [@awan\_m](https://community.f5.com/u/awan_m)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/irule-lx-replacement-on-bigip-next/74289 "2024-10-18T09:09:06Z")
Hi all - we use ILX on our current bigip platform and wanted to understand what will be alternate for it in the NEXT platform. my use case is - when a HTTP request comes in the F5 extracts some information out of the re… --- ## [F5 Next - how to reference irule procedures](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-next-how-to-reference-irule-procedures/75260)
**Author:** [@OCD\_JAX](https://community.f5.com/u/OCD_JAX)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-next-how-to-reference-irule-procedures/75260 "2024-10-14T07:27:31Z")
Hi, Anyone figured how references works for irule objects with the call command? and if it is possible do i need to assign it to the vs? This is my stack: I manage to use the call command to a proc within the s… --- ## [I want to access BIG-IP-NEXT LAB environment UDF](https://community.f5.com/t/i-want-to-access-big-ip-next-lab-environment-udf/75125)
**Author:** [@teemee226](https://community.f5.com/u/teemee226)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/i-want-to-access-big-ip-next-lab-environment-udf/75125 "2024-09-29T14:22:55Z")
Hello Everyone, I want to access BIG-IP-NEXT LAB environment UDF. Can you guide me how to access this LAB environment? @Marcus-f5 @JRahm --- ## [VIPTest: Rapid Application Testing for F5 Environments](https://community.f5.com/t/viptest-rapid-application-testing-for-f5-environments/74988)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Marfil](https://community.f5.com/u/Tony_Marfil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/viptest-rapid-application-testing-for-f5-environments/74988 "2024-09-11T15:23:19Z")
The Motivation Behind VIPTest As an F5 Solutions Architect, I noticed a recurring challenge with prospective customers: there was no quick way to “grade” the success of migrating from their current environment to F5 solu… --- ## [次世代のBIG-IP SPKとK8s コンテナの外部アクセス制御](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-spk-k8s/75025)
**Author:** [@Terence\_Kam](https://community.f5.com/u/Terence_Kam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-spk-k8s/75025 "2024-09-09T12:30:00Z")
This post is also available in English k8sクラスタの外部への通信制御の課題 F5の役割 技術概要 本記事では、F5 の 次世代のBIG-IP SPKに実装された新機能をご紹介します。 K8sクラスター内へのトラフィックの負荷分散は簡単ですが、クラスターから外部に出ていく通信の制御は難しく、制限を加えずパケットをそのまま通すことが多いです。つまり、従来のネットワークで使用されている一貫… --- ## [How to secure egress with F5 Service Proxy for Kubernetes](https://community.f5.com/t/how-to-secure-egress-with-f5-service-proxy-for-kubernetes/75024)
**Author:** [@Terence\_Kam](https://community.f5.com/u/Terence_Kam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/how-to-secure-egress-with-f5-service-proxy-for-kubernetes/75024 "2024-09-09T12:00:00Z")
Outline: Securing Egress Challenges How F5 can help Technical bit on how it works Getting traffic into your clusters to your workloads is just a small part of the cluster admin’s tasks, and there are many options avail… --- ## [Getting Started with BIG-IP Next: Configuring Instance High Availability](https://community.f5.com/t/getting-started-with-big-ip-next-configuring-instance-high-availability/74147)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/getting-started-with-big-ip-next-configuring-instance-high-availability/74147 "2024-08-09T07:15:54Z")
With BIG-IP classic, there are a lot of design choices to make and steps on both systems to arrive at an HA pair. With BIG-IP Next, this is simplified quite a bit. Once configured, the highly available pair is treated by… --- ## [Application observability (Open Telemetry Tracing)](https://community.f5.com/t/application-observability-open-telemetry-tracing/74933)
**Author:** [@amolari](https://community.f5.com/u/amolari)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/application-observability-open-telemetry-tracing/74933 "2024-08-08T07:35:34Z")
Hello, do you, or your customers, need BIG-IP to deliver OTEL tracing? It won’t (AFAIK) be implemented in BIG-IP classic, but I’ve opened a RFE to ask for implementation of Open Telemetry (distributed) Tracing on BIG-I… --- ## [How to check the interface configuration of instances.](https://community.f5.com/t/how-to-check-the-interface-configuration-of-instances/74855)
**Author:** [@teemee226](https://community.f5.com/u/teemee226)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/how-to-check-the-interface-configuration-of-instances/74855 "2024-07-30T08:49:12Z")
Hello Everyone. I installed Central Manager and Instance on Vcenter environment. After installing Instance, I set VLAN ID and static IP for 2 VLANs Internal and External. After the installation was complete I used the co… --- ## [I cannot activate the license on BIG-IP-NEXT](https://community.f5.com/t/i-cannot-activate-the-license-on-big-ip-next/74748)
**Author:** [@teemee226](https://community.f5.com/u/teemee226)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/i-cannot-activate-the-license-on-big-ip-next/74748 "2024-07-09T08:20:38Z")
Hello everyone, I have a BIG-IP Central Manager virtual server on Vmware and set up a BIG-IP Instance . My system does not connect directly via the internet but points through a Proxy. When I activate the license with Ne… --- ## [Global Live Webinar(08/06): Elevate security by modernizing your BIG-IP](https://community.f5.com/t/global-live-webinar-08-06-elevate-security-by-modernizing-your-big-ip/74735)
**Author:** [@skubina](https://community.f5.com/u/skubina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/global-live-webinar-08-06-elevate-security-by-modernizing-your-big-ip/74735 "2024-06-29T07:30:32Z")
Elevate security by modernizing your BIG-IP This webinar event is open to all F5 users regardless of geographic location. Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Time: 10:00am PT | 1:00pm ET Speakers: Tom Atkins, F5 and Matt Sha… --- ## [BIG-IP Next Central Manager API with Python](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-central-manager-api-with-python/74674)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-central-manager-api-with-python/74674 "2024-06-19T05:24:24Z")
I’ve been working with the BIG-IP Next API with curl on the command line and with the Postman GUI app as well. Both useful as I am getting comfortable with the API, but not my favorite tools in the toolbox, which is pyth… --- ## [BIG-IP Next Central Manager API with Postman](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-central-manager-api-with-postman/74673)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-central-manager-api-with-postman/74673 "2024-06-19T05:22:03Z")
I’ve been working with the BIG-IP Next API from the API reference and with curl on the command line, and I gotta tell you, as much as I don’t love Postman, it’s super handy when learning an API. In this episode of DevCen… --- ## [Migrating from BIG-IP Classic to BIG-IP Next with Central Manager Migration Assistant](https://community.f5.com/t/migrating-from-big-ip-classic-to-big-ip-next-with-central-manager-migration-assistant/74584)
**Author:** [@chloeC](https://community.f5.com/u/chloeC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/migrating-from-big-ip-classic-to-big-ip-next-with-central-manager-migration-assistant/74584 "2024-06-18T17:59:13Z")
Partner Enablement Workshop: Migrating from BIG-IP Classic to BIG-IP Next with Central Manager Migration Assistant Tuesday, June 18 10 am PT / 1 pm ET During this hands-on lab session for F5 partners, attendees will… --- ## [BigIP Next - Health Monitors / Template](https://community.f5.com/t/bigip-next-health-monitors-template/74418)
**Author:** [@pcranston](https://community.f5.com/u/pcranston)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/bigip-next-health-monitors-template/74418 "2024-05-16T06:46:34Z")
Just getting feet wet on BigIP Next. Q: Where are the heath monitor (node/pool) created and reconfiguration. Do they support versioning? Q: In the Classic LTM, there was a iAPP for VMWARE Horizon. I know iApps are no… --- ## [Big-IP Next 20.2.0-2.375.1+0.0.43 iRule count problem](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-20-2-0-2-375-1-0-0-43-irule-count-problem/74463)
**Author:** [@gwieczorek](https://community.f5.com/u/gwieczorek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-20-2-0-2-375-1-0-0-43-irule-count-problem/74463 "2024-05-07T19:23:06Z")
I have very simple iRule to show the problem: when HTTP\_REQUEST { set Client\_IP \[IP::client\_addr\] if { ($Client\_IP starts\_with "x.x.x.x") && (\[HTTP::uri\] equals "/seed") } { table set -subtable TABLE "… --- ## [F5 Academy Virtual Roadshow: BIG-IP Next](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-academy-virtual-roadshow-big-ip-next/74219)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-academy-virtual-roadshow-big-ip-next/74219 "2024-03-19T21:31:21Z")
Last fall, we took BIG-IP Next on the road for a series of events all over North America. Join Jason on March 28 at 9am Pacific as he welcomes Nasir Hasan to walk through the BIG-IP Next story. Stick around after the fir… --- ## [Build It Live! Establishing a BIG-IP Next Lab](https://community.f5.com/t/build-it-live-establishing-a-big-ip-next-lab/74209)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/build-it-live-establishing-a-big-ip-next-lab/74209 "2024-03-18T23:35:51Z")
Hi everyone…now that I’m through almost all the system aspects of getting BIG-IP Next established in my article series, I’m going to attempt to do it all in one stream. Come join me March 19th at 8:30am PDT (it’s dayligh… --- ## [List BIG-IP Next Instance Backups on Central Manager](https://community.f5.com/t/list-big-ip-next-instance-backups-on-central-manager/74154)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/list-big-ip-next-instance-backups-on-central-manager/74154 "2024-03-08T00:04:06Z")
In the Central Manager GUI, you can create/schedule BIG-IP Next Instance backups, but outside of the listing shown there, you can’t download the files from that view if you want to archive them for off-box requirements. … --- ## [questions about api](https://community.f5.com/t/questions-about-api/74123)
**Author:** [@f5f5f5](https://community.f5.com/u/f5f5f5)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/questions-about-api/74123 "2024-03-04T13:35:30Z")
I am doing api test. When you use this command, common and pool information for all partitions will appear. https://{bigip-ip}/mgmt/tm/ltm/pool I want to check all pool information for a particular partition. Ple… --- ## [NEXT CM - multiple GTM pool updates simultaneously](https://community.f5.com/t/next-cm-multiple-gtm-pool-updates-simultaneously/73893)
**Author:** [@Chris3232](https://community.f5.com/u/Chris3232)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/next-cm-multiple-gtm-pool-updates-simultaneously/73893 "2024-02-07T23:27:06Z")
Using REST today on version 15 against the F5 GTM (DNS), it appears there’s no support for updating multiple GTM pools in a single REST call. We’re increasingly being asked to drive down the time it takes to facilitate a… --- ## [BIG-IP Next HA Pair Onboarding REST API](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-ha-pair-onboarding-rest-api/73818)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Saleem](https://community.f5.com/u/Michael_Saleem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-ha-pair-onboarding-rest-api/73818 "2024-01-10T22:43:11Z")
I’ve been playing around with BIG-IP Next in my home lab for the past few days and have managed to successfully onboard an HA pair of BIG-IP Next instances via the BIG-IP Next Central Manager GUI. I am now trying to do … --- ## [BIG-IP Next Access presentation/demo](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-access-presentation-demo/73552)
**Author:** [@JRahm](https://community.f5.com/u/JRahm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/big-ip-next-access-presentation-demo/73552 "2023-12-14T09:11:31Z")
Hi everyone! Luke Lehman, BIG-IP Next Access product manager, will be joining us for a zoom presentation/demo on December 12th at 9am pacific standard time. Come see what’s brewing for APM! If you have any questions befo… --- ## [Anyone running virtual BIG-IP Next?](https://community.f5.com/t/anyone-running-virtual-big-ip-next/73314)
**Author:** [@Kevin\_Davies](https://community.f5.com/u/Kevin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/anyone-running-virtual-big-ip-next/73314 "2023-10-20T20:26:16Z")
Looking to try running it under Proxmox. Particularly from those F5 people who would know… @Leslie\_Hubertus Let me know of any deal breakers in that regard. Since the CM provisions devices it may not like Proxmox and …