Can BIG-IP DNS recursion only my domain?
Hi We are using F5 DNS as DNS server and have many CNAME record. We want to query those CNAME record and then get IP as a result too. (Which solved by Enable "recursion yes; in named configuration) But we found problem that our F5 DNS perform recursion on EVERY domain client asking. (eg. f5.com, nginx.com., etc.) We want F5 DNS to answer query on only domain we handle (many domain in zonerunner and gslb) How can we do that? Is it possible to do that? because "recursion yes;" is config on named configuration. I think it's global configuration. and "allow-recursion {}" is only check for client IP address (it's not check on domain we handle) Thank you
Sizing for HW and SW based
I am looking for a data for dimensioning for r5800 / 6000 etc where I am deploying DNS+PEM+AFM+URL Filtering + some iRules on ONE rSeries The same witch I am looking for is for VE deployment Where I can find data about such figures I can only find for DNS QPS, but for the rest of the modules can't Are there any exact numbers? How can I combine and calculate this module and see if feet into rSeries and VE HP??DNS LTM adding recommendation
Hello, What is the recommendation in adding GTM and LTM/AWAF devices in multi datacenter More explanation if we have HQ and DR datacenters HQ data center GTM device (One device) LTM/AWAF Device (Pair) DR data center GTM device (One device) LTM/AWAF Device (Pair) shall we add DR LTM/AWAF to HQ GTM by using DR LTM/AWAF self IP reachable through internet or internally? Please highlight pros and cons for each method Why are we think to add DR LTM/AWAF to HQ GTM is to ensure that HQ GTM will see VS on DR LTM/AWAF down when internet link is down in DR If there another way to ensure that by monitoring links please clarify
BIG-IQ DNS TPS Per Geo Location
Hi, I recently deployed a BIG-IQ, to manage all my F5 LTM and DNS Tenants, I'm reviewing the information shown on the different dashboards of BIG-IQ. On the DNS Dashboard, there is a section named TPS Per Geo Location. For some reason i'm just seeing the world map, but with no data. Does anyone knows how to enable information on this map? regards,Using BIG-IP GTM to Integrate with Amazon Web Services
This is the latest in a series of DNS articles that I've been writing over the past couple of months. This article is taken from a fantastic solution that Joe Cassidy developed. So, thanks to Joe for developing this solution, and thanks for the opportunity to write about it here on DevCentral. As a quick reminder, my first six articles are: Let's Talk DNS on DevCentral DNS The F5 Way: A Paradigm Shift DNS Express and Zone Transfers The BIG-IP GTM: Configuring DNSSEC DNS on the BIG-IP: IPv6 to IPv4 Translation DNS Caching The Scenario Let's say you are an F5 customer who has external GTMs and LTMs in your environment, but you are not leveraging them for your main website (example.com). Your website is a zone sitting on your windows DNS servers in your DMZ that round robin load balance to some backend webservers. You've heard all about the benefits of the cloud (and rightfully so), and you want to move your web content to the Amazon Cloud. Nice choice! As you were making the move to Amazon, you were given instructions by Amazon to just CNAME your domain to two unique Amazon Elastic Load Balanced (ELB) domains. Amazon’s requests were not feasible for a few reasons...one of which is that it breaks the RFC. So, you engage in a series of architecture meetings to figure all this stuff out. Amazon told your Active Directory/DNS team to CNAME www.example.com and example.com to two AWS clusters: us-east.elb.amazonaws.com and us-west.elb.amazonaws.com. You couldn't use Microsoft DNS to perform a basic CNAME of these records because of the BIND limitation of CNAME'ing a single A record to multiple aliases. Additionally, you couldn't point to IPs because Amazon said they will be using dynamic IPs for your platform. So, what to do, right? The Solution The good news is that you can use the functionality and flexibility of your F5 technology to easily solve this problem. Here are a few steps that will guide you through this specific scenario: Redirect requests for http://example.com to http://www.example.com and apply it to your Virtual Server (1.2.3.4:80). You can redirect using HTTP Class profiles (v11.3 and prior) or using a policy with Centralized Policy Matching (v11.4 and newer) or you can always write an iRule to redirect! Make www.example.com a CNAME record to example.lb.example.com; where *.lb.example.com is a sub-delegated zone of example.com that resides on your BIG-IP GTM. Create a global traffic pool “aws_us_east” that contains no members but rather a CNAME to us-east.elb.amazonaws.com. Create another global traffic pool “aws_us_west” that contains no members but rather a CNAME to us-west.elb.amazonaws.com. The following screenshot shows the details of creating the global traffic pools (using v11.5). Notice you have to select the "Advanced" configuration to add the CNAME. Create a global traffic Wide IP example.lb.example.com with two pool members “aws_us_east” and “aws_us_west”. The following screenshot shows the details. Create two global traffic regions: “eastern” and “western”. The screenshot below shows the details of creating the traffic regions. Create global traffic topology records using "Request Source: Region is eastern" and "Destination Pool is aws_us_east". Repeat this for the western region using the aws_us_west pool. The screenshot below shows the details of creating these records. Modify Pool settings under Wide IP www.example.com to use "Topology" as load balancing method. See the screenshot below for details. How it all works... Here's the flow of events that take place as a user types in the web address and ultimately receives the correct IP address. External client types http://example.com into their web browser Internet DNS resolution takes place and maps example.com to your Virtual Server address: IN A 1.2.3.4 An HTTP request is directed to 1.2.3.4:80 Your LTM checks for a profile, the HTTP profile is enabled, the redirect request is applied, and redirect user request with 301 response code is executed External client receives 301 response code and their browser makes a new request to http://www.example.com Internet DNS resolution takes place and maps www.example.com to IN CNAME example.lb.example.com Internet DNS resolution continues mapping example.lb.example.com to your GTM configured Wide IP The Wide IP load balances the request to one of the pools based on the configured logic: Round Robin, Global Availability, Topology or Ratio (we chose "Topology" for our solution) The GTM-configured pool contains a CNAME to either us_east or us_west AWS data centers Internet DNS resolution takes place mapping the request to the ELB hostname (i.e. us-west.elb.amazonaws.com) and gives two A records External client http request is mapped to one of the returned IP addresses And, there you have it. With this solution, you can integrate AWS using your existing LTM and GTM technology! I hope this helps, and I hope you can implement this and other solutions using all the flexibility and power of your F5 technology.
