BIG-IP Next under Proxmox
In my lab, I'm running Proxmox instead of other virtualization software. Installation is similar to the documentation for VMware here: https://clouddocs.f5.com/bigip-next/latest/install/cm_install_vmware.html I was able to setup BIG-IP Next CentralManager as well as BIG-IP Next instances. Start by downloading the images from here: https://my.f5.com/manage/s/downloads I chose the OVA formats for each. Group BIG-IP_Next Product Line: Central Manager (CM) Version: 20.1 File: BIG-IP-Next-CentralManager-20.1.0-0.8.112.ova Then on your proxmox instance, unpack the ova file with tar for example: mkdir CentralManager cd CentralManager tar xvf ../BIG-IP-Next-CentralManager-20.1.0-0.8.112.ova qm importovf 1100 BIG-IP-Next-CentralManager-20.1.0-0.8.112.ovf local-zfs qm set 1100 -net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 I'm using my local-zfs as storage and assigning the vm number 1100. You may want to change one or both of those. The import takes a long time as it's importing 350G of storage! For some reason the OVF import does not create a network interface on my setup, so I add that after the import. You may also want to change the SCSI controller to virtio SCSI as it's a bit more efficient. Next start the VM up from the web interface to Proxmox. It will take a while to boot. Once it does it will show the IPv4 and IPv6 address (if enabled) on the console. In my setup, I assign a static dhcp address to the node here, and then reboot again. Note: it appears that CM does NOT support DUID and/or dhcpv6. You can login on the console or ssh into the box using admin/admin and proceed as in the VMware docs. Note: you will need samba or nfs "External Storage" or setup will fail. The "Share Path" needs to start with a "/". Once CM setup is complete, or while you're waiting for it to do so, download: Group: BIG-IP_Next Product Line: Virtual Edition (VE) Version: 20.1 File: BIG-IP-Next-20.1.0-2.279.0+0.0.75.ova unpack it as above: mkdir Next cd Nex tar xvf ../BIG-IP-Next-20.1.0-2.279.0+0.0.75.ova qm importovf 1100 BIG-IP-Next-20.1.0-2.279.0+0.0.75.ovf local-zfs qm set 1101 -net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 Again, you might want to use a vm id of other then 1101 and/or storage other than local-zfs. This takes less time as it's only importing 80G of data. Again, for me, no network interfaces were created, so I create two. If you have different subnets, you may want your first interface on your management network and the second on a traffic network. I then assign a static address in DHCP and reboot again. When I create both network interfaces, the services on port 5443 don't seem to start up. As above, you may also want to change the SCSI controller to virtio SCSI as it's a bit more efficient. After the system boots, the instructions say to login as admin. This did NOT work for me. Instead, I use curl to change the admin credentials: curl -kX PUT https://next-ip:5443/api/v1/me \ -u admin:admin \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"currentPassword": "admin", "newPassword": "Welcome123!"}' On my.f5.com request a license for BIP-IP Next, copy the JWT and paste it in to activate the license. Now that I've re-installed everything, I can't get the license to take again, so it might be a one-time-use.
