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Q&A and discussion posts around F5's BIG-IP's security and application delivery controller solutions. Ask about configuration, installation, performance or anything else you can think of.

F5's BIG-IP platform contains many modules that each do different things, so if you're not sure where to ask your question regarding their products, do so here. This is a generic area for all of their BIG-IP related product lines. Their Silverline cloud and Linerate products should be in separate forums but still feel free to ask here if unsure.

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Tunnel any kind of TCP traffic through HTTP/s

I am looking for a software to tunnel RDP or other binary TCP traffic through a HTTPS tunnel. Because many clients only have HTTP/S permitted (only port 80 and 443 open in the firewall). But there's a need to forward RDP (and other protocols) from…
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WCF, Metadata and BIGIP - Can I force the correct url for the WSDL items?

We have a WCF service hosted on ServerA which is a server with no-direct Internet access and has a non-Internet routable IP address. The service is fronted by BIGIP which handles SSL encryption and decryption and forwards the unencrypted request…
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Any way to simulate F5 BIG-IP server?

We have a potential client that uses F5 BIG-IP servers for load balancing. In determining if we could cleanly integrate our product with their Load Balancers, I started looking at the API's provided by F5. The problem is, I can't run any custom…
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Least connection Load Balancing method in F5 not distributing traffic to all members

I'm new to troubleshooting load distribution on Load-balancer and need your help to troubleshoot one issue. There are 11 members of the pool but I see the request are going to only 2-3 at a time. When those servers gets exhausted due to load,I see…
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Should dynamic query parameters be present in the Redirection URI for an OAuth2 (Autorization Code Grant Type)

Sources such as this Okta sponsored site (see "Per-Request Customization" section) mention that the redirect_uri parameter of a autorization request SHOULD NEVER have a dynamic query part (ex: for session matching uses). Quote: The server should…
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F5 LTM on the same subnet

I am new to F5 BIG-IP, i can create the Virtual Server with pool and pool members to create a LTM for subnet A Virtual Server to subnet B servers. But when i configure the Virtual Server to load balance the servers on the same subnet, it just not…
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F5 BIG-IP: Log Profile disabled

Currently I'm setting up a F5 BIG-IP instance and I'm trying to harden the system security-wise. On one virtual server I noticed that "Log Profile" was set to "disabled". What does this exactly mean? Does this mean that absolutely no (security)…
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REST Service not enabled in Bigip 12

I have BigIP VE 12.1 installed and activated with lab licence. I couldn't access it using Rest API. I researched questions related this and checked "service restjavad it is running fine still rest calls not getting any response. someone please help…
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Forward Akamai's True-Client-IP via F5 BigIP

Akamai returns client IP in True-Client-IP header. This can be disabled in Akamai settings so that Akamai will return client IP in HTTP-X-Forwarded-For header, but this will contain multiple IP addresses (Client IP, Proxy 1, Proxy 2, etc). I need to…
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Issue with CRYPTO library in F5 BIG-IP: missing required parameter

i'm writing and iRule for the F5 Big-Ip v. 11.x. I have an issue with the CRYPTO library. When I try to decrypt a string in this way set foo [CRYPTO::decrypt -alg rc4 -keyhex $key $to_decrypt] where $key is a string in hex format and $to_decrypt…
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Reporting a WCF application's status to F5's Big IP products

In a Windows Server 2003 environment with a self hosted .Net 3.5/WCF application, how can an application report its status to a BigIP Local Traffic Manager? Example: One of my services errors. My custom WCF application hosting software (written…
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Ansible repeat task until a specified string is in the output

I have an task that needs to be executed till there is a certain string in the stdout. The stdout of bigip_command is a list (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/bigip_command_module.html#return-values) - name: Disable pool member …
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Big-IP F5 irule to change uri

Is there a way to change a URI without a redirect. I want to change the following URL https://example.com//q//w//et to https://example.com/q/w/et
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How do you get resources working in app/service1 from app/service2 behind SSO

I have very limited knowledge on how SSO works behind the curtains, let alone its configuration. I am working on a server that is protected by SSO(Single sign-on). On this server i have multiple sub-domains that have independent apps and…
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How can I get the real IP address of Client behind F5 loadbalancer with Java socket

I am developing a Java application. The client sends socket request to the sever after the F5 loadbalancer. The server should record the IP address of the socket request. How can I get the real IP address of the client instead of the IP addreess of…
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