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F5 Configuration Backups 3.0
In a previous article I introduced a project for the configuration backups of F5 devices. It offered an automated, centralized backup service for F5 BigIP devices with a web interface. There was also several features mentioned in the road map. Now after 4 months of tireless work, version 3.0 of the Config Backup for F5 […]
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Configuration Backups for F5
As an administrator of network devices, keeping full backups is important for being able to recover from hardware failure. With F5 devices, backups come in the form of UCS files which is an archive that contains all configurations and SSL certificates. With a UCS file, you can take a replacement device, upload a UCS file […]
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Cisco ACI – Speculation of its Inner Workings
Last week I was at a Cisco users group meeting where some sales engineers were giving a presentation on the new Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) architecture and Nexus 9000 products. It was a very high-level overview, but it was interesting. I had assumed when Cisco made the ACI announcement that it would be based on […]
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F5 drops LAB VE price to $95
During a recent F5 purchase I wanted to get some more F5 lab virtual edition appliances. At my company we have had two and it has been invaluable for testing new configs and training junior engineers in a safe environment that could be trashed and restored at will. At the time we ordered the lab […]
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F5 LTM Encrypted Cookie Insert Persistence
The purpose of a load balancer is to distribute client connections to multiple servers to increase load capacity and provide high availability. One common requirement of load balanced applications, since most application servers maintain session information on the local box, is that a client must stay locked to a single server for the duration of […]
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Stateless Routing Through an in-line F5 LTM
When using an F5 load balancer there are 2 predominant ways to setup the network topology. While there are many different names for these methods, in this article I will call them “load balancer on a stick” and in-line. Although the article is about the in-line method, we will quickly review both methods for comparison. […]
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