Create an F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer VIP

Prerequisites

• A virtual / physical F5 BIG-IP device with base networking configured (i.e. VLANs, interfaces, self IPs, routes)
• 2 x web servers (ideally with the F5 BIG-IP as their default gateway)

Steps

Define variables

1. Create the HTTP virtual server
   1. Create 2 x nodes (i.e. web servers to load balance)
      create ltm node <NODE1 IP> address <NODE1 IP>
create ltm node <NODE2 IP> address <NODE2 IP>
   2. Create an HTTP pool with pool members
      create ltm pool <HTTP POOL NAME> members add { <NODE1 IP>:<PORT> <NODE2 IP>:<PORT> }
   3. Create an HTTP virtual server and bind pool
      create ltm virtual <HTTP VS NAME> destination <VIP>:80 profiles add { tcp http } pool <POOL NAME> source-address-translation { type automap }
2. Create the SSL virtual server
   1. Create an SSL pool with pool members
      create ltm pool <SSL POOL NAME> members add { <NODE1 IP>:<PORT> <NODE2 IP>:<PORT> }
   2. Create an SSL virtual server and bind pool
      create ltm virtual <SSL VS NAME> destination <VIP>:443 profiles add { tcp http clientssl serverssl } pool <POOL NAME> source-address-translation { type automap }

save sys config

Example TMSH Commands

create ltm node 172.24.32.11 address 172.24.32.11
create ltm node 172.24.32.12 address 172.24.32.12

create ltm pool HTTP-POOL members add { 172.24.32.11:80 172.24.32.12:80 }

create ltm virtual HTTP-VS destination 192.168.1.100:80 profiles add { tcp http } pool HTTP-POOL source-address-translation { type automap }

create ltm pool SSL-POOL members add { 172.24.32.11:443 172.24.32.12:443 }

create ltm virtual SSL-VS destination 192.168.1.100:443 profiles add { tcp http clientssl serverssl } pool SSL-POOL source-address-translation { type automap }