F5 BIG-IP Spoke
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Summary of F5 BIG-IP Spoke
The F5 BIG-IP Spoke enables ServiceNow customers to manage servers and pools within the F5 BIG-IP system effectively. It requires an Integration Hub subscription and may depend on specific plugins for installation. The latest spoke version is 1.1.2, compatible with BIG-IP version 13.1.0.
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Key Features
- Spoke Flows: Sample flows are provided to automate F5 tasks, including Local Traffic Management that creates virtual servers and manages pools through ServiceNow Service Catalog requests.
- Spoke Subflows: Sample subflows like F5 Server - Pool Management are designed to create and manage pools in the BIG-IP system.
- Spoke Actions: Automate actions such as creating, deleting, and managing pools and virtual servers, along with health checks and member status updates.
- Connection and Credential Aliases: Connection aliases streamline the management of credentials, allowing for easier configuration across environments.
- MID Server Requirements: Supports REST calls that can run on either the instance or a MID Server, allowing for flexible deployment.
Key Outcomes
By utilizing the F5 BIG-IP Spoke, ServiceNow customers can automate and streamline the management of their F5 BIG-IP systems, improving operational efficiency and reducing the complexity of server and pool management tasks. This integration helps ensure that necessary configurations are easily maintained and updated without significant overhead.
Manage servers and pools in the F5 BIG-IP system.
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Integration Hub subscription
This spoke requires an Integration Hub subscription. For more information, see Legal schedules - IntegrationHub overview.
Spoke dependencies
If you’re having trouble installing the app, ensure that these dependent plugins are installed:
- ServiceNow IntegrationHub Action Step - REST (com.glide.hub.action_step.rest)
- ServiceNow IntegrationHub Runtime (com.glide.hub.integration.runtime)
Supported version
BIG-IP 13.1.0.
Spoke version
F5 BIG-IP spoke v 1.1.2 is the latest version.
Spoke flows
The F5 BIG-IP spoke provides sample flows in the draft state to demonstrate automating F5 tasks. To customize a sample flow, copy it to a new application scope. Available sample flows include:
| Flow | Description |
|---|---|
| Local Traffic Management Using F5 Big-IP | Creates a virtual server, associates it to a pool, and adds pool member in the BIG-IP system from a ServiceNow Service Catalog request. |
Spoke subflows
The F5 BIG-IP spoke provides sample subflows to demonstrate automating F5 tasks. Available sample subflows include:
| Flow | Description |
|---|---|
| F5 Server - Pool Management | Creates a pool in the BIG-IP system and manages it. |
Spoke actions
The F5 BIG-IP spoke provides actions to automate F5 tasks when events occur in ServiceNow. Available actions include:
| Category | Action | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pool Management | Create Pool | Creates a pool in the BIG-IP system. |
| Add Pool Member | Creates a pool member in the BIG-IP system. | |
| Check Pool | Checks pool health in BIG-IP system. Returns whether the pool is available, unavailable, offline, or if the status is unknown. | |
| Delete Pool | Deletes a pool from the BIG-IP system. | |
| Disable Pool Member | Disables a pool member in the BIG-IP system. | |
| Enable Pool Member | Enables a pool member of a specified pool in the BIG-IP system. | |
| Get Pool Members | Retrieves the list of members of a specified pool from the BIG-IP system. | |
| Remove Pool Member | Deletes a pool member in the BIG-IP system. | |
| Server Management | Add Profile to Virtual Server | Adds a profile to a virtual server in the BIG-IP system. Profiles enable you to control network traffic. For example, you can enable HTTP connections to the virtual server. |
| Create Virtual Server | Creates a virtual server in the BIG-IP system. | |
| Delete Virtual Server | Deletes a virtual server from the BIG-IP system. | |
| Update Virtual Server | Updates virtual server attributes in the BIG-IP system. |
Connection and credential alias requirements
Integration Hub uses aliases to manage connection and credential information, and OAuth credentials. Using an alias eliminates the need to configure multiple credentials and connection information profiles when using multiple environments. If the connection or credential information changes, you don't need to update any actions that use the connection.
This spoke uses this alias record to authorize actions.
| Connection & Credential alias | Description | Connection alias requirements |
|---|---|---|
| F5_BIG_IP | Connection to the F5 BIG-IP system. |
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To use the spoke connection alias, create an associated Connection record and an associated Credential record. For information about setting up the spoke, see Configure a connection for the F5 BIG-IP spoke.
MID Server requirements
These actions use REST calls that can run either on an instance or, optionally, through a MID Server. Use the connection record associated with the F5 BIG-IP alias to configure where actions run and, if needed, specify MID Server selection attributes. For more information, see MID server.
To set up the MID Server for this spoke, see Set up MID Server for a spoke.