Integrating F5 BIG-IP

Applies To

• Product: BIG-IP, BIG-IP AAM, BIG-IP AFM, BIG-IP APM, BIG-IP ASM, BIG-IP DNS, BIG-IP GTM, BIG-IP Link Controller, BIG-IP LTM, BIG-IP PEM

  • 15.X.X, 14.X.X, 13.X.X, 12.X.X, 11.6.X, 11.5.X

• Product: Legacy Products, BIG-IP WebAccelerator, BIG-IP WOM, BIG-IP PSM, BIG-IP Edge Gateway

  • 15.X.X, 14.X.X, 13.X.X, 12.X.X, 11.6.X, 11.5.X

Adding a remote syslog server using the Configuration utility Performing the following procedure should not have a negative impact on your system.

Adding remote syslog servers using the Configuration utility is available in BIG-IP 11.1.0 and later.

1. Log in to the Configuration utility.

2. Click System > Logs > Configuration > Remote Logging.

3. For Remote IP, enter the destination syslog server IP address, or FQDN. (DNS server configuration required)

4. For Remote Port, enter the remote syslog server UDP port (default is 514).

5. (Optional) For Local IP, enter the local IP address of the BIG-IP system.

   For BIG-IP systems in a high availability (HA) configuration, the non-floating self IP address is recommended if using a Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM) based IP address. 

6. Select Add.

7. Select Update.

8. For BIG-IP systems in a high availability (HA) configuration, perform a ConfigSync to synchronize the changes to the other devices in the device group.