F5 Load Balancers¶
Add F5 Load Balancer¶

To add a F5 Load Balancer Integration:
Navigate to Infrastructure -> Load Balancers
Select + ADD
Select F5 BigIP
Fill in the following:
- GROUP
Select the Group the Load Balancer will be available for
- CLOUD
Select the Cloud the Load Balancer will be available for
- NAME
Name of the Load Balancer in Morpheus
- DESCRIPTION
Identifying information displayed on the Load Balancer list page.
- VISIBILITY
Define Multi-Tenant permissions
- API HOST
IP or resolvable hostname url.
- API PORT
Typically
8443
- USERNAME
API user
- PASSWORD
API user password
- MANAGEMENT URL
Example:
https://10.30.20.31:8443/xui/
- Advanced Options (optional)
- VIRTUAL NAME
- POOL NAME
- SERVER NAME
Save Changes
Virtual Servers¶
Instances attached to an F5 will be listed in the Virtual servers tab. Virtual servers can also be manually added in this section.
Add Virtual Server¶
- Navigate to Infrastructure -> Load Balancers
- Select F5 Integration name to drill into the detail page
- Select + ADD in the VIRTUAL SERVERS tab
- Fill in the following:
- NAME
- Name of the Virtual Server in Morpheus
- DESCRIPTION
- Description of the Virtual Server in Morpheus
- Enabled
- Uncheck to keep the configuration but disable F5 availability in Morpheus
- VIP TYPE
- Standard
- Forwarding (Layer 2)
- Forwarding (IP)
- Performance (HTTP)
- Performance (Layer 4)
- Stateless
- Reject
- DHCP
- Internal
- Message Routing
- VIP HOSTNAME
- Enter Hostname of the VIP (optional)
- VIP ADDRESS
- Eneter IP address for the VIP
- VIP PORT
- Enter post used for the VIP
- SOURCE ADDRESS
- Enter Virtual Server source address
- PROTOCOL
- tcp, udp, or sctp
- PROFILES Search for and select from available PROFILES
- POLICIES
- Search for and select from available POLICIES
- IRULES
- Search for and select from available RUEL SCRIPTS
- PERSISTENCE
- cookie
- dest-addr
- global-settings
- hash
- msrdp
- sip
- source-addr
- ssl
- universal
- DEFAULT POOL
- Select from available POOLS
- Select SAVE CHANGES
Policies¶
Policies will be synced and listed in the Policies tab. These policies will be available options when creating Virtual Servers.
Pools¶
Create Pool¶
- NAME
- Name of the POOL in Morpheus
- DESCRIPTION
- Description of the POOL in Morpheus
- BALANCE MODE
- Round Robin
- Least Connections
- SERVICE PORT
- Specify SERVICE PORT for the POOL
- MEMBERS
- Search for and select from available NODES
- MONITORS
- Search for and select from available Monitors
Profiles¶
SSL Profiles are synced and and will be created when an SSL Certificate is assigned in the Load balancer section when provisioning or editing a Load balancer on an Instance.
Monitors¶
Create Monitorr¶
- NAME
- Name of the MONITOR in Morpheus
- DESCRIPTION
- Description of the MONITOR in Morpheus
- PARENT MONITOR
- Select from available MONITORS
- DESTINATION
- Specify Destination, such a
*:443
. Default is*:*
- INTERVAL
- Specify Monitor Interval. Default is
5
- TIMEOUT
- Specify Monitor Timeout. Default is
15
- MONITOR CONFIG
- Enter monitor config.
Nodes¶
Create Node¶
- NAME
- Name of the NODE in Morpheus
- DESCRIPTION
- Description of the NODE in Morpheus
- ADDRESS
- Enter node address
- MONITOR
- Select from available MONITORS
- SERVICE PORT
- Specify SERVICE PORT for the NODE
Rule Scripts¶
Rule Scripts will be synced and listed in the RULE SCRIPTS tab. These rules will be available options when creating Virtual Servers.