Configuring an F5 BIG-IP Server

Firmware: 9.x, 10.x

Collector: Network Collector - Syslog

If your F5 BIG-IP Server uses Syslog-ng, complete the steps in Configuring a Syslog-ng Module.

If your F5 BIG-IP Server uses Syslog, complete the following steps to configure the server to send log messages to TLC:

1. Log in to the command line.
2. Enter the appropriate Configuration command for your version of F5 BIG-IP (see Table 123), where:

<name> is the name of the Syslog server,

<manager_ip> is the host name or IP address of the TLC Manager that will collect log messages from this Log Source, and

<port> is the port with which the TLC Manager will listen for log messages (either 1468 for TCP, or 514 for UDP).

3. Enter the appropriate Save command for your version of F5 BIG-IP (see Table 123).

Table 123. Commands for F5 BIG-IP servers

F5 BIG-IP version

Configuration command

Save command

10.2.2

bigpipe syslog remote server {<name> {host <manager_ip>}}

bigpipe save all

10.1.0 to 10.2.1

bigpipe syslog remote server {<name> {host <manager_ip>}}

or

tmsh modify sys syslog remote-servers add {<name> {host <manager_ip> remote-port <port>}}

bigpipe save

or

tmsh save sys config

10.0.0 to 10.0.x

bigpipe syslog remote server {<name> {host <manager_ip>}}

bigpipe save

9.4.2 to 9.4.8

bigpipe syslog remote server <manager_ip>

bigpipe save

Next

If you are performing initial configuration of your TLC environment, see Configuring your TLC Environment.

Otherwise, see Adding an Asset for a new Log Source.