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README.md

F5 BIG-IP

Info:

By integrating with F5 BIG-IP, you add the ability to load balance services regardless of which hosts the containers have been deployed on. Currently, we only support an unpartitioned F5 BIG-IP installation. Prior to adding the service, please make sure the VirtualServer is configured on F5.

After launching the F5 service, services in Rancher will be registered to the F5 BIG-IP if it meets the following conditions:

  • Exposes a public port on the host

  • Contains a label with a key of 'io.rancher.service.external_lb_endpoint' and a value of the VirtualServer Name on F5 BIG-IP

In F5, any Rancher host running services that meet the criteria will be added to the F5 setup as nodes. For each service, a F5 pool will be created and each host that runs the service will be added as a pool member (<host_ip>:<exposed_port>). In the pool, the name of the pool member will be <service_name>_<environment_uuid>_rancher.internal. You can configure the suffix of the names. By default, this is set as rancher.internal.

Once the F5 configuration has been completed, you can access any services in Rancher using the F5 <vip>:<port>. As services matching the criteria are added and removed from Rancher, the F5 service will sync with the F5 BIG-IP will all the changes.