Other Profiles:
Protocol Profile:
o This is default Profile; each & every Virtual Server need to configure with Protocol Profile.
o In F5 BIG-IP System Protocol Profile defines connection timeouts and other parameters.
o Once select Protocol Profile, F5 automatically assigns client side and server-side protocol.
o In F5 BIG-IP System Local Traffic Manager example are TCP, UDP, Fast L4, FAST HTTP etc.
o For each protocol profile type, LTM provides a pre-configured profile with default settings.
o The purpose of a Fast L4 profile is to help you manage the Layer 4 traffic more efficiently.
o Use Fast L4 profile with VS Performance (Layer 4), Forwarding (Layer 2) & Forwarding (IP).
o Fast HTTP profile is configuration tool to speed up certain types of HTTP connections.
o The TCP profiles are configuration tools that help you to manage TCP network traffic.
o TCP profiles are important required for implementing certain types of other profiles.
o For example, by implementing TCP, HTTP, Rewrite, HTML, and OneConnect profiles.
o The BIG-IP system includes several pre-configured TCP profiles that you can use as is.
o In BIG-IP the UDP profile is a configuration tool for managing UDP network traffic.
TCP
Protocols
UDP
FastL4
Fast HTTP
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Authentication Profiles:
o Authentication Profile is used to authenticate client/server traffic on Virtual Server.
o Authentication Profile example are LDAP, RADIUS, TACACS, KERBEROS, LDAPS, OCSP.
o It can authenticate or authorize network traffic using data stored on remote LDAP server.
o It can authenticate network traffic using data stored on a remote RADIUS server.
o RADIUS authentication module is a mechanism for authenticating client connections.
o TACACS+ authentication module is a mechanism for authenticating client connections.
o SSL client certificate LDAP authentication module is for authorizing client connections.
o LTM can authenticate network traffic using data stored on a remote TACACS+ server.
o BIG-IP system can authorize network traffic using data stored on a remote LDAP server.
Authentication Profiles
RADIUS
LDAP
TACACS+
On the Main tab, click Local Traffic > Virtual Servers. The Virtual Server List screen opens. Click
the name of virtual server. From the Configuration list, select Advanced. For the Authentication
Profiles setting, in the Available field, select a custom authentication profile, and using the
Move button, move the custom authentication profile to the Selected field. Click Update to
save the changes.
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Services Profiles:
o LTM offers several features can use to intelligently control your application-layer traffic.
o In Local Traffic Manager These features are available through various configuration profiles.
o Services profiles, LTM includes other features to help you manage your application traffic.
o Configure an HTTP profile to ensure that HTTP traffic management suits your specific needs.
o The HTTP profile provides three proxy modes they are Reverse, Explicit, and Transparent.
o Specify Reverse Proxy Mode to enable LTM to manage responses from multiple servers.
o Explicit Proxy Mode enables LTM to handle HTTP proxy requests and function as a gateway.
o Transparent Proxy Mode enables LTM to forward invalid HTTP traffic to a specified server.
o Another feature that you can configure within an HTTP profile is the HTTP redirection.
HTTP
Services Profiles
FTP
SIP
SMTP
On the Main tab, click Local Traffic > Virtual Servers. The Virtual Server List screen opens. Click
the name of virtual server. From the Configuration list, select Advanced. For the Services
Profiles all these profiles are services profiles such as HTTP, HTTP Proxy Connect Profile, FTP
Profile, RTSP Profile, Sockets Profile, Stream Profile, XML Profile, MQTT and so on.
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HTTP Profile Specifies the HTTP profile for managing HTTP traffic.
FTP Profile Specifies the FTP profile for managing FTP traffic.
RTSP Profile Specifies the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) profile for the
system to use for this virtual server.
SMTPS Profile Specifies the SMTPS profile for managing SMTPS traffic.
Client LDAP Profile Specifies the Client LDAP profile for managing Client LDAP traffic
Server LDAP Profile Specifies the Server LDAP profile for managing Server LDAP traffic.
SMTP Profile Specifies the SMTP profile for managing SMTP traffic.
DNS Profile Specifies the Domain Name System (DNS) profile for the system to use
for this virtual server.
QoE Profile Specifies the quality of experience (QoE) profile for managing video
traffic over HTTP
SIP Profile Specifies the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) profile for the system to
use for this virtual server.
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