iControl

DC Post of the Week - Graceful Server Connection Draining

DevCentral TV — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:39:41 GMT

In this week’s Post of the Week, Joe talks about using iControl to automate the process of bleeding off connections from a server, then bringing it all the way down once all connections have closed. Thanks to poster nevot from Spain for a great question demonstrating how iControl can help automate a common change control function.

BTW, sorry for the background noise. Remind me to shut down my BIG-IP next time B-).

Here's a link to the post: iControl graceful stop node.

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DC Post of the Week - iControl for SQL Server Triggered Failover

DevCentral TV — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:53:42 GMT

This week, Colin & Deb dig into an interesting scenario presented by poster dchenna requesting feedback on the best way to quickly and reliably swap out the active database server for certain operational & maintenance events. After reviewing the relative merits of a the suggestions and warnings offered by several respondents, it seems the best solution is an iControl call to modify the pool configuration when required.

Here’s the post: F5 to load balance MS Sql Servers

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Talking pyControl with Matt Cauthorn

DevCentral TV — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:52:46 GMT

The DevCentral Labs pyControl project has received overwhelmingly enthusiastic response from the DevCentral community. DevCentral's Deb Allen and Colin Walker get together with FSE and pyControl co-developer Matt Cauthorn to talk about what it is and why you need it.

And if you haven't already seen them, make sure to check out the following pyControl video tutorials by Matt:

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TechEd Recap

DevCentral TV — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:31:05 GMT

In this DCTV Episode, Colin Walker talks to Joe Pruitt about his recent trip to TechEd in Orlando. They discuss why F5 was at TechEd and about his talk at the VSIP Partner presentation.

TechDump: Delivering Network Events as RSS Feeds via iControl

DevCentral TV — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:21:00 GMT

With another cool example of how iControl can help streamline the way you monitor the BIG-IP, F5 Senior Architect Joe Pruitt shows how you can turn live network events and status into standard RSS feeds that can be consumed and viewed via an RSS reader or Web portal. (Special “inspiration credit” goes to Robert Scoble)