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Lukasz_01_15307
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Aug 24, 2016
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unable to activate aws hourly license

Hi, I just deployed Big IP Version 12.1.0.1.1.1447 on AWS with the hourly license. Right now I'm stuck in the license screen and I'm wondering what I need to do to activate the license... according to the documentation this should be done auto-magically...

 

Also, recommended deployment guide is a little out of date... https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-ve-setup-amazon-ec2-11-6-0/2.htmlunique_941942631

 

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  • Kosan_Koh_51462's avatar
    Kosan_Koh_51462
    Sep 13, 2016

    Hi, Try the following to see if that resolves your issue.

     

    When deploying hourly billing BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) in AWS, ensure that eth0 (used for management access) can access the internet.

     

    Associate a public IP to BIG-IP VE management ip (eth0)

     

    • In single NIC deployments, when configuring the instance details, in the Auto-assign Public IP list, select Enable

       

    • In multi-NIC deployments, associate an Elastic IP to the management NIC within a few minutes of deployment, or associate it later and restart the instance

       

    These steps are required so that BIG-IP VE can be licensed with F5 when it boots when using version 12.1 and beyond. If desired, you can remove these public IP addresses after the instance is licensed.

     

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    Lukasz_01_15307
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    Aug 25, 2016

    according to our aws marketplace the license is active, however I'm still getting activate the license screen. Any ideas?

     

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    Kosan_Koh_51462
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    Sep 13, 2016

    Hi, Try the following to see if that resolves your issue.

     

    When deploying hourly billing BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) in AWS, ensure that eth0 (used for management access) can access the internet.

     

    Associate a public IP to BIG-IP VE management ip (eth0)

     

    • In single NIC deployments, when configuring the instance details, in the Auto-assign Public IP list, select Enable

       

    • In multi-NIC deployments, associate an Elastic IP to the management NIC within a few minutes of deployment, or associate it later and restart the instance

       

    These steps are required so that BIG-IP VE can be licensed with F5 when it boots when using version 12.1 and beyond. If desired, you can remove these public IP addresses after the instance is licensed.

     

    • Lukasz_01_15307's avatar
      Lukasz_01_15307
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      Sep 13, 2016

      Hi Kosan,

       

      Thanks a lot for this, I got annoyed and bought lab BYOL... Your documentation should be updated to clearly state this as a limitation... our deployment requires management port to be in a private network that does not have internet access, also exposing management port on the internet is not the best security practice, especially on AWS where I can bet, their IP range is being scanned by not exactly friendly actors (call me paranoid).

       

      But still it's good to know for the future! Thanks again