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Bernd_Schwuchow
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Mar 29, 2019

Partitions and Route Domains

Sorry, but it is still confusing to me:

 

I want: a) strictly separate two customers b) give them same IP for virt Servers for various services

 

What I do: opt a) use two different route domains and work with %ID separation, both route domains can be part of partition common.

 

opt b) use two different partions "customer a" and "customer b" and so I do not need to work with %ID separation (no route Domains needed).

 

Or do I have to use a mix of both?

 

BIG-IP
LTM
security

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  • Karim's avatar
    Karim
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    Mar 29, 2019

    Hi,

     

    Partition and route domains are two different things;

     

    Partitions allow you to assign different right to different administrators regarding specific configuration. For example you have two application deployed on the BIGIP: app1 et app2. You want only app1_admin to be able to access/modify/delete object related to app1. And you want only app2_admin to be able to access/modify/delete object related to app2. solution : you create two partitions, part_app1 and part_app2. and then you assign the following role to app1_admin and app2_admin:

     

    app1_admin administrator on partition part_app1 and guest on partition on partition part_app2

     

    app2_admi administrator on partition part_app2 and guest on partition on partition part_app1

     

    Route domains on the other hand, allow you to give the same IPs to different virtual server that resides in two different route domain. if you are familiar with cisco, they are known as Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF)

     

    Depending on your need you can use partition and/or route domain,

     

    Many thanks

     

  • KeesvandenBos's avatar
    KeesvandenBos
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    Mar 30, 2019

    Create two route domains in Common.

     

    Create two partitions in Common and assign route domain 1 to one partition and route domain 2 to the other partition.

     

     

    This will give you route/ip separation and per customer configuration separation.

     

    Also make sure to create your vlan's in common, you can create your self-ip's in the partitions.

     

    Cheers,

     

    Kees

     

  • Bernd_Schwuchow's avatar
    Bernd_Schwuchow
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    Apr 01, 2019

    Hi Karim, ok....thank you. So different partitions are only needed when I additionally want separated administrative access.