F5 Target

You can define an F5 Target to store the credentials of a privileged F5 BIG-IP administrator account.

An F5 Target can be used to provision certificates to remote servers, and to create an F5 Rotated Secret to rotate the target's admin password.

Create an F5 Target with the CLI

To create an F5 target with the CLI, run the following command:

akeyless target create f5-big-ip \
--name <Target name> \
--url <F5 Big IP target URL> \
--username <F5 username> \
--password <F5 username password>

Where:

• name: A unique name of the target. The name can include the path to the virtual folder where you want to create the new target, using slash / separators. If the folder does not exist, it will be created together with the target.

• url: The F5 BIG-IP target URL.

• username: An F5 username with permission to manage certificates.

• password: The password of the F5 username.

• key: Optional, a key name to be used to encrypt the target secret value. If a key name is not specified, the account default protection key is used.

You can find the complete list of parameters for this command in the CLI Reference - Akeyless Targets section.

Create an F5 Target in the Console

1. Log in to the Akeyless Console, and go to Targets > New > Infra (F5 BIG-IP).

2. Define a Name of the target, and specify the Location as a path to the virtual folder where you want to create the new target, using slash / separators. If the folder does not exist, it will be created together with the target.

3. Select a Protection key with a Customer Fragment to enable Zero-Knowledge and click Next. For more information, read here.

4. Define the remaining parameters as follows:

   • F5 BIG-IP URL: The F5 BIG-IP target URL.

   • Username: An F5 username with permission to manage certificates.

   • Password: The password of the F5 username.

5. Click Finish.