Manual Chapter : BIG-IP Administrator guide v2.1: Configuration Files

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BIG-IP versions 1.x - 4.x

  • 2.1.4 PTF-01, 2.1.4, 2.1.3 PTF-04, 2.1.3 PTF-03, 2.1.3 PTF-02, 2.1.3 PTF-01, 2.1.3, 2.1.2 PTF-02, 2.1.2 PTF-01, 2.1.2, 2.1.1, 2.1.0
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Configuration Files



Configuration files for the BIG/ip Controller

File Description
/etc/bigip.conf Stores virtual server and node definitions and settings, including node ping settings, the load balancing mode, and NAT and SNAT settings.
/etc/bigd.conf Stores service check settings.
/etc/bigip.interfaces Stores interface configuration information, such as fail-safe timeouts.
/etc/hosts.allow Stores the IP addresses of workstations that are allowed to make administrative shell connections to the BIG/ip Controller.
/etc/netstart Stores basic system start up settings.
/etc/ipfw.conf Stores IP filter settings.
/etc/rateclass.conf Stores rate class definitions.
/etc/ipfwrate.conf Stores IP filter settings for filters that also use rate classes.
/etc/snmpd.conf Stores SNMP configuration settings.
/etc/bigip.license Stores authorization information for the BIG/ip Controller.
/etc/syslog.conf Stores the configuration files for syslogd under the BIG/ip Controller.
/etc/rc.sysctl Stores the default UNIX and the BIG/ip Controller sysctl variables.
/etc/hosts Stores the hosts table for the BIG/ip Controller.
/etc/rc.local Stores the local daemons, filters, local boot settings for the BIG/ip Controller.
/etc/irs.conf Controls information retrieval functions in the C library.
/etc/login.conf UNIX system file, modified for the BIG/ip Controller.
/etc/rc UNIX system startup script, modified for the BIG/ip Controller.
/etc/sshd_config This is the configuration file for the secure shell server. It contains all the access information for people trying to get into the system via ssh.
/etc/wideip.conf This is a 3DNS Controller configuration file. For more information, please refer to the documentation for that product.
/VENDOR This file contains information describing F5 Networks. It includes the company name, a common name, contact information, and the text of the licensing agreement for the software.
/VERSION Contains name of the product, the number, and the access rights (BIG/ip 2.04 HA, for example).
/usr/contrib/bin/ssh-askpass This is the external program used by the ssh configuration utility to ask the user for his password from an X-windows system. It allows SSH to connect to a remote site, or generate a PPKey pair, in a secure manner.
/var/f5/httpd/conf/cert.conf The information for the public key/private key certification infrastructure for the webserver.
/var/f5/httpd/conf/httpd.conf The main configuration file for the webserver.
/var/f5/httpd/ssl/lib/ssleay.cnf This file holds the configuration information for how the SSL library interacts with browsers, and how key information is generated.
/var/f5/httpd/ssl/lib/ssleay.conf This file holds the configuration information for how the SSL library interacts with browsers, and how key information is generated.
/var/f5/httpd/basicauth/users The webserver password file. Contains the user names and passwords of the people permitted to access whatever is provided by the webserver.
/var/f5/bigdb/<db> This is the location of the F5 BIG/store database. Where <db> is the name specified for the database. This database holds various configuration information.