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Configuration Files

• BIG-IP configuration files

  BIG-IP configuration files

  The following table includes a list of the configuration files on the BIG-IP.

  File	Description
  /config/bigip.conf	Stores virtual server and node definitions and settings, including node ping settings, the load balancing mode, and NAT and SNAT settings.
  /config/bigip_base.conf	Stores BIG-IP self IP addresses and VLAN and interface configurations.
  /config/bigip.license	Stores authorization information for the BIG-IP.
  /etc/bigconf.conf	Stores the user preferences for the Configuration utility.
  /config/bigconfig/openssl.conf	This file holds the configuration information for how the SSL library interacts with browsers, and how key information is generated.
  /config/user.db	This is the location of the BIG/db database. This database holds various configuration information.
  /config/bigconfig/httpd.conf	The main configuration file for the webserver.
  /config/bigconfig/users	The webserver password file. Contains the user names and passwords of the people permitted to access whatever is provided by the webserver.
  /etc/hosts	Stores the hosts table for the BIG-IP.
  /etc/hosts.allow	Stores the IP addresses of workstations that are allowed to make administrative shell connections to the BIG-IP.
  /etc/hosts.deny	Stores the IP addresses of workstations that are allowed to make administrative shell connections to the BIG-IP.
  /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/snmptrap.conf	Stores SNMP trap configuration settings.
  /config/ssh	Contains the SSH configuration and key files.
  /etc/sshd_config	This is the configuration file for the secure shell server (SSH). It contains all the access information for people trying to get into the system by using SSH.
  /config/routes	Contains static route information.