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End of Technical Support for F5 OpenStack LBaaS version 1

F5 announces the End of Technical Support (EoTS) for the F5 OpenStack LBaaS version 1 integration. This announcement is in compliance with the OpenStack community deprecation of the OpenStack Neutron LBaaS version 1 plugin. Customers are encouraged to move to OpenStack LBaaS version 2.

F5 ceased to repair defects and perform maintenance on the F5 OpenStack LBaaS version 1 integration as of the Openstack Ocata release in April 2017.

For additional information, please refer to the F5 End of Life policy.

Overview

Release Version

9.0.1

Compatibility

See the F5® OpenStack Releases and Support Matrix.

Introduction

The F5® OpenStack LBaaSv1 plugin allows you to orchestrate BIG-IP® load balancing services – including virtual IPs, pools, device service groups, and health monitoring – in an OpenStack environment.

The F5® LBaaSv1 agent translates ‘OpenStack’ to ‘BIG-IP®’, so to speak, allowing you to provision BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager® (LTM®) services in an OpenStack environment.

The diagram below shows a sample OpenStack environment using the F5® plugin for OpenStack LBaaSv1. The LBaaSv1 agent communicates with a BIG-IP® platform or Virtual Edition via iControl® REST. The load balancing service request is handled by the BIG-IP® according to its configurations; it can then connect, discover, and/or deploy to the cloud-based apps or vms in the OpenStack project network.

Sample OpenStack Environment with F5® LBaaSv1 Plugin

Fig. 1 Sample OpenStack Environment with F5® LBaaSv1 Plugin