How to: Upgrade a Standalone BIG-IP VE from BIG-IP Next Central Manager

Description: This document describes how to upgrade BIG-IP Next VE from BIG-IP Next Central Manager.

Overview

Use this procedure to upgrade the software for standalone BIG-IP Next VE instances from BIG-IP Next Central Manager.

Procedure

  1. Log in to MyF5 Downloads.

  2. Accept the EULA and click Next.

  3. Under Group, select BIG-IP_Next.

  4. Under Product Line, select Virtual Edition.

  5. Under Select a product container, choose the appropriate version.

  6. Under Select a download file select the appropriate tgz file and the (if required) sig file(s).

  7. Under Download locations, select the appropriate location.

  8. Click Download. The file is downloaded to your local system, which can take up to an hour because of the size of these files.

  9. Log in to BIG-IP Next Central Manager as admin, click the Workspace icon next to the F5 logo, and click Infrastructure.

  10. Select the checkbox next to the BIG-IP Next instance you want to upgrade.

  11. At the top right of the screen, click Actions and select Upgrade.

  12. For the image file, click Upload file and the Browse link to navigate to the location you downloaded the image tgz file.

  13. Click the Open button. Click the Upload button.

  14. For the signature file, click Upload file and the Browse link to navigate to the location you downloaded the image sig file.

  15. Click the Open button.
    These files are large, so upload can take some time.

  16. After the file(s) upload, click the Upgrade button and confirm the upgrade by clicking the Upgrade button on the confirmation message.

Result

After the upgrade process, the BIG-IP Next instance displays with the new version on the My Instances page.