How to: Perform a manual failover for a BIG-IP Next HA instance from BIG-IP Next Central Manager

Description: This document describes how to perform a manual failover for an existing BIG-IP Next HA instance.

Overview

Use this procedure to perform a manual failover from the active node to the standby node in a BIG-IP Next HA instance.

Procedure

To perform manual failover for an existing BIG-IP Next HA instance using Central Manager GUI:

  1. Log in to BIG-IP Next Central Manager as admin, click the workspace switcher next to the F5 icon, and click Infrastructure.

  2. In the Mode column, click the BIG-IP Next HA instance.
    The HA Parameters panel displays for this BIG-IP Next HA instance.

  3. Next to HA Nodes, click Force Failover.
    A confirmation popup displays.

  4. Click the Yes, Failover button.
    The failover process icon displays.

To perform manual failover for an existing BIG-IP Next HA instance using Central Manager API:

  1. Get Instance details by sending a GET request to /spaces/default/instances endpoint. Identify the ID of the instance that you want to upgrade.

    GET https://{{CM_IP}}/api/v1/spaces/default/instances?filter=address eq '{{bigip_next_mgmt_ip}}'

  2. Perform force failover for BIG-IP Next HA instance by sending the POST request to the /spaces/default/instances/<remote-Big-IP-Next-ID>/ha/failover endpoint.

POST https://{{CM_IP}}/api/v1/spaces/default/instances/<remote-Big-IP-Next-ID>/ha/failover

Result

The standby node in the BIG-IP Next HA instance becomes the active node.