Appendix C: F5 BIG-IP FAST Available Templates

BIG-IP FAST comes pre-installed with a base set of templates. Included are templates to deploy virtual servers for basic deployments as well as several example templates.

BIG-IP FAST templates are broken into 2 sections; bigip-fast-templates and examples.

The following table lists the template set, the corresponding template(s) and a brief description:

Template Set	Template Name	Description
bigip-fast-templates	DNS Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for DNS implementations
bigip-fast-templates	HTTP Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for HTTP and HTTPS implementations
bigip-fast-templates	LDAP Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for LDAP implementations
bigip-fast-templates	Microsoft ADFS Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for Microsoft ADFS implementations
bigip-fast-templates	Microsoft Exchange Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for Microsoft Exchange 2016 and 2019 implementations
bigip-fast-templates	Microsoft IIS Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for HTTP and HTTPS implementations
bigip-fast-templates	Microsoft Sharepoint Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for Microsoft Sharepoint 2016 implementations
bigip-fast-templates	SMTP Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for SMTP implementations
bigip-fast-templates	TCP Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for TCP implementations
bigip-fast-templates	UDP Application Template	Configure high availability and optimization for UDP implementations
bigip-fast-templates	Blue/Green Template	Divide application traffic between pools by percentage
examples	Simple UDP Application	Simple UDP template wuth parameters defined outside of the template
examples	Simple UDP Application with IPAM	Simple UDP template with IPAM options, see note below
examples	simple_http	A simple HTTP application with load balancing
examples	simple_https	An HTTPS application with load balancing
examples	simple_tcp	Simple TCP application load balancer
examples	simple_udp	Simple UDP load balancer using the same port on client and server side
examples	simple_waf	Example of an HTTPS application using an ASM Policy

Note

Before the UDP Application with IPAM template can be used, an IPAM provider must be configured on the Settings tab.

Please report any issues or an RFE on the BIG-IP FAST GitHub page > Issues tab, click New Issue.