Document Revision History

Release Description Date
1.43 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.43.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Updates packages to the latest available versions
3-11-24
1.42 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.42.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Ability to set WAF Settings: ecard_max_http_req_uri_len, ignore_cookies_msg_key, and cookie_secure_attr
* Added support for RoutingBGP neighbors addressFamilies asOverrideEnabled property, GitHub Issue 368

Issues Resolved:
* Creating a RoutingBGP fails if a RouteMap is not in the declaration, GitHub Issue 363 and GitHub Issue 329
1-16-24
1.41 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.41.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for updating trust certificates when updating device certificate, GitHub Issue 86

Issues Resolved:
* Reports error with Radius server.
11-14-23
1.40 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.40.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for configuring BIG-IP ASM options in a declaration (see AS3 options), GitHub Issue 656
* Support for configuring username and password prompts (see Configuring username and password prompts)
* Added support for the route-domain attribute in Routing Prefix lists (see the updated Routing Prefix List example)

Issues Resolved:
* Fix documentation output in the Schema Reference for the System Class.
9-12-23
1.39.1 Released BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding 1.39.1 as a LTS (Long Term Support) version. See the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding Support page on GitHub for information about the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding support policy. 9-12-23
1.39 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.39.0. This release contains the following issues resolved:
* Failure to configure BIG-IP when built-in admin account is disabled
* DeviceCertificate hangs on BIG-IQ with no error response to user
* Empty object defaults can cause upgrade failures
* Renamed the primary branch in the GitHub repository for DO main
7-24-23
1.38 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.38.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for revoking a license on a BIG-IP, allowing revoking and relicensing in a declaration (see Revoke and relicense)
* Added support for referencing a URL in the sslCaCert property of LDAP authentication (see Referencing a URL in the sslCaCert property)

Issues Resolved:
* Added missing protocol values for SnmpUser_authentication and SnmpUser_privacy
5-22-23
1.37 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.37.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for configuring Security analytics in a declaration (see Security Analytics)
* Added a note to the License Class section about new behavior when using DO to relicense a BIG-IP device.
3-27-23
1.36.1 Released BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding 1.36.1 as a LTS (Long Term Support) version. See the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding Support page on GitHub for information about the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding support policy. 3-9-23
1.36 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.36.0. This release contains the following changes:
* The default value for allowService on a SelfIp is now none (see Troubleshooting)
* Updated VXLAN tunnel creation to respect TrafficControl acceptIpOptions values (see the note in VXLAN tunnels)
2-9-23
1.35 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.35.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added the forceInitialPasswordChange property for the User class (see the updated User class example)

Issues Resolved:
* Restarting mcpd may wait for services that are not required, GitHub Issue 322
* Configuring TACACS can skip reporting errors
* Issues when there are no Firewall Policies to be processed
* Improve handling on route-domains, by fixing error: “tryuntil error: ioctl failed: No such device”, GitHub Issue 323
1-12-23
1.34 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.34.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added KexAlgorithms for SSHD (see SSHD in the Schema Reference)
* The task ID is now included in the DO log output (see the note in Note and Tips )
11-15-22
1.33 Updated the documentation for Declarative Onboarding v1.33.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added a Password Policy class (see Password Policy)
* Added a note to self IP stating the default behavior will change in DO 1.35 (see Self IP class)

Issues Resolved:
* DO issues a warning in the API response when a Self Ip is modified that the default for allowService will change to none in DO version 1.35.0
Declarations with deviceCertificate via BIG-IQ fail, GitHub Issue 297
10-4-22
1.32 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.30.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for a GUI security banner in the System class (see the updated System example), GitHub Issue 316
* Added the ability to enable or disable snmpd daemon support of snmpV1 and snmpV2c queries (see the updated SNMP example), GitHub Issue 316
* DNS_Resolver_forwardZones/name now accept “.” as an FQDN, GitHub Issue 280

Issues Resolved:
* RemoteAuthRole console property misconfigured when set to disabled, GitHub Issue 314
* Fail quicker on bad targetPassphrase value, GitHub Issue 308
* Fail quicker on bad targetPassphrase value, GitHub Issue 308
* GSLBGlobals not processed, GitHub Issue 311
* ManagementRoute Inconsistency, GitHub Issue 315
8-23-22
1.31 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.31.0. This release contains the following Issues Resolved:
* Improve exception handling when running on BIG-IQ
* BIG-IP DO 1.29.0 unable to find /mgmt/tm/sys/provision, GitHub Issue 306
7-15-22
1.30 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.30.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for validating declarations with either Device or BIG-IP DO class using do.schema.json (see Validating a declaration)

Issues Resolved:
* Declaration can fail while waiting for unprovisioned service to run
* Management firewall policy does not work without AFM module, GitHub Issue 279
* BIG-IP DO unable to change hostname correctly in Google Cloud, GitHub Issue 292
5-31-22
1.29 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.29.0. This release contains the following issues resolved:
* SelfIp with RouteDomain cannot reach directly connected network
* Licensing can fail if restnoded restarts during processing
* SelfIp allowService property does not accept a mix of service:port and default, GitHub Issue 276
* Security level is not automatically set in the SnmpUser class, GitHub Issue 282
* Management firewall policy does not work without AFM module, GitHub Issue 279
4-19-22
1.28 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.28.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for explicitly enabling management DHCP (see Management DHCP)
* Added support for specifying route domains in the RoutingBGP and RouteMap classes (see the updated BGP example)

Issues Resolved:
* Licensing in GCP multi-NIC fails (Upgrade to f5-cloud-libs 4.26.7), GitHub Issue 248
* URL is incorrect in schema files, GitHub Issue 285
3-8-22
1.27.1 Released BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding 1.27.1 as a LTS (Long Term Support) version. See the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding Support page on GitHub for information about the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding support policy. 3-8-22
1.27 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.27.0. This release contains the following resolved issues:
* Items containing ‘.’ or ‘-‘ characters in their names are not passing schema validation, GitHub Issue 277
* DNS_Resolver is not idempotent
* Tunnel is not idempotent
* Cannot update only the description of ManagementIp

Issues Resolved:
* Several idempotentcy issues are resolved, which required adding defaults for several items in the System Class
1-25-22
1.26 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.26.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added the remark field to GSLBDataCenter
* Added a new FAQ entry for HTTPD ciphersuite values (see HTTPD Ciphersuite)

Issues Resolved:
* Declaration fails when Management IP already exists, GitHub Issue 254
* BIG-IP DO fails when a route with a ‘/’ in the name is added manually between BIG-IP DO runs, GitHub Issue 267
* Adding a Management Route Resets Management IP to DHCP, GitHub Issue 269
* Unsupported httpd ciphersuite, GitHub Issue 178
* Unable to modify SelfIp referenced by ConfigSync, GitHub Issue 135
* When GTM is enabled, BIG-IP DO returns the error ‘Monitor /Common/http is read only’ on the second POST even when GSLB is not in the declaration.
12-14-21
1.25 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.25.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for VXLAN tunnels (see VXLAN tunnels)
* The timezone property of the NTP class now uses UTC as the default

Issues Resolved:
* SnmpTrapDestination, SnmpUser, and SnmpCommunity objects cannot be removed once created
* Firewall policies managed by AS3 are not ignored, GitHub Issue 255
* Unable to use remote auth user on BIG-IQ to deploy BIG-IP DO declaration, GitHub Issue 264
* BIG-IP DO fails when there is pre-existing route configuration with an interface type, GitHub Issue 265
* BIG-IP DO always enables DHCP on the management interface after POSTing a declaration, GitHub Issue 261
* Unable to specify gw and target in Route class, GitHub Issue 274
* BIG-IP DO 1.24.0 doesn’t honor Remote Role Groups “remoteAccess”: true setting. Was previously working on 1.21.1, GitHub Issue 268
* RouteDomain example references objects that do not exist, GitHub Issue 263
11-2-21
1.24 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.24.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for the ebgpMultihop property for BGP neighbors (see the updated BGP example)
* Added support for gre and geneve tunnel types (see Tunnels)
* Added the optional chargebackTag to the BIG-IQ utility examples, and to the License class section (see BIG-IQ utility route and BIG-IQ utility no route)
* Added support for firewall rules on the management interface (see Firewall rules)
* Added support for network routing access lists (see Access Lists)
* Added example declarations for Routes and Management Routes (see Routes)
* Added default values for version, port, and network for SnmpTrapDestination

Issues Resolved:
* FirewallPolicy incorrectly allows VLANs to be included in the destination schema object
9-21-21
1.23 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.23.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for specifying a static management IP address (see Static management IP)
* Added support for preserving DHCP management routes (see Preserve DHCP routes)
* Added support for the dryRun Controls property to test the declaration without deploying it (see dryRun)
* BIG-IP DO now preserves user authorization keys if no keys were provided in declaration, GitHub Issue 101

Issues Resolved:
* Ability to create routes with the Type of Interface, GitHub Issue 225
* RoutingPrefixList prefixLengthRange does not support strings, GitHub Issue 237 (see the updated Routing Prefix lists)
* Fix FailoverUnicast unicastAddresses.map is not a function
* RoutingBGP ‘toUpperCase’ undefined error, GitHub Issue 249
8-9-21
1.22 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.22.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for Auto Last Hop on VLANs (see Auto Last Hop)
* Properties in the ‘traces’, ‘currentConfig’, and ‘originalConfig’ sections of the response to a request now match what is sent to iControl REST rather than what is in the declaration

Issues Resolved:
* BIG-IP DO might reboot the BIG-IP system when the same configurations/declaration posted, GitHub Issue 227
* Match the accepted hypervisor list on BIG-IP DO with what is accepted by BIG-IQ, GitHub Issue 216
* DeviceGroup does not work with IPv6, GitHub Issue 233
* Race condition when creating self-ip on non-default route-domain, GitHub Issue 234
* Failover Unicast “cannot read property indexOf of undefined”
6-28-21
1.21.1 Released BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding 1.21.1 as a LTS (Long Term Support) version. See the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding Support page on GitHub for information about the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding support policy. 6-23-21
1.21 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.21.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Modified this revision history so the Release column aligns with the BIG-IP DO release
* Added support for enabling or disabling LDAP referral chasing (see Authentication Methods)
* Dig commands now use +nocookie option to improve compatibility with BIG-IQ 8.0

Issues Resolved:
* Invalid config after upgrading BIG-IP DO from 1.15.0, GitHub Issue 190
* Declaration containing NTP servers by dns name failing in certain cases, GitHub Issue 125
* Pre-DO GTM Server preventing BIG-IP DO declaration from running, GitHub Issue 201
* Disk class causes errors on declaration update, GitHub Issue 177
5-18-21
1.20 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.20.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for BGP Routing (see BGP routing)
* Added support for Firewall Policies in a declaration, including Firewall Address and Port lists (GitHub Issue 198). See Firewall Policy

Issues Resolved:
* Cannot read property ‘applicationData’ of undefined, GitHub Issue 204
* Task status change after restnoded process restarted
* Allow DeviceGroup owner to be an IPv6 address without having to use a json-pointer, Issue 198
* Improve schema compatibility with BIG-IQ UI
4-6-21
1.19 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.19.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for GSLB health monitors (see GSLB Monitors)
* Added support for GSLB Prober pools (see Prober pools)
* Added support for GSLB virtual servers (see the updated GSLB Server example)

Issues Resolved:
* Improve behavior when tenant is missing, GitHub Issue 118
2-23-21
1.18 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.18.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for GSLB Data Centers in a declaration (see GSLB Data Center)
* Added support for GSLB Servers in a declaration (see GSLB Server)
* Added support for routing prefix lists (see Prefix list example)
* Added support for using an external auth provider for BIG-IQ licensing (see External Auth Provider)
* The version of BIG-IP DO is now displayed in the logs on startup

Issues Resolved:
* Can only create one DeviceGroup, GitHub Issue 149
* GSLB schema defaults are not applied in some cases
1-12-21
1.17 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.17.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for Failover Multicast (see Failover Multicast)
* Updated the Auth Methods example declaration to include the new sslCaCert property (see Auth Methods)
* Added support for configuring Global GSLB settings (see Global GSLB settings)
* Added support for using variables in some RemoteAuthRole properties (see the Remote Auth role variable example)
* Added support for a parent Route Domain (see the updated Route Domain example)
* BIG-IP DO now accepts all as a single word for HTTPD allow value, GitHub Issue 163
* Removed the BIG-IP DO in a container page as that community supported solution has been deprecated
* Updated the BIG-IQ examples to change the bigIpPassword to match the password being set in the User Class (for example, see Licensing with BIG-IQ)
* Added more categories for example declarations (see Example Declarations)
* Added a note to Example Declarations stating all BIG-IP examples will work on BIG-IQ when adding the BIG-IQ section to the declaration
* Added notes to the Using BIG-IP DO on BIG-IQ page stating dry-run is not supported on BIG-IQ, and GET requests are supported

Issues Resolved:
* RemoteAuthRole remoteAccess property logic is backwards
* Disk size must be larger than current size
* Unable to specify route domain in route gw address, GitHub Issue 140
11-20-20
1.16 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.16.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for connection and persistence mirroring using the new MirrorIp class, GitHub Issue 112 (see Configuring connection and persistence mirroring)
* Added an example showing how to add an advisory banner in a declaration (see Warning users the BIG-IP is under AS3 automation)
* Added an example declaration for increasing the memory for restjavad (see Increasing the memory allocated to the restjavad daemon and Why is my BIG-IP experiencing occasional high CPU usage and slower performance?)
* Updated the note for vCMP systems on the Prerequisites and Requirements page stating that creating vCMP guests with a BIG-IP DO declaration is not supported
* Added a note on the do-container and Warnings pages stating that F5 is archiving the community-supported BIG-IP DO in a container solution
* Updated the note in Prerequisites and Requirements to include BIG-IP 13.1.3.x as incompatible with BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding

Issues Resolved:
* Retry license install if BIG-IP DO receives a connection reset
* Target VLAN errors from the inspect endpoint
* Fix minor schema issues: No type for minPathMtu and use const for Tunnel class
* Route creation order can be incorrect (GitHub Issue 147)
10-13-20
1.15 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.15.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for allowed source IP addresses for SSHD (see the updated SSHD example)
* Added support for the tenant property in the License class allowing an optional description of the license (see the No Route examples in Composing a declaration for licensing BIG-IP with a BIG-IQ and bigiq-examples)
* Added support for multiple failover unicast addresses (see Configuring multiple failover unicast addresses)
* Added support for traces in BIG-IP DO responses (see Enabling traces in BIG-IP DO responses)
* Added support for creating routes in the LOCAL_ONLY partition (see Creating Routes in the LOCAL_ONLY partition)
* Added more information about the Webhook property in Base components, and an example of the request sent to the webhook
* Updated the support notice for the community-supported BIG-IP DO Container to remove mention of the container being fully supported in the future
* Added a troubleshooting entry for a restjavad issue (see Why is my BIG-IP experiencing occasional high CPU usage and slower performance?)
* Added support for BIG-IP 16.0

Issues Resolved:
* Improve schema for use with BIG-IQ 7.1
09-01-20
1.14 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.14.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for VLAN Failsafe (see VLAN Failsafe)
* Added support for creating DNS Resolvers (see DNS Resolver)
* Added support for creating a TCP Forward Network Tunnel (see Tunnel)
* Added support for Traffic Groups (see Traffic Group class and Traffic Groups)

Issues Resolved:
* Bad class values do not fail schema validation
* MAC_Masquerade fails to roll back properly
07-21-20
1.13 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.13.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for SSL in LDAP configurations (see the Configuring BIG-IP authentication methods)
* Added support for the userAgent property in the new Controls class (see Using the userAgent Controls property)
* Added support for disabling the update auto-check in a declaration - GitHub Issue 107 (see Configuring System settings in a declaration)
* Added support for Audit Logging - GitHub Issue 120 (see Configuring Audit Logging in a declaration)
* Added support for Mac Masquerade - GitHub Issue 96 (see Configuring MAC Masquerading on Traffic Groups)

Issues Resolved:
* Cannot create a device group with AFM provisioned (GitHub Issue 138)
* Problems with latest Azure image
* charset not allowed in Content-Type header (GitHub Issue 79)
06-02-20
1.12 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.12.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for updating/uploading Device certificates (see Updating the TLS/SSL Device Certificate in a declaration)

Issues Resolved:
* Provisioning fails if module does not exist on box (GitHub Issue 91)
* Call webhook after declaration requiring reboot
* Fix allowed schema versions (also fixed in patch release 1.11.1)
* Schema is incompatible with golang regexp (GitHub Issue 132)
* Added missing roles for RemoteAuthRole.role enum (GitHub Issue 81)
* Avoid deleting dos-global-dg device group (GitHub Issue 103)
04-21-20
1.11 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.11.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for provisioning SSL Orchestrator (SSLO), see Provision class
* Added support for using IP addresses for Device Group members and owner (see Device Group class and Clustered declaration with IP addresses for Device Group owner and members)

Issues Resolved:
* Route Configuration can conflict with DHCP (GitHub issue 100)
* Setting ConfigSync does not handle device name / hostname mismatch (GitHub Issue 104)
* Attempting to modify ConfigSync on non-existing device - device not resolving properly (GitHub Issue 113)
* Requiring a reboot causes task to never complete
* Relicensing BIG-IP can be interrupted by service restart
03-10-20
1.10 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.10.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added the System class to the Composing a Standalone declaration page
* Added support for disabling autoPhonehome in the System class (see System class)
* Added support for provisioning CGNAT in TMOS version 15.0 and later (see Provision class)

Issues Resolved:
* On BIG-IP 14 and later, revoke license from BIG-IQ did not work
* BIG-IP DO now makes sure config is saved before issuing revoke command
* Fixed issue when existing Radius servers were present and none were the primary
01-28-20
1.9 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.9.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added a new query parameter for GET requests for HTTP status codes (see GET query parameters)
* Added a link to the AskF5 article for BIG-IP DO and BIG-IQ compatibility

Issues Resolved:
* BIG-IP DO was unable to set hostname in AWS environment (K45728203)
* Changes to the network property for ManagementRoute and Route would not actually update the config (Issue 75)
* The /example endpoint was not working.
12-03-19
1.8 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.8.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for SSHD (see the SSHD example)
* Added support for HTTPD (see the HTTPD example)
* Added a System class which includes cliInactivityTimeout, consoleInactivityTimeout, and hostname (see System example)
* Added a note about BIG-IP DO collecting non-identifiable usage data (see Notes and tips)
* Added a troubleshooting entry and other notes about BIG-IP DO performing hostname resolution, and failing if the hostname resolution fails (see Troubleshooting)
* Added a troubleshooting entry and other notes about the /dist directory going away on GitHub, and the BIG-IP DO RPM being available as a release Asset (see Troubleshooting)

Issues Resolved:
* BIG-IP DO was unable to use management network for SnmpTrapDestination
* BIG-IP DO creates incomplete RADIUS authentication configuration
* BIG-IP DO was unable to remove Radius System Auth configuration
* BIG-IP DO does not remove secondary Radius server when it is absent in declaration
10-22-19
1.7 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.7.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added the /inspect endpoint for GET requests to retrieve the current device configuration as a BIG-IP DO declaration (see Using GET with the /inspect endpoint)
* Added support for LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS authentication in a declaration (see the Auth method example)
* Added support for Remote Roles in authentication (see the Remote Roles example)
* Added support for configuring SNMP (see the SNMP example)
* Added support for configuring global Traffic Control properties (see Traffic Control example)
* Added support for configuring syslog destinations (see syslog destination example)
* Added support for using cmp-hash in the VLAN class (see cmp-hash example)
* Added support for DAG Globals (see DAG Globals example)
* Added support for the Trunk class (see the Trunk Class in the schema reference)
* Added a Schema Reference Appendix
* Added a note to Device Group class stating as of BIG-IP DO 1.7.0, owner is required.
* Improved masking of nested secrets
* Improved handling of route domains

Issues Resolved:
* The values of schemaCurrent and schemaMinium do not always return correct values
* Management Route class does not work
* BIG-IP DO sets task status to ERROR right away while it is still rolling back
* BIG-IP DO unable to create new VLAN(s) when no Route Domain(s) specified in declaration. Now BIG-IP DO will add new VLAN(s) to Route Domain with ID 0 unless otherwise specified.
* Device Group owner is now required
* configsyncIp now allows none as valid value
* When targetSshKey is used BIG-IP DO now tries bash shell to modify targetUsername password if tmsh shell fails
* BIG-IP DO now handles the automatic update of the root password when the admin password changes on BIG-IP version 14.0+.
09-10-19
Unreleased This documentation only update contains the following changes:
* Added a troubleshooting page with an entry about reposting a declaration with new VLANs, Self IPs, and/or Route Domain (see Troubleshooting Index)
* Updated the Route Domain example per GitHub issue #54 (see Route Domain class).
08-01-19
1.6 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.6.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for creating route domains in a declaration (see Route Domain class)
* Added support for specifying a management route (see Management Route class)
* Added a note to the tag row of the VLAN class table stating if you set the tag in BIG-IP DO, the VLAN defaults the tagged parameter to true.
* Added support for specifying a webhook URL for response information (see Base components for usage).

Issues Resolved:
* Updated Composing a declaration for licensing BIG-IP with a BIG-IQ and the example declarations to change references to ELA/subscription licensing to utility licensing.
* Removed targetSshKey when filling in targetPassphrase.
07-30-19
1.5 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.5.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Support for creating an Analytics profile (see Creating an Analytics profile).
* Added support for using Authorized Keys in declarations (see Keys example).
* Added a new page for Adding or removing members of a Device Group
* Added a note to the Prerequisites and Requirements stating that due to changes in TMOS v13.1.1.5, the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding Extension is not compatible with that specific TMOS version.
* Added the schema files from previous releases to the GitHub repository
* Updated Validating a declaration to clarify the schema URL to use
* Updated the documentation theme and indexes.

Issues Resolved:
* BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding now disables DHCP for DNS/NTP if BIG-IP DO is configuring them (see the note in DNS class and NTP class)
* License keys no longer appear in the log
* Radius server secrets no longer appears in the log
* LicensePool now respects custom management access port of the BIG-IP that is being licensed
* When a 400 is received from restjavad, BIG-IP DO now tries relicensing
* Fixed an issue in which initial clustering failure would prevent clustering from working on subsequent attempts due to using the wrong device name.
06-18-19
Unreleased Documentation only update: Added the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding Overview video to the home page. 05-24-19
1.4.1 Released BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.4.1. This maintenance release contains no changes for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding from 1.4.0 but does include a new version of the Docker Container. 05-21-19
1.4 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.4.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Using the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding Container now allows you to send declarations to multiple BIG-IPs without waiting for previous declarations to finish onboarding.
* taskId is now returned from POST onboard requests (see Note in POST documentation)
* New /task endpoint to retrieve status by task (see Note in GET documentation)
05-08-19
1.3.1 Released BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.3.1. This maintenance release contains only fixes for the following GitHub issues:
* Issue 7: Does not remove SelfIP and VLAN
* Issue 17: BIG-IP requesting reboot after declaration
* Issue 18: wrong GW IP in declaration leads to BIG-IP DO problems
* Issue 21: BIG-IP DO declaration with multiple modules requires manual reboot and re-post
* Issue 32: BIG-IP DOv1.3.0 to create multiple VLANs / self IP need to run twice on v14.1
05-07-19
1.3 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.3.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for revoking a license from a BIG-IP with BIG-IQ, as well as relicensing and overwriting a license (see Revoking a license using BIG-IQ).
* Added instructions for validating a declaration using Microsoft Visual Studio Code (see Validating a declaration).
* Added support for modifying a Self IP address.

Issues Resolved:
* Corrected an issue in which all Self IPs would be updated if there was a change to any of them.
* Corrected an issue in which clustering was not working if ASM was provisioned.
02-27-19
Unreleased This documentation update release updated the style of this document. 01-28-19
1.2 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.2.0. This release contains the following changes:
* Added support for using BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding in a container (see do-container).
* Added a new section on using JSON Pointers in BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding declarations (see JSON Pointers).
* Added a note and link about the BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding Postman Collection available on GitHub (see Prerequisites and Requirements).
* Added notes about the BIG-IP v14.0 and later Secure Password Policy (see If using BIG-IP 14.0 or later for details).
* Added new example declarations to Example Declarations.

Issues Resolved:
* Corrected an issue which would reject a CIDR of 1x on a Self IP address.
* Corrected an issue in which DB vars were not rolled back in the event of an error.
01-16-19
Unreleased Updated the provisioning examples to use a value of minimum and not minimal. 01-08-19
1.1 Updated the documentation for BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding v1.1.0. This version is fully supported by F5 Networks, and has moved to the F5Networks GitHub repository. Additionally, this release contains the following changes:
* Added support for using a BIG-IQ to license the BIG-IP (see Composing a declaration for licensing BIG-IP with a BIG-IQ).
* Added support for using arbitrary database variables (see DB variable class).
* Added support for assigning users to All Partitions (see User Class for usage).
* Added the option of not allowing Shell access when creating a user (see User Class for usage).
* Improved reporting for schema validation errors.
* Declarations now apply defaults from the schema.

Issues Resolved:
* Corrected a clustering race condition when onboarding 2 devices at the same time.
* Fixed an issue that was improperly deleting objects which just had a property change.
* Declarations now dis-allow sync-failover device group with both autoSync and fullLoadOnSync.
* BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding now ensures that non-floating self IPs are created before floating self IPs.
* BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding now handles missing content-type header.
* Fixed an issue where device name was not being set if hostname already matched declaration.
12-19-18
Unreleased Updated the example declarations to change allowService from all to default, changed the tagging for VLANs to false, updated the Self IP section to include a trafficGroup and removed the floating parameter as it does not apply to Self IP.
Added a tip to Composing a BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding declaration for a standalone BIG-IP and Composing a BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding declaration for a cluster of BIG-IPs stating you can use GET to track the status of a declaration.
11-13-18
1.0 Documentation for the initial release of F5 BIG-IP Declarative Onboarding 11-13-18