Prerequisites and RequirementsΒΆ

The following are prerequisites for using F5 BIG-IP Telemetry Streaming:

  • You must be using BIG-IP version 15.1 or later to use F5 BIG-IP Telemetry Streaming. F5 BIG-IP Telemetry Streaming is not intended to work on BIG-IP versions that have reached End of Life. See here for more information about BIG-IP versions supported by F5.

Important

Beginning with BIG-IP Telemetry Streaming version 1.36.0 BIG-IP Telemetry Streaming no longer supports BIG-IP 13.1 to 15.0.x. However, if you are still using the BIG-IP 13.1 to 15.0.x versions, you can use BIG-IP Telemetry Streaming 1.35.0 or earlier.

  • To install and configure F5 BIG-IP Telemetry Streaming, your BIG-IP user account must have the Administrator role.
    • See the Prometheus Pull Consumer documentation for more information on configuring a read-only account for pull consumers
  • You must have a configured consumer that will receive the data.
  • You should be familiar with the F5 BIG-IP and F5 terminology. For general information and documentation on the BIG-IP system, see the F5 Knowledge Center.