Any way to simulate F5 BIG-IP server?

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Brett McCann picture Brett McCann · Jan 8, 2010 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

We have a potential client that uses F5 BIG-IP servers for load balancing. In determining if we could cleanly integrate our product with their Load Balancers, I started looking at the API's provided by F5. The problem is, I can't run any custom code with their API's without an F5 server. Does anyone know if there is a software equivalent for testing?

As I'm trying to learn how the F5 product works, creating my own mocks doesn't help. I want to hit various API functions, and learn what gets returned.

Answer

Brett McCann picture Brett McCann · Feb 19, 2010

For reference of anyone else trying to do the same thing, F5 is now releasing a virtual edition of BIG-IP Server.

Here is a link to a 90 day trial version: BIG-IP Trial Version

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