Creating, configuring, and deploying F5 BIG-IP appliances and enterprise services in complex environments that lack unified control is time-consuming and requires a high level of expertise.

FSA uses a unified and easy-to-use web UI to help customers create, configure, and manage physical and virtual F5 BIG-IP devices, both on-premises and in the cloud, reducing complexity and gaining consistency and control. All while helping customers gain end-to-end visibility into their networks, development and deployment environments.

FSA collects device status and service information through the following means:

• RESTful API
• Telemetry
• HSL
• SYSLOG

FSA system features:

Centralized Management - Centralize business deployments and best practices to gain security insights from the L4-L7 layer and mitigate threats before they impact your applications.

Policy Alignment—Eliminate error-prone manual work and ensure compliance across your enterprise or across your portfolio of applications in public and private clouds.

Efficient Deployment - Full device lifecycle management reduces deployment time and minimizes errors.

Advanced analytics - Understand the health and performance of your applications and the BIG-IP devices they depend on. Collect and aggregate detailed metrics and data from BIG-IP devices on-premises and in the cloud.

Simplify BIG-IP portfolio management - Manage all BIG-IP physical and virtual appliances from a single point of control and enforce consistent application and security policies across all data center and cloud environments.

Create a centralized application catalog - Create an application catalog that enables customers to quickly deploy similar applications in cloud and on-premises environments.

Visualization of the FSA system

Customize charts and dashboards to help customers simplify troubleshooting and assess BIG-IP and business health and performance at a glance.

Ensure compliance and security with centrally managed device and application configurations.

Reduce business blind spots and reduce risk with a business at-a-glance.

Create, configure, deploy, upgrade, authenticate, and manage numerous BIG-IP devices from an intelligent, centralized platform.

Keep BIG-IP device certificates compliant and up-to-date with seamless integration with built-in or third-party certificate management platforms.

Back up and restore configuration files.

FSA Periodic Reports

Generate comprehensive health reports and alerts for BIG-IP devices.

Generate visual reports on the health and performance of your applications.