BIG-IP Next Local Traffic Manager
The core of F5’s next-gen application delivery software, BIG-IP Next Local Traffic Manager (LTM) optimizes and streamlines the management of network traffic, so applications are always available, secure, and reliable.
The Next Generation of App Delivery
Applications are unique, but that shouldn’t require reinventing the wheel every time you need to manage or maintain them. Enhance operational efficiency by making application management, maintenance, and deployment rapid, repeatable, and consistent. Use tools like iRules and application templates to reduce the overall labor demanded of teams to keep their applications online and performing at their peak.
- App Services Templates - BIG-IP Next LTM's app services templates make launching apps easy and secure, standardizing setup and management for efficiency and enhanced control.
- iRules Versioning - Stage iRules from templates, revert to most-desired versions or safe-points in the event of errors, and gain added visibility into where an iRule is deployed.
Protect the entire user experience by encrypting everything from the client to the server. Keep customer data secure with enhanced visibility for inbound and outbound traffic and industry-leading TLS/SSL performance, maximizing versatility and cipher controls based on your app’s needs. BIG-IP Next LTM also defends against DDoS attacks thanks to massive scaling ability and provides ICAP services for integration with data loss protection and virus protection.
- Data Protection - Encrypt traffic with cutting-edge cipher suites based on policy, compliance, or mobile needs, all without compromising the security of the TLS/SSL connection.
- Scalability is Security - BIG-IP Next LTM enables durable app availability, traffic capacity, and resiliency in the face of volumetric attacks, keeping apps online and user data safe.
- Rapid Vulnerability Patches - Agile development process can provide fixes for newly discovered vulnerabilities in as little as 24 hours, with users able to implement patches in under five minutes.
Product Overview
Monitor and control app traffic in BIG-IP Next LTM with BIG-IP Next Central Manager
BIG-IP Next LTM sits between clients and hosts, managing traffic into and out of a data center by way of a pre-configured virtual server that points to a group. This gives control over network traffic, selecting the best host destination based on server performance, security, and availability. BIG-IP Next LTM can be deployed on the rSeries and VELOS next-generation systems, as well as on Virtual Editions.
Hardware
Both the F5 rSeries family of appliances and the VELOS chassis are purpose-built, powerful hardware that F5 BIG-IP Next software runs on.
Virtual Editions
Deploy across a variety of cloud and virtualized environments, supporting hybrid, multicloud apps and enjoying the same features as BIG-IP Next running on F5 hardware.
Core Capabilities
BIG-IP Next LTM carries forward more than 25 years of secure app delivery expertise, offering enhanced scalability and availability for critical apps, streamlined for the workflows of today and tomorrow.
Traffic management
Maintain app availability by influencing L4-7 traffic in real time.
Declarative automation
Streamline service automation with declarative APIs.
Reliable, rapid scalability
Optimize responses to traffic demands, keeping apps online.
Versioning for configuration items
Save and stage tools like iRules and app templates for rapid, repeatable deployments.
Rapid security updates
Keep pace with an evolving threat landscape.
Real-time analytics
Enhance traffic management with detailed visibility and analytics.
Platform Support and Integrations
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Coming next
Private cloud support
Shift from hardware to software within the sanctuary of your own private cloud while maintaining application security and availability with BIG-IP Next LTM on Virtual Edition (VE).
F5 systems support
Deploy BIG-IP Next LTM on F5 next-generation systems, providing a highly scalable, fully automatable platform for hosting F5 BIG-IP Next software.
Integrations
Manage and provision BIG-IP Next configurations with BIG-IP Next’s Ansible and Terraform providers. Configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate workflows for app deployment, system updates, and more.
Coming next
Gain the freedom to deploy your apps wherever needed while reusing the same suite of application services you know and trust. Support for BIG-IP Next Local Traffic Manager in the following environments is currently under development*.
*Support for these environments is anticipated, however F5 does not guarantee support for each of these environments in future.
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