OVERVIEW | BIG-IP Per-App VEs
F5 BIG-IP Per-App VEs:
Cloud Application Delivery
and Security Solutions
Modern application delivery controllers (ADCs) and web application firewalls (WAFs)
can provide services to dozens or even hundreds of applications. However, to better
enable agile development and delivery processes, some organizations are seeking a
simpler approach where each application is deployed with its own application delivery
and security services.
Develop and deploy single app services
The F5 BIG-IP Per-App virtual editions (VEs) provide DevOps teams with an ADC and a WAF
to deliver services and security just for the application they are developing and deploying on
any of the leading cloud platforms. BIG-IP Per-App VEs deliver the same scalable, secure, and
customizable market-leading services provided by traditional F5 physical and virtual ADCs—at
a price and in a form factor appropriate for supporting individual applications.
VE software images are readily downloadable and can be quickly implemented as needed in
on-premises virtualized data centers and cloud environments. With BIG-IP Per-App VEs and
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management solutions, DevOps teams can quickly integrate into their
application stack and develop and deploy their applications with consistent services.
Because they are designed to deliver ADC and WAF services for a single application (high-
availability pair), BIG-IP Per-App VEs differ from standard BIG-IP VEs in the following manner:
• Available as ADC-only and as a WAF
• License pricing aligned for single application support
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BIG-IP LTM: ADC services to keep your apps fast, available, and secure
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) helps you deliver your applications in a reliable, safe,
and optimized way. You get the extensibility and flexibility of application services with the pro-
grammability you need to manage your physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure. With BIG-IP LTM,
you have the power to simplify, automate, and customize applications faster and more predictably.
Deliver applications rapidly and reliably
Optimize for today’s web applications with HTTP/2 to ensure that your customers and users
have access to the applications they need—whenever they need them.
Automate and customize with programmable infrastructure
Control your applications—from connection and traffic to configuration and management—with
F5 iRules® LX, the next stage of evolution for network programmability that brings Node.js
language support to the BIG-IP platform.
Easily deploy and manage applications
User-defined F5 iApps templates make it easy to deploy, manage, and get complete visibility
into your applications.
Secure your critical applications
Protect the apps that run your business with industry-leading SSL performance and visibility.
F5 Advanced WAF: A comprehensive WAF that helps you secure your apps—and your data
F5 Advanced WAF is deployed in more data centers than any enterprise WAF on the market.
With advanced firewall capabilities, it secures applications against layer 7 DDoS attacks, malicious
bot traffic, and application vulnerabilities where other WAFs fail. Built on F5’s industry-leading
ADC with the F5 TMOS operating system, Advanced WAF delivers flexible and comprehensive
protection wherever apps reside application protection and access management.
Turn on protection immediately
Simplify security with pre-built policies, thousands of out-of-the-box signatures, and a
streamlined approach to policy management that decreases operational expenses.
Patch vulnerabilities fast
Identify and resolve app vulnerabilities in minutes with leading DAST integration and automatic
virtual patching.
Defend with proven advanced protections
Protect your app with highly programmable technology that dynamically adapts policies,
proactively stops bots and DDoS, and demonstrates 99.89 percent overall security effectiveness.
Magnify threat knowledge
Easily understand your security status with detailed forensic analysis, full visibility into HTTP
and WebSocket traffic, and rich insight into all events and user types.
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management: See it all from a single pane of glass
Available free of charge with purchase of BIG-IP Per-App VEs, F5 BIG-IQ License Manager is a
specially licensed virtual edition of the BIG-IQ Central Management system that allows you to
remotely manage all your BIG-IP VE licenses.
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Management
Private Cloud Public Cloud
Figure 1: BIG-IQ provides per-app data collection and management.
Alternatively, choose F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management (available for an additional fee) to
provide a central point of control for F5 physical and virtual devices—and for the solutions that
run on them. It simplifies management, helps ensure compliance, and gives you the tools you
need to deliver applications securely and effectively.
BIG-IQ delivers comprehensive management of BIG-IP Per-App VEs, including the ability to
manage policies, licenses, SSL certificates, images, and configurations—as well as providing
basic analytics, and centralized reporting and alerting.
You can use BIG-IQ Centralized Management to:
• Track, manage, back up, restore, and license Per-App VE devices and their configurations.
• Manage application-specific configurations and settings.
GET STARTED • Manage certificates and network and security policies across clouds and data centers.
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• View central reports, alerts, dashboard, health metrics and security events either globally
virtualized data centers and or per application.
private cloud environments In addition to providing management services for BIG-IP Per-App VEs—whether they are
with a free trial. running locally or in the cloud—BIG-IQ supports BIG-IP, VIPRION, and BIG-IP VEs.
F5 BIG-IP Per-App VEs combined with BIG-IQ Centralized Management enable agile
TO FIND OUT MORE application development and deployment with comprehensive ADC and WAF services to
• BIG-IP VEs Datasheet drive business results.
• BIG-IP LTM Datasheet
How to buy
• F5 Advanced WAF Overview
BIG-IP Per-App LTM and Advanced WAF VEs are available on a pay-as-you-go basis from AWS,
• BIG-IQ CM Datasheet Azure, and Google marketplaces. Additionally, F5 offers subscription and Enterprise License
Agreement (ELA) purchase options as well.
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