Bug ID 1472917: LDAP authenticated admins logging in via the serial console may have trouble disabing appliance mode during system instability

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS, Velos(all modules)

Fixed In:
F5OS-C 1.8.0, F5OS-A 1.8.0

Opened: Jan 03, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

If ConfD is not running, F5OS offers an emergency option to disable appliance mode when an administrator logs in successfully via the serial console.

Impact

Remotely-authenticated admin users cannot disable appliance mode if ConfD is offline.

Conditions

The admin role has been configured with a remote-gid that is not 9000 and the admin successfully authenticates via LDAP on the serial console while ConfD is not running.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

Remotely-authenticated admin users can disable appliance mode if ConfD is offline.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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