Bug ID 1938345: F5 on AWS : Unable to Launch F5 BIG-IP instance with latest firmware 17.5.0 in AWS

Last Modified: Oct 21, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
17.5.0, 17.5.1, 17.5.1.2, 17.5.1.3

Opened: May 16, 2025

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

BIG-IP AWS instance using AMI image for 17.5.0 intermittently fails to complete onboarding, specifically for one particular flavour of image - F5 BIGIP-17.5.0-0.0.15 PAYG-Best Plus 1Gbps.

Impact

Intermittently the instance completes deployment but without network configuration such as vlans, self IPs and routes

Conditions

When rapid BIG-IP instance ami is deployed on AWS. Specially F5 BIGIP-17.5.0-0.0.15 PAYG-Best Plus 1Gbps AMI.

Workaround

The issue is resolved on the next DHCP lease update

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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