Bug ID 602050: BIG-IQ fails discovery of BIG-IP with Virtual Server having address "any:0"

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ ADC(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
5.0.0, 5.4.0 HF1, 5.4.0 HF2

Fixed In:
5.1.0, 5.0.0 HF1

Opened: Jun 29, 2016

Severity: 4-Minor

Symptoms

Discovery fails with error: "Error while transforming Virtual Server, Details: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid address (any:0). Address is "

Impact

Discovery and import of BIG-IP fails.

Conditions

BIG-IP contains virtual-address names "any" and wildcard virtual servers with any:xxx

Workaround

1) Manually edit bigip.conf and change the name of the virtual address named "any" to "0.0.0.0" Find line: "ltm virtual-address /Common/any" Change to: "ltm virtual-address /Common/0.0.0.0" 2) Load config tmsh load sys config 3) save config: tmsh save sys config

Fix Information

BIG-IP contains virtual-address names "any" and wildcard virtual servers with any:xxx or any6:xxx Discovery fails with error: "Error while transforming Virtual Server, Details: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid address (any:0). Address is " BIG-IQ now properly discovers BigIPs with virtual servers that have addresses containing :any or :any6.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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