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Changing the BIG-IP VE image in an F5 ARM template

The following procedure describes how to update an F5 ARM template to use a different BIG-IP image than the one referenced in the template. This is useful if your organization has standardized on a particular version of a template, and the BIG-IP image SKU referenced by the template has been retired from the Azure platform, for reasons such as a vulnerability is discovered in the BIG-IP image used by the template.

Refer to the Azure ARM Template Matrix to ensure proper compatibility of BIG-IP versions for particular releases. The BIG-IP version must be in the same family (for example, if you deployed using a v13 image, you use any v13.x image in the template).

Important This procedure is only necessary if you need to modify a template that was contained in a previous tagged release. If you do not need to use an older template, we recommend using the latest templates.

To change the BIG-IP VE image in a template

  1. Determine the F5 ARM template you want to deploy (for example, standalone, 1-NIC).
  2. Select the release Tag that corresponds to the template. To select the release tag:
  1. Browse to the template file (azuredeploy.json) which contains the BIG-IP image you want to replace. For example, for a 1-NIC, new stack, PAYG template, we click supported > standalone > 1nic > new_stack > PAYG > azuredeploy.json.
  2. Click the Raw button and save the file locally.
  3. Open the azuredeploy.json file and search for the BIG-IP version (image SKU) you want to replace (for example, 13.0.021). Replace this number with the new BIG-IP version (image SKU) everywhere it appears in the file (for example, with 13.0.0300) . The following is a snippet of the file showing where you would change the version. 
    "bigIpVersion": {
        "allowedValues": [
            "13.0.021",
            "12.1.24",
            "latest"
        ],
        "defaultValue": "13.0.021", 
        "metadata": {
            "description": "F5 BIG-IP version you want to use."
        },
        "type": "string"
  4. Save the new file.
  5. Deploy the ARM template as you typically do. For example, you can:
    • Use CLI tools to deploy the template. See the individual README file for instructions.
    • Deploy using the Azure portal by uploading the template file using the Templates blade. Once it is uploaded, you can launch the new template from there.
    • This is not an exhaustive list, simply deploy the new template as you normally would in Azure.