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F5 BIG-IP VE in EVE-NG, already installed

BIG-IP Virtual Edition and BIG-IQ come installed in every CloudLabBox workspace. Use BIG-IP to practise virtual servers, pools, health monitors, profiles and iRules against servers in your own lab.

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Vendor
F5
In Add Node
25 images
Templates
bigip bigiq
Newest
bigip-17.5.0-0.0.15

Installed versions

Every BIG-IP and BIG-IQ name in the Add Node image list, exactly as you’ll pick it.

Started in our checksEach links to the tested tip below.

Template bigip

BIG-IP VE

22 images on this template. Newest first.

  • bigip-17.5.0-0.0.15
  • bigip-17.1.2.1-0.0.2Started in our checks
  • bigip-17.1.2-0.0.8
  • bigip-17.1.1.4-0.0.9
  • bigip-17.1.1.3-0.0.5
  • bigip-17.1.1.2-0.0.10
  • bigip-17.1.1.1-0.0.2
  • bigip-17.1.0.2-0.0.2
  • bigip-17.1.0.1-0.0.4
  • bigip-17.1.0-0.0.16
  • bigip-17.0.0.2-0.0.2
  • bigip-17.0.0.1-0.0.4
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  • bigip-17.0.0-0.0.22
  • bigip-16.1.3.2-0.0.4
  • bigip-16.0.0.1-0.0.3
  • bigip-15.1.5.1-0.0.14
  • bigip-15.1.5-0.0.10
  • bigip-15.1.4-0.0.47
  • bigip-15.1.3-0.0.11.ALL
  • bigip-14.1.4.5-0.0.7
  • bigip-12.1.2
  • bigip-11.6.0

Template bigiq

BIG-IQ

3 images on this template. Newest first.

  • bigiq-8.0.0-0.0.594
  • bigiq-7.1.0.0.0.1511
  • bigiq-7.0.0.1.0.0.6

Add it to a lab

In Add Node, choose the template, then the image. The template fills in these settings; change them before you start the node.

Add Node defaults for BIG-IP and BIG-IQ, read from the EVE-NG templates on 28 October 2026
ImageTemplateCPURAMInterfacesConsole
BIG-IP VEbigip12048 MB4 interfaces: Mgmt, then E1.1 to E1.3telnet
BIG-IQbigiq832768 MB3 interfacesVNC

EVE-NG admits a node by the CPU and RAM set on it, so a running node counts against your plan at these values. The largest of these templates starts nodes at 8 vCPU and 32,768 MB, more than the free demo’s 6 vCPU and 8 GB, so use the demo to find the image and a plan to run it.

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A virtual server for two web servers

Put BIG-IP in front of two Alpine Linux web servers, with a third Alpine host as the client, then build a pool with a health monitor and a virtual server that balances between them.

  • 1×BIG-IP VE bigip1 vCPU, 2048 MB
  • 3×Alpine Linux clbalpinebase2 vCPU, 512 MB each

Added with these defaults, the lab uses 7 vCPU and 3.5 GB of RAM. The smallest plan that fits is Standard, with 12 vCPU and 16 GB: £5 a day, or £1.25 an hour On-Demand.

Choose a planGive nodes more CPU or RAM and you add that instead.

Licences are yours to bring

CloudLabBox doesn't provide F5 licences. Activate BIG-IP and the modules you provision with your own licence or an F5 evaluation, and request the activation destination from your Account page.

The images run only inside your CloudLabBox workspace; they aren’t available to download.

Questions about BIG-IP and BIG-IQ

What are F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ?

BIG-IP Virtual Edition runs F5's TMOS: Local Traffic Manager load balancing, plus the other modules your licence turns on. BIG-IQ, F5's central management for BIG-IP, is installed too.

Which BIG-IP modules can I use?

The bigip template is labelled for Local Traffic Manager (LTM). Other modules, such as Advanced WAF, APM or DNS, can be provisioned only when your licence includes them.

What are BIG-IP's interfaces called in EVE-NG?

EVE-NG labels the first interface Mgmt, for the management port, and the others E1.1 to E1.3. Put your external and internal VLANs on those.

F5: which BIG-IP image reached its login prompt?

bigip-17.1.2.1-0.0.2 reached its console login prompt. Complete the appliance's initial management setup, then use your own suitable vendor licence or evaluation for the features you need. Request any required activation destinations through Account.

From the node tips, updated 9 October 2026.

F5 BIG-IQ: is it the same appliance as BIG-IP?

BIG-IQ manages BIG-IP appliances. Its management profile starts at 8 CPUs and 32 GB RAM. Complete management networking, licensing and trust with the devices you want to manage. The retained 7.x disks are 95 GiB and the 8.0 disk is 120 GiB; check the release and role storage requirements before collecting substantial data.

From the node tips, updated 9 October 2026.

Which BIG-IP and BIG-IQ images are installed?

25 images (22 BIG-IP VE, 3 BIG-IQ), all listed on this page exactly as Add Node shows them. The newest is bigip-17.5.0-0.0.15.

How much CPU and RAM does a BIG-IP and BIG-IQ node use?

When you add one, the bigip template adds 1 vCPU and 2048 MB of RAM; the bigiq template adds 8 vCPU and 32768 MB of RAM. You can change both in Add Node, and your plan counts what each running node is set to.

More images

CloudLabBox is independent of the vendors named on this page. Their names identify the images in the workspace’s Add Node list.