When prompted, provide the IP address and credentials for the BIG-IP system. On the iRules & iRuleLX tab,Ĭlick the New BIG-IP Connection toolbar button (at the top of the Explorer pane) The Explorer pane includes a toolbar with 3 buttons. In the F5 perspective you chose there are three views: Explorer pane on the left hand side, Editor pane on the right hand side, and a Log panel along the bottom. In Eclipse,Ĭlick on Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other… To use the F5 plug-in, you must activate the F5 perspective. When prompted to restart Eclipse, click Yes

Read the License Agreement, check I accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Finish Check the box next to the F5 item.Ĭheck the Contact all update sites box and click NextĪfter you review the installation items, click Next. Type the text “” into the Location field (omit the quotation marks)Īfter you add the repository, F5 Networks or F5 Programmability for Eclipse should apppear in the Available Software dialog. If you are running the Luna version, or the release URL is not listed, Verify that the Mars or Neon release URL is listed in the Works with drop down. Start the version of Eclipse that you installed. To install the F5 Programmability for Eclipse plug-in, Network access to one or more F5 Networks BIG-IP systems ( TMOS version 12.1+)į5 Programmability for Eclipse, version 1.0, has been tested for compatibility with the following configurations: OS The system requirements for the F5 Programmability for Eclipse are:Įclipse installed – Minimum version: Luna (v4.4) Recommended: Mars (v4.5) or Neon (v4.6) Please make sure to tag irules and/or iruleslx, as well as adding a custom editor tag. All support, questions, comments or otherwise for this editor should be submitted in the Q&A section of DevCentral. Note: This tool is provided via DevCentral as a free tool to help you better leverage iRules, and is in no way officially supported by F5 or F5 Professional Services. The editor functionality includes TCL/iRules and JavaScript language syntax highlighting, code completion, and hover documentation for the iRules API.

By using Eclipse, you can connect to one or more BIG-IP devices to view, modify or create iRules or iRuleLX workspaces. One of the cool features from my quick glance this afternoon is simultaneous multi-system support.į5 Programmability for Eclipse version 1.0 allows you to use the Eclipse IDE to manage iRules and iRuleLX development. It’s been a long time coming, but I’m pleased to announce a brand new editor for your iRules: F5 Programmability for Eclipse! This editor supports iRules & iRules LX in its initial release, but stay tuned for more features down the road.

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