# F5 BIG-IP

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/f5/f5-big-ip/  
**Provider:** F5 — https://apis.io/providers/f5/  
**Documentation:** https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/

F5 BIG-IP is one of 4 APIs that [F5](https://apis.io/providers/f5/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Application, Security, Load Balancing, and BIG-IP. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

BIG-IP delivers high-performance application and API delivery with load balancing, API gateway, DNS, and security services. The platform exposes programmable APIs including iControlREST for configuration and service management, iControl SOAP for legacy automation, iRules and iRulesLX for data-plane traffic manipulation, and TMSH scripting for control-plane automation. BIG-IQ provides centralized management for BIG-IP devices through its own well-documented REST API.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **Documentation** — https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/
- **iControlREST** — https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/icontrol-rest/
- **BIG-IQ Management API** — https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/big-iq/mgmt-api/v0.0/
- **iRules** — https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/irules/
- **iApps** — https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/iapps/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/f5/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other F5 APIs (3)

- [F5 NGINX](https://apis.io/apis/f5/f5-nginx/)
- [F5 Distributed Cloud Services](https://apis.io/apis/f5/f5-distributed-cloud/)
- [F5 Mgmt API](https://apis.io/apis/f5/f5-mgmt-api/)

## Tags

Application, Security, Load Balancing, BIG-IP

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