# F5

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This integration is currently in beta.
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Connect your F5 BIG-IP with Halo Security to automatically discover and import virtual servers and pools into your Halo Security account.

## F5 BIG-IP Setup

To enable Halo Security to connect to your F5 BIG-IP, you'll need to create a dedicated user account:

1. **Login** to the **BIG-IP Web UI (**&#x75;sually at `https://<BIGIP_IP>`)
2. Go to **System → Users → User List**
3. Click **Create**
4. Fill in the fields:
   * **Username**: (e.g., `halo-security`)
   * **Password**: (create a secure password)
   * **Partition Access**: Set to `All`
   * **Role**: `Guest`
5. Click **Finished**

## Connect F5 BIG-IP to Halo Security

After creating a user account in F5 BIG-IP, you'll need to set up the connector in Halo Security:

1. Visit your *Settings → Integrations →* [Add](https://app.halosecurity.com/user/settings/integrations/add)
2. Add the F5 integration
3. Choose a name for your integration
4. Click **Add**
5. After creating the integration, finish setting it up by providing the following values:
   1. **Username:** The username you set up in F5 (e.g. `halo-security`)
   2. **Password:** The password you set up in F5
   3. **Host**: The hostname or IP address of your F5 BIG-IP appliance
   4. **Auto Update Frequency** (optional)**:** Select how often you would like updates to run
   5. **Auto Add DNS Zones** (optional)**:** Select whether you'd like to automatically add DNS zones from F5 as seed domains for discovery
6. Click **Save Changes**

## Using the integration

Now that your account is integrated with F5, you may run the integration to pull in assets from your F5 account.


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