Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for F5 BIG-IP

Version 6.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for F5 BIG-IP was released on November 30, 2022.

Compatibility

Version 6.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for F5 BIG-IP is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions	8.1.x, 8.2.x, 9.0.x
CIM	5.0.2
Platforms	Platform independent
Vendor Products	F5 BIG-IP F5 BIG-IP 11.6.5 - 17.0.0 Licensed LTM, DNS (GTM), APM, AFM, and ASM modules.

New Features

• Compatibility with the latest version of F5 Big-IP 17.0.0.
• Support for the Splunk Common Information Model version 5.0.2.
• Increased timeout value of server configuration API call.
• Corrected the extraction for fields extracting value as N/A as it is an unusefulCIM field value.

Fixed issues

Version 6.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for F5 BIG-IP has the following fixed issues:

• Handled special characters in username and password at the time of connection with the server.

Date resolved	Issue number	Description
2022-11-06	ADDON-57007	Password with special characters not working in configuration

Known issues

Version 6.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for F5 BIG-IP has the following reported known issues. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been reported:

Third-party software attributions

Some of the components included in this add-on are licensed under free or open source licenses. We wish to thank the contributors to those projects.

A complete listing of third-party software information for this add-on is available as a PDF file for download:
Splunk Add-on for F5 BIG-IP third-party software credits.