F5 Unveils AI Assistant with iRules Code Generation to Power Scalable, Secure App and API Delivery Across Hybrid Environments
F5, the global leader in application and API delivery and security, today announced major advancements to its F5 AI Assistant, now equipped with iRules code generation, giving XOps teams a unified, natural language interface to automate operations across F5 BIG-IP, F5 NGINX One, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services.
Designed to tackle the growing complexity of hybrid, multicloud, and AI-native environments, the enhanced AI Assistant allows organizations to generate, validate, and explain iRules—dynamic traffic management scripts—directly from natural language input. This capability dramatically reduces time, effort, and expertise required to tailor app delivery and security workflows.
“We’re taking the programmability of iRules to the next level,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Innovation Officer at F5. “With AI Assistant, any operator—regardless of their coding background—can adapt to security or application demands instantly. It’s faster, safer, and smarter.”
Benefits and Capabilities
iRules Code Generation and Explanation
- Instantly create, validate, and optimize iRules from simple language prompts.
- Gain real-time explanations of iRules logic and performance for deeper insight and faster troubleshooting.
Cross-Platform AI Interface
- Unified experience across BIG-IP, NGINX One, and Distributed Cloud, eliminating siloed tools.
- Embedded domain-specific intelligence tailored to DevOps, SecOps, NetOps, and Platform Ops.
AI-Powered Operational Efficiency
- Reduce misconfigurations with syntactically correct, securely validated code.
- Speed deployments from days to minutes with context-aware automation.
- Automatically adjust security settings in response to emerging threats and app changes.
Transforming XOps with Agentic AI
With increasing pressure on IT teams to scale operations and respond to real-time threats, the F5 AI Assistant delivers measurable value across operational roles:
- DevOps: Automate configuration and deployment tasks with embedded intelligence.
- SecOps: Respond faster to incidents using AI-curated risk prioritization and mitigation strategies.
- NetOps: Ensure performance and resilience across distributed applications with optimized traffic routing.
- Platform Ops: Enforce consistency across environments through automated workflows and security posture management.
- CISOs: Make informed decisions with AI-generated insight into app-layer risks and compliance gaps.
Built for Trust and Scale
Unlike generic AI tools, F5 AI Assistant is powered by F5’s proprietary AI Data Fabric and trained on F5-validated data, ensuring outputs are secure, accurate, and purpose-built for enterprise application delivery and security.
“F5 AI Assistant finally bridges programmability and simplicity,” said T.J. Vreugdenhil, Sr. Solutions Architect at SHI. “It retains the deep control engineers rely on, while streamlining rule creation with trusted AI models—something no third-party solution can match.”
The new iRules functionality is available now, with more agentic AI features coming later this year to boost autonomous security, threat analytics, and AI application development.
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