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fpieressa
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Nov 13, 2025

Does F5 AST natively support collecting and visualizing VS analytics metrics from AVR?

Hi everyone, I’d like to confirm whether F5 AST natively supports collecting and visualizing Virtual Server (VS) analytics metrics generated by the AVR module (for example, transactions per second, ...
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Theyeaterve1997
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Dec 08, 2025

No, F5 Application Study Tool (AST) doesn't natively collect AVR metrics directly but relies on F5 Telemetry Streaming (FTS) and OpenTelemetry to pull data, which then feeds AST's visualization; you need to enable AVR on BIG-IP, configure FTS to send AVR JSON telemetry, and use AST (or other tools like Elastic) for viewing, making it a supported integration, not built-in collection.