API Calls to F5 limited to 1024 KB download

  - thank you so very much for your time. My script is now working and able to easily handle files above 1MB.

Originally, I wrote this script to sit on an external linux box that would interact with the API and do everything. Due to concerns around credentials in the script, I decided to move the script to the appliance. This way, if the script is discovered no new privileges are gained since the user finding the file already needs access to the F5's advanced shell.

I was actually quite confined to my original thinking in that I needed to do everything with the API. While I do still need 2 API calls, I was able to swap out 2 api calls for bash. This eliminates the 1MB limit entirely.

By following what you provided I was able to find the answer to another issue I had. When I ran my script for the first time, the downloads would be empty, when I ran it a second time etc, all was well. When I was watching the /var/ts/var/rest location I could see that the policy export actually took a few seconds - so when the download did work, it was the previous policy export command that had completed. I placed a sleep in my loop to cater for this and this part is sorted.

I have a significantly better understanding of how all of this fits together now thanks to your assistance. It is greatly appreciated.

I will clean up my solution, perform some testing and provided it here once ready. I do expect others will benefit greatly from your input here. Thank you again!