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saidshow
Cirrus
CirrusAutomated ASM Backup - working bash script now to automate or convert to iCall/tcl
Hi All, I have put together a BASH script that when run performs a backup of the ASM policies and copies them to a remote location. The script runs great and I have had it set as a Cron job in my...
For the basics see https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/what-is-icall-27404
Also check out the following as an iCall example https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/icall-crl-update-with-route-domains-and-auto-sync-1169 (shameless plug of my own code)
You can run shell commands from TCL using the exec command and also run tmsh commands (see TMSH scripting help at https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/tmsh/)
It is a lot to take in and learn over running Bash scripts (and using cron to schedule them) as the iCall scripts and configuration is part of the F5 configuration so backed up and retained during upgrades.
Andy_McGrath
Cumulonimbus
Cumulonimbus@saidshow not a problem, glad you managed to work it out.
It it always is the simple things missed that catch us out, took me a while and many many versions to get that iCall working correctly.
Also if you want to set my answer as the accepted answer will hopefully help other in the future.
saidshowCirrus
Cirrus- Done. Thanks again. I'll come back and add some more specific information to help out anyone landing here in the future.