BIG-IP : tmsh script to retrieve bigip.conf

i believe the command you're looking for is

tmsh save sys config

i believe the command you're looking for is

tmsh save sys config

There's a couple of ways of skinning the cat so to speak

xxx@(yyy)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(ModuleNotLicensed:Active)(/Common)(tmos) save sys config ?
Options:
base               Base configuration.
binary             The configuration in binary format.
current-partition  The configuration in the current partition.
file               The configuration in the specified file.
gtm-only           GTM configuration only.
one-line           Display each configuration item on a single line
partitions         Partition list
user-only          User account configuration only.
wait

Or..

xxx@(yyy)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(ModuleNotLicensed:Active)(/Common)(tmos.sys.config) save ?
Modules:
/                  TMOS Command Line Interface
/analytics         Analytics reports
/sys               General system configuration
Options:
base               Base configuration.
binary             The configuration in binary format.
current-partition  The configuration in the current partition.
file               The configuration in the specified file.
gtm-only           GTM configuration only.
one-line           Display each configuration item on a single line
partitions         Partition list
user-only          User account configuration only.
wait

And as far as backups go, i have a shell script that runs via a cronjob. The script performs a nightly backup and pushes it to an ftp server.

There's a couple of ways of skinning the cat so to speak

xxx@(yyy)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(ModuleNotLicensed:Active)(/Common)(tmos) save sys config ?
Options:
base               Base configuration.
binary             The configuration in binary format.
current-partition  The configuration in the current partition.
file               The configuration in the specified file.
gtm-only           GTM configuration only.
one-line           Display each configuration item on a single line
partitions         Partition list
user-only          User account configuration only.
wait

Or..

xxx@(yyy)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(ModuleNotLicensed:Active)(/Common)(tmos.sys.config) save ?
Modules:
/                  TMOS Command Line Interface
/analytics         Analytics reports
/sys               General system configuration
Options:
base               Base configuration.
binary             The configuration in binary format.
current-partition  The configuration in the current partition.
file               The configuration in the specified file.
gtm-only           GTM configuration only.
one-line           Display each configuration item on a single line
partitions         Partition list
user-only          User account configuration only.
wait

And as far as backups go, i have a shell script that runs via a cronjob. The script performs a nightly backup and pushes it to an ftp server.

Sure mate. It's run from the BIG-IP's shell every night via a crontab entry:

[xxx@yyy:Active:Changes Pending] ~  crontab -l -u admin
30 3 * * * /config/BIG-IP_backup.sh

shell script:

!/bin/sh -x

tmsh save /sys ucs /var/tmp/BIG-IP_backup
export a=`date +"%y%m%d"`
export aa=$HOSTNAME.$a.ucs
export b=/var/tmp/$aa
mv /var/tmp/BIG-IP_backup.ucs $b

tar -cf /var/tmp/certs.tar /config/ssl
export ff=$HOSTNAME.$a.certs.tar
export f=/var/tmp/$ff
mv /var/tmp/certs.tar $f

export c=$HOSTNAME.$a.crontab
export cc=/var/tmp/$c
cp /etc/crontab $cc

export MName=1.2.3.4
export Log=/var/tmp/log.bigip

export UserName=SomeUserName
export UserPassword=SomePassWord

export Machine1f2=$aa
export Machine1f3=$c
export Machine1f4=$ff

ftp -nvd ${MName} 14 <<-END 1>&2 > ${Log}
user ${UserName} ${UserPassword}
bin
passive
put ${b} ${Machine1f2}
put ${cc} ${Machine1f3}
put ${f} ${Machine1f4}
quit
END
rm -f ${b}
rm -f ${cc}
rm -f ${f}
RTN_CODE=$?

exit $RTN_CODE

Hello,

 

Hello, when I generate an automatic backup it shows me this error when I execute the script:

 

Error, invalid characters in UCS file name. The dash, period, forward-slash, plus sign, and underscore are the only special characters allowed.

 

What is the problem?

 

Thank's

 

Unfortunately, iControl REST is not supported on 11.4. You should have at least 11.5, but for better usability, I recommend the latest 12.1 or 13.0.

An example iControl REST call to the BIG-IP to perform the

save /sys config

(yes, other way around) is shown below. Then, you can

sftp

or

scp

to the box to retrieve the file: /config/bigip.conf.

curl  https:///mgmt/tm/sys/config \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"command":"save"}'