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BaltoStar_12467's avatar
BaltoStar_12467
Oct 26, 2015

BIG-IP : tmsh script to retrieve bigip.conf

F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition v11.4.1 (Build 635.0) LTM on ESXi I need a scheduled automated solution to retrieve bigip.conf from the active device in an HA pair. Is this realistic with via a cron jo...
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Satoshi_Toyosa1's avatar
Satoshi_Toyosa1
Ret. Employee
Sep 12, 2017

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"}'