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devopsdd_183664
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Jan 28, 2015

BigIP VE 11.6.0 modify json subcollection for SNMP

Hi all, I'm trying to automate modifying the SNMP community string via icontrol REST API, using curl on linux, on our BigIP Virtual Edition appliances. It's a subcollection in /mgmt/tm/sys/snmp but I...
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Michael_Jenkins
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Jan 28, 2015

The iControlRest doesn't seem to do to well with updating collections. So in my experience, what I've had to do is grab the collection, modify the fields I want, and then PUT the collection back.

I think your curl string is accurate, except that you need your identifiers (the name field at least)