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Eric_Flores_131
Cirrostratus
CirrostratusBigsuds - save_configuration
I am new to python and iControl. I am trying to use bigsuds to save a UCS file on the box but I am getting a strange error -
>>> b.System.ConfigSync.save_configuration(['/shared/tmp/test.ucs'],['SAVE_FULL'])
Traceback (most recent call last):
......Output omitted ........
bigsuds.ArgumentError: "['SAVE_FULL']" is not a valid value for System.ConfigSync.SaveMode, expecting: SAVE_FULL, SAVE_HIGH_LEVEL_CONFIG, SAVE_BASE_LEVEL_CONFIG, SAVE_GTM_CONFIG_ONLY
It shows an error with my agrument in the raw list format. If I make the second argument a string then I also get errors -
>>> b.System.ConfigSync.save_configuration(['/shared/tmp/test.ucs'],'SAVE_FULL')
Traceback (most recent call last):
......Output omitted ........
suds.TypeNotFound: Type not found: 'filename'
I dont quite get what I am doing wrong.
- I have not used bigsuds, so I'm not familiar with the syntax, but have you tried replacing ['SAVE_FULL'] with a [0]?
Eric_Flores_131I get a similar error -
bigsuds.ArgumentError: "[0]" is not a valid value for System.ConfigSync.SaveMode, expecting: SAVE_FULL, SAVE_HIGH_LEVEL_CONFIG, SAVE_BASE_LEVEL_CONFIG, SAVE_GTM_CONFIG_ONLY- Eric_Flores_131
So I have seen from the error messages what the function arg names should be and I tried this -
>>> b.System.ConfigSync.save_configuration(filename = '/shared/tmp/test.ucs',save_flag = 'SAVE_FULL') Traceback (most recent call last): bigsuds.ServerError: Server raised fault: 'Exception caught in System::urn:iControl:System/ConfigSync::save_configuration() Common::InvalidArgument ' >>> - Eric_Flores_131
So I turned on suds debugging and saw the the F5 was rejecting the save mode "SAVE_FULL". I tried using the save mode of "SAVE_HIGH_LEVEL_CONFIG" and that works just fine. I would post the XML from the debug but I'm having quite the formatting meltdown trying to post the XML snippets.
Here is the output without debugging -
>>> b.System.ConfigSync.save_configuration(filename = '/var/local/ucs/test.ucs',save_flag = 'SAVE_FULL') Traceback (most recent call last): ....Output omitted...... bigsuds.ServerError: Server raised fault: 'Exception caught in System::urn:iControl:System/ConfigSync::save_configuration() Common::InvalidArgument 'I dont know why the F5 would reject the save mode when it is listed in the API documentation.
- Eric_Flores_131
I figured out what I was doing wrong. The reason the other save modes where working is because the ignore the filename attribute. In my iControl call I was specifying the full file path where I wanted to put the file. This was habit I had from doing it in TMSH where you could specify the full path.
However, with the iControl call you can only specify the filename (not the path) and it will put the file in the default location of /var/local/ucs/.
