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Darren_Walker_2
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Oct 12, 2016

bulk edit data-group (bigip.conf )

I've seen some answers to this but I'm needing to make sure it's the right answer. We have a data-group key/value pair for redirects. We put in the source, destination, and other details, like start ...
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  • Vernon_97235's avatar
    Vernon_97235
    Oct 12, 2016

    There is no need to do this. There are two data-group sources: internal (meaning, part of the config) and external (meaning loaded from a separate file when the config is reloaded). They are equivalent in performance; they differ only in how they are loaded (well, and the differ in layout, as well). This article explains how to create and modify an external data-group:

     

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Vernon_97235
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Oct 12, 2016

My apologies, it's actually:

tmsh load sys config file /var/tmp/new-dg-def.txt merge

Note that this will not work on 10.x.

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    Darren_Walker_2
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    Oct 12, 2016

    Thank you. That told me my directory wasn't white listed so I used the command to list those locations and put my redirects.txt file in /var/local/scf and now it verifies the file and I can merge it. I appreciate all your help!