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itchmyhead_2560's avatar
itchmyhead_2560
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Mar 25, 2016

Command Line Help

Please excuse me if this question has been answered. I am rather new with using the F5 product and would love some direction. I want to be able to do most of my work through the command line and am running into a road block. Is it possible to cut and paste config into the command line that I need? I need to be able to create a Pool, Virtual Server, and Monitor with just a cut and paste from a text file. Any direction would be much appreciated.

 

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4 Replies

  • John_Buchanan's avatar
    John_Buchanan
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    Mar 25, 2016
    What version are you running? I'd start with the TMSH reference guide, here's the link for 11.6.0, https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-tmsh-reference-11-6-0.pdf
  • eben_240222's avatar
    eben_240222
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    Mar 25, 2016

    Sure you can copy and paste configs to the CLI. you have to be in tmsh mode to do that.

     

    • itchmyhead_2560's avatar
      itchmyhead_2560
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      Mar 31, 2016
      It appears that I am in TMSH mode. Are there any specific examples of how you write the configurations up?
  • Michael_Jenkins's avatar
    Michael_Jenkins
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    Mar 31, 2016

    You can use the 

    load sys config from-terminal merge verify
    command within 
    tmsh
    and then paste the new/updated config and then hit 
    Ctrl + D
    to execute. That command will verify the changes.

    Then you can use the 

    load sys config from-terminal merge
    command and paste the config and 
    Ctrl + D
    to actually update the config.

    Note: You don't have to do the verify before the merge, but it makes me feel safer knowing there's not conflicts or syntax errors in the config