Configsync failing due to rule syntax

Question

I have a new rule that works correctly redirecting traffic from one domain to another domain with an extra dash in the domain name.  Pretty straightforward.  But when I try to sync the configs to the 2nd LTM, it balks about this rule, specifically the first line which lists the name of the rule.  Below is the text from the bigip.conf and the first line is the offending line. Is the name too long?  That's the only thing I can see that might be a problem.  Or am I missing something simple here.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Error:
&nbsp;BIGpipe parsing error (Line 1943): 012e0021:3: The requested attribute () for 'rule' is invalid.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Rule:
&nbsp;rule veryveryverylongname12.com _redirect {         This is line 1943
&nbsp;       when HTTP_REQUEST { 
&nbsp;switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::host]] { 
&nbsp;"www.site1.com" - 
&nbsp;"site1.com" { 
&nbsp;HTTP::redirect ] } } }&nbsp;
&nbsp;Thanks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

nathan_houck_65 · Answer

Im assuming your using verion 10.x  
&nbsp; Do you get the same syntax error error when you do a "b verify load bigip.conf" ?

davec_53879 · Answer

Thanks for responding. Actually I'm running 9.4.6, and "b verify load bigip.conf" returns the same error.

nathan_houck_65 · Answer

I was able to do a b verify load on a10.2.3 box with the short rule name and syntax below.  It may be worth it, to blow away the Irule and put it back in in order to rule out syntax.  
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&nbsp; [root@bigipbox1:Active] config  b rule test_rule list 
&nbsp; rule test_rule { 
&nbsp;    when HTTP_REQUEST { 
&nbsp; switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::host]] { 
&nbsp; "www.site1.com" - 
&nbsp; "site1.com" { 
&nbsp; HTTP::redirect http://www.site-1.com[HTTP::uri] } } } 
&nbsp; } &nbsp;

davec_53879 · Answer

Nathan, I did as you suggested but it made no difference.  I then deleted/recreated the rule with a much shorter name, which didn't help either.  Any other ideas?

nathan_houck_65 · Answer

You could try to open a case with F5 support to further troubleshoot this issue but they may or may/not help because this is for an Irule.  Opening a case might help if you are running into a software bug.  Personally, I would take the rule of the conf file completly using VI.  Then do "b verify load" If it looks good, Configsync, then trying putting the Irule back in using the GUI.  &nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;when HTTP_REQUEST { switch -glob [string tolower [HTTP::host]] { "www.site1.com" - "site1.com" { HTTP::redirect http://www.site-1.com[HTTP::uri] } } }
&nbsp;*****&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;Are you adding the Irule via the GUI, Bigpipe, or editing the bigip.conf file directly?

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