Convert iRule File to use in curl command

Hi Mike, 

With help of curl command you can send irule to F5 box but you need to lot of background work. Example:

curl -sku admin:<password> -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST https://<BIG-IP_host>/mgmt/tm/ltm/rule -d '{"name":"<iRule_name>","apiAnonymous":"<iRule_content>"}' | jq .

i.e.

curl -sku admin:testing -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST https://LTM1.example.com/mgmt/tm/ltm/rule -d '{"name":"example_rule","apiAnonymous":"when HTTP_REQUEST {\n  if { [HTTP::uri] ends_with \"test\" } {\n    pool test_pool\n  }\n}"}' | jq .

Output similar to this...

The output looks similar to the following example:

{
  "kind": "tm:ltm:rule:rulestate",
  "name": "example_rule",
  "partition": "Common",
  "fullPath": "/Common/example_rule",
  "generation": 2184,
  "selfLink": "https://BIGIP_IP/mgmt/tm/ltm/rule/~Common~example_rule?ver=15.1.0",
  "apiAnonymous": "when HTTP_REQUEST {\n  if { [HTTP::uri] ends_with \"test\" } {\n    pool test_pool\n  }\n}"
}

I would suggest you to use ansible playbook to copy irule to f5 bigip.

---
#
# For More Irule help - https://www.linkedin.com/in/welcomesamir/
#
- name: BIG-IP SETUP
  hosts: lb
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false

  vars:
   irules: ['testirule','test2_irule']

  tasks:

  - set_fact:
     provider:
      server: "{{private_ip}}"
      user: "{{ansible_user}}"
      password: "{{ansible_ssh_pass}}"
      server_port: 443
      validate_certs: no

  - name: ADD iRules
    bigip_irule:
      provider: "{{provider}}"
      module: "ltm"
      name: "{{item}}"
      content: "{{lookup('file','{{item}}')}}"
    with_items: "{{irules}}"

thanks