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Wackitron_36350's avatar
Wackitron_36350
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Feb 12, 2019

Create / Modify the Internal Datagroup of type Internal fails using iControl REST cURL call

   SID@kalamari:~$ curl -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"generation": 1, "type": "ip", "records": [{"name": "10.10.10.10/32", "data": ""}]}' https://10.20.30.40/mgmt/tm/ltm/data-group/internal/~Common~TEST_iRule | jq
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   200  100   115  100    85     37     27  0:00:03  0:00:03 --:--:--    39
{
  "code": 400,
  "message": "one or more configuration identifiers must be provided",
  "errorStack": [],
  "apiError": 26214401
}

SID@kalamari:~$ curl -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT -d '{"generation": 1, "type": "ip", "records": [{"name": "10.10.10.10/32", "data": ""}]}' https://10.20.30.40/mgmt/tm/ltm/data-group/internal/~Common~TEST_iRule | jq
      % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                     Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
    100   292  100   207  100    85     88     36  0:00:02  0:00:02 --:--:--    95
    {
      "code": 400,
      "message": "\"type\" may not be specified in the context of the \"modify\" command. \"type\" may be specified using the following commands: create, edit, list",
      "errorStack": [],
      "apiError": 26214401
    }

Hi F5 Folks,

 

I am trying to create the Internal Datagroup of type: IP using POST iControl REST call, but I am getting a 400 error back. Seems like I am doing something wrong on the BODY content of the POST call.

 

I also tried to use the PUT call to modify the existing Datagroup, but that one failed too. Above the Request and Response of the Payload.

 

Help is much appreciated.

 

SID

 

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  • jaikumar_f5's avatar
    jaikumar_f5
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    Feb 13, 2019

    Hi Wackitron,

    You can go through the REST Cookbooks to know when to use POST, PUT & PATCH. Also you should know, that DGL's do not have subcollections - anything that you do with the Datagroup records is like a whole replacement, so whenever you are planning to add an extra record, you should first collect all the existing ones and then add the new one along with it.

    So to answer your question,

    your 1st command with a POST is an add, for you to create a datagroup, you should use the below,

    curl -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"name": "TEST_iRule", "partition": "Common","type": "ip", "records": [{"name": "10.10.10.10/32", "data": ""}]}' https://10.20.30.40/mgmt/tm/ltm/data-group/internal jq

    your 2nd command with a PUT was right, but as the error says, for record addition/modification one would not pass the type, as the DGL is already created as type IP, so you need not give that parameter again, without that it would succeed.

    curl -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT -d '{"records": [{"name": "10.10.10.10/32", "data": ""}]}' https://10.20.30.40/mgmt/tm/ltm/data-group/internal/~Common~TEST_iRule | jq

    • jba3126's avatar
      jba3126
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      May 26, 2023

      Do you have an example of how to add multiple records to a datagroup?

       

      /jeff