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Epay_NOC_236615's avatar
Epay_NOC_236615
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Jul 13, 2016

Create new ASM Policy from Exported XML

I'm trying for a couple weeks now to Export an ASM Policy from that is assigned to VirtualServer A and import that ASM Policy to VirtualServer B. My goal is to always be able to sync the policies whe...
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Tikka_Nagi_1315
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Jul 14, 2016

Up to 11.5.0 the ability to designate a local filename was quite limited. The approved method in 11.5.0 to import a policy is through the "file" field. The contents of the xml file need to passed in through rest encoded into JSON.

From 11.6.0 onward you should be able to reference a local path for the file parameter. If it fails, please check for the errors in /var/log/asm/

You can try the pre 11.6.0 method as it should still work:

curl -sk -u admin:admin https://myhost/mgmt/tm/asm/tasks/import-policy/ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST -d @asm_pol.txt | python -m json.tool
{
    "file": "\n
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rodolfosalgado_
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Jul 15, 2016

I tried that and didn't work for me.

 

When I try the POST using: '{"filename":"policy.xml","name":"Test"}' I get the exception: The remote server returned an error: (501) Not Implemented.

 

When I try the POST using what you suggested: '{"file":"","status":"NEW"}' I get the exception: A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '\n

 

For me it seems that I'm not doing the post correctly on the second post as you suggested. Could you share a little bit more ? What is python-m json.tool ? I'm trying to run my commands using Powershell...