data group list import- invalid format

Thanks. I used 10.0.0.0 and 20.0.0.0 as an example. but originally it is a list of 100 IPs which I cannot summarize. I have to add them individually. Do you know the format for that?

ok no problem, just check this article from Jason Rahm : You will find the exact syntax for external data-groups https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/v11-irules-data-group-updates

thanks Yann. Below is what that article says about external IP data group. Do you know if I have to add this format to the external data group list I created? where will I add the IPs? External Data Group------------------------- ltm data-group external addr_testclass_ext { external-file-name addr_testclass.class type ip }

Thanks. I used 10.0.0.0 and 20.0.0.0 as an example. but originally it is a list of 100 IPs which I cannot summarize. I have to add them individually. Do you know the format for that?

ok no problem, just check this article from Jason Rahm : You will find the exact syntax for external data-groups https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/v11-irules-data-group-updates

thanks Yann. Below is what that article says about external IP data group. Do you know if I have to add this format to the external data group list I created? where will I add the IPs? External Data Group------------------------- ltm data-group external addr_testclass_ext { external-file-name addr_testclass.class type ip }

Please, don't be frustated. I don't know if in comments they mentioned the format, so you can use this way:

network 10.0.0.0 prefixlen 8 := "Network1",
network 172.16.0.0 prefixlen 12 := "Network2",
network 192.168.0.0 prefixlen 16 := "Network3",
host 192.168.20.1 := "Host1",
host 172.16.1.1 := "Host2"

Regards.

cjunior, Thank you for providing the info; it was the lead I needed.

But I share the frustration; I've been working on that exact problem for the last hour, and stumbled across this thread while trying to solve it. The external format does not match that of the internal data group ip type, and all of the references I saw to using the above format were in the context of v9, so I ignored them. Does anyone know where the definitive reference is? I only know of Jason Rahm's article on external data groups, and it doesn't show an example of ip type, just string and integer.

However, after experimenting, I found that these formats also work:

host 172.31.140.222 := "Host A",

network 172.31.140.223/32 := "Host B",

network 172.31.140.0/24 := "Network C",

Cheers,

Stan

Thank you Stan,

 

I inherit that syntax on past and this still keep works for today on new versions.

 

By the way, your example is very clean to use, nice job!