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Steve_Albrecht
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Jul 21, 2017

Difference between External and Internal Data Groups

I am doing redirects for our CMS change and would be interested to know the difference between internal and external Data Groups. If i am needing to do >1000 redirects is one better to use than the ...
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Hannes_Rapp_162
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Jul 21, 2017

If performance is your main concern, go for string-type internal data group

To ease your work, take the source file, run some search & replace functions. Make it comply with format of internal data group as expressed in /config/bigip.conf file. Once ready, proceed by merging it to your config with 

tmsh load sys conf merge from-file /var/tmp/your-data-group.txt
. Create one dummy data group first if you need reference of compliant format.

Rgds,

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Hannes_Rapp_162
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Jul 21, 2017

The difference is the speed at which you get your work done.

 

If you do it in GUI, expect 2 hours minimum. If you have a good grasp on Vi or Nano, you can get it done in 5-15 minutes. If you wanted to do 25 redirects instead of 1K+, I would not have recommended this.