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Stephen_Winter
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Nov 05, 2025
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External Data Group Import Failing.

Hey All,    Looking for some assistance on importing a DataGroup file.    I found the doc that indicated the EOL needed to be in the Unix format instead of Windows.  I've "converted" the file in No...
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  • Stephen_Winter's avatar
    Stephen_Winter
    Nov 12, 2025

    Well,   this was evidently stupid mistake on my part.    I didn't realize that the file needed an extra "," at the end of each line.  I assumed the EOL character would be the separator between records...

     

    So, instead of:

    "/sites/misc/filename.doc" := "/sites/newdept/filename.doc"

     

    I needed:

    "/sites/misc/filename.doc" := "/sites/newdept/filename.doc", 

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Samir
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Nov 11, 2025

Hi Stephan,

There are limitaions in existing f5 ansible 'bigip_data_group'. You can't add/modify existing data_group only create fresh and assign to iRule. Below link will help you to think in broder view. Mine dg is working well. 

 

Ref: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/orchestration/ansible/devel/modules/bigip_data_group_module.html

    - name: Add fresh DG
      bigip_data_group:
        provider: '{{ provider }}'
        name: allowed_ip
        external_file_name: subnet_allow_ip
        records_src: templates/filename
        state: present
        type: address
      delegate_to: localhost

Thanks