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kman_52500
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Jun 07, 2018

How to disable services via iControlREST

Hello,   I'm trying to figure out how to disable a service via iControlREST. I am able to stop/start services, but not disable/remove.   Example:   curl -u USER -d '{"command": "disable", "...
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Satoshi_Toyosa1's avatar
Satoshi_Toyosa1
Ret. Employee
Jul 30, 2018

I don't think tmsh has 

disable
command (iControl REST is just a wrapper for tmsh), or am I missing something? 
delete
is a valid command but I don't think you can use it for 
sys service
.

root@(ltm1310)(cfg-sync Standalone)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) delete sys service ntpd
Syntax Error: "service" unexpected argument

See pp. 57-65 of iControl® REST API User Guide Version 13.1 for the list of 

commands
you can use.

For other readers:

To stop the service 

ntpd
(
stop sys service ntpd
😞

curl -sku admin: https:///mgmt/tm/sys/service/ntpd \
 -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST \
 -d '{"command":"stop"}'

To start the service 

ntpd
(
start sys service ntpd
😞

curl -sku admin: https:///mgmt/tm/sys/service/ntpd \
 -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST \
 -d '{"command":"start"}'

To see the current status of 

ntpd
(
show sys service ntpd
😞

curl -sku admin: https:///mgmt/tm/sys/service/ntpd/stats