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kaoutar
Cirrus
CirrusHow to extract or upload a Data Group through CLI.
Hello All,
Could you please help me to find a way to extract or upload a Data Group through CLI, In fact i need to add 300 IP Addresses which is tough manually.
thank you
kaoutarYou should be able to use the following steps to work it out.
1. In the GUI create a sample data-group with 2-3 entries.
2. In the CLI at tmsh run "list sys file data-group <your_data_group_name>" and grab that output from the beginning of the output to the end.
3. Next go to a text editor and paste in all your entries following the exact formatting of the sample data-group that you created.
4. Log into the CLI and at tmsh run "load sys config from-terminal merge" and then paste in the entirety of your data-group and after the text is pasted press ctrl+d twice which will merge your data-group into the existing sample data-group.It is extremely important to use the exact command for "load sys config from-terminal merge" otherwise you could mess up your F5 configuration.
5. Issue a "save sys config" to ensure that the configuration is saved.After these steps you should be able to go into the GUI or CLI and validate that the data-group was created properly.
- Paulius
MVP
kaoutarYou should be able to use the following steps to work it out.
1. In the GUI create a sample data-group with 2-3 entries.
2. In the CLI at tmsh run "list sys file data-group <your_data_group_name>" and grab that output from the beginning of the output to the end.
3. Next go to a text editor and paste in all your entries following the exact formatting of the sample data-group that you created.
4. Log into the CLI and at tmsh run "load sys config from-terminal merge" and then paste in the entirety of your data-group and after the text is pasted press ctrl+d twice which will merge your data-group into the existing sample data-group.It is extremely important to use the exact command for "load sys config from-terminal merge" otherwise you could mess up your F5 configuration.
5. Issue a "save sys config" to ensure that the configuration is saved.After these steps you should be able to go into the GUI or CLI and validate that the data-group was created properly.
kaoutarThank you so much for your reply
Hello,
you can check the below article for creating data group from external file. "external data groups are better suited for large data sets"
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K73862425
Thanks,
