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tatmotiv
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Oct 22, 2014

iControl REST call for switching a specific traffic-group to standby

Hi all, we are looking for a way to trigger a failover for a specific traffic-group through an iControl REST call. Specifically, an equivalent for the tmsh command "run sys failover standby traffic-g...
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tatmotiv
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Oct 27, 2014

curl -k -u admin:password https://x.x.x.x/mgmt/tm/sys/failover/ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST -d '{"command":"run","standby":true,"trafficGroup":"traffic-group-1"}'

 

works perfectly! Thanks for the hint, Arnaud!