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ShaneCal_162988
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Dec 16, 2014

iControlSnapIn Problems

I'm at the end of my wits here, I've read through all the guides, followed each of them to a word, I've been through several uninstalls and restarts and I'm still nowhere near getting this snapin to ...
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  • ShaneCal_162988's avatar
    ShaneCal_162988
    Apr 26, 2017

    Thanks to DeniceJ for necromancing this thread, I would have forgotten about it if I didn't get the alert

    Here's the code I've been using for the last few years to register the iControlSnapIn.dll and add the snap-in to the current session

     

    $PSScriptRoot = Split-Path -Parent -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$snapinPath = "$PSScriptRoot\f5-icontrol-powershell-snapin-12_1_0\iControlSnapIn.dll"
$snapinName = "iControlSnapIn"

if (Get-PSSnapIn -name $snapinName -ErrorAction Ignore)
{
    Write-Output "Verified that '$snapinName' snap-in is currently registered to this session"
}
else
{
    Write-Output "The '$snapinName' snap-in is not currently registered to this session, installing assembly for this snap-in from the following path now:`n$snapinPath"
    $installUtil = "$env:windir\Microsoft.Net\Framework${platform}\v2.0.50727\installUtil.exe";
    if ( [System.IO.File]::Exists($installUtil) )
    {
        Set-Alias installUtil $installUtil;
        installUtil $snapinPath /LogToConsole=false /LogFile=;
    }
    Write-Output "The '$snapinName' snap-in assembly has been registered, adding snap-in to this session now..."
    Add-PSSnapIn $snapinName  Add F5 iControl Library
    Write-Output "The '$snapinName' snap-in has been added to this session, continuing...`n"
}

     

    Note that I store the f5-icontrol-powershell-snapin-12_1_0 folder which contains the iControlSnapIn.dll in my script directory, as the script needs to run from different machines that may not have any F5 software installed.

Matthew_Harris1's avatar
Matthew_Harris1
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Mar 19, 2015

Hi chaps, try including this function and running it before connecting to your load balancer:

 

function Add-F5Snapin
{
    $PreviousLocation = Get-Location

    if(Test-Path -Path 'C:\Program files (x86)\F5 Networks\iControlSnapin\setupSnapin.ps1')
    {
        Set-Location 'C:\Program files (x86)\F5 Networks\iControlSnapin\'
    }
    elseif(Test-Path -Path 'C:\Program files\F5 Networks\iControlSnapin\setupSnapin.ps1')
    {
        Set-Location 'C:\Program files\F5 Networks\iControlSnapin\'
    }
    else
    {
        throw 'You do not have the iControl Snapin installed.'
    }

    .\setupSnapin.ps1 -force

    Set-Location $PreviousLocation

    if((Get-PSSnapin -Name 'iControlSnapIn' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null)
    {
        Add-PsSnapin 'iControlSnapIn'
    }
}

 

@Joe: Please could you start a GitHub repository so the community can contribute and create a modern PowerShell module?