Importing a pre-exisiting iRule into an existing virtual server using TMSH or Bash

The best thing to do is to use tmsh sys config merge function, for which you need to make sure the text of irule in the file start from "ltm rule ..." e.g:

ltm rule hello_world { 
  when RULE_INIT { 
     log local0. "HELLO WORLD!" 
     } 
}

e.g. save this in hello_world.txt file, now you can verify it and "load merge" it:

First verify:

tmsh load sys config verify file hello_world.txt merge 
Validating configuration... hello_world.txt

now merge for real:

tmsh load sys config file hello_world.txt merge 

Loading configuration... hello_world.tcl 

That's it!

Hi vvc, you are probably running the tmsh command in a wrong order? make sure the "file " are used together - otherwise you would get the "unknown property" error.

try this:

Regards, Sam

do the files upload into the F5 as .tcl files? As in, after a successful upload/merge of the .txt file, can I call it as a .tcl file?

you can use whatever file extension you want.

do the files upload into the F5 as .tcl files? As in, after a successful upload/merge of the .txt file, can I call it as a .tcl file?

you can use whatever file extension you want.

I began my script in the .txt as

cli script VS_name.tcl{

....

}

i thought you are importing configuration (not tmsh scripting).

the following is an example when importing from terminal. anyway, configuration formatting is same.

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule test
01020036:3: The requested iRule (test) was not found.
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) load sys config from-terminal merge
Enter configuration. Press CTRL-D to submit or CTRL-C to cancel.
ltm rule test {
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
   log local0. ""
}
}
Loading configuration...
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule test
ltm rule test {
    when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
   log local0. ""
}
}

by the way, do not forget to save (tmsh save sys config) after importing.

I began my script in the .txt as

cli script VS_name.tcl{

....

}

i thought you are importing configuration (not tmsh scripting).

the following is an example when importing from terminal. anyway, configuration formatting is same.

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule test
01020036:3: The requested iRule (test) was not found.
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) load sys config from-terminal merge
Enter configuration. Press CTRL-D to submit or CTRL-C to cancel.
ltm rule test {
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
   log local0. ""
}
}
Loading configuration...
root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm rule test
ltm rule test {
    when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
   log local0. ""
}
}

by the way, do not forget to save (tmsh save sys config) after importing.