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rb1980_75708
Nimbostratus
Nimbostratusinvalidation user
I want to set up a user that will be used for submitting invalidations via SOAP like in the sample script provided here: http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/WebAccelerator/InvalidateCachedContent.html
Q: What is the minimum 'role' to assign to this user to be able to do invalidations?
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- All users that need to perform WebAccelerator related functions need to be administrators.
rb1980_75708yikes.
would be nice if there was a role available with only cache clear privileges.
Thomas_SchaeferWouldn't it be possible to setup a URL that was quite obscure that when it was accessed, the entire cache was invalidated? I cache only images and .js and .css files. I would like to give the application maintainers a link that they can invalid their own content. Would this work in lieu of using iControl with a user having admin rights --ouch!- Invalidations can be performed in multiple ways. Sending a SOAP message via iControl requires that a user have admin rights as well as performing an invalidation manually from the GUI.
Invalidations can also be configured via the policy using an invalidation trigger. With this method when a specific URI is accessed certain content from the cache gets invalidated. The URI can either be a custom obscure URL that is provided to the application owners, or the result of some user action within the application such as posting a response to a message thread on a Forum. An example of a triggered policy invalidation can be found in this thread:
http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=23&postid=17521&view=topic (Click here)
