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anoop1's avatar
anoop1
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Jan 04, 2017

IRule Object creation via file merge donot include comments

When I try to merge the configuration Irule (with comments in it)in BIGIP the Irule gets merged but the all comments are left out.   Please help me know is it a BIGIP bug or it is the expected fun...
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Leonardo_Souza's avatar
Leonardo_Souza
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Jan 04, 2017

Does not seems expected functionality for me. It should keep the comments, does not matter if you add the iRule via GUI, tmsh create ltm irule, or tmsh load sys config merge.

I tested in 12.1.2, and I can't replicate the behavior. I added the following iRule via GUI and merge command, and the comments are there after. I looked the configuration after via GUI and tmsh list, also bigip.conf.

when RULE_INIT {
    Log client IP
    log local0. "rule init"
}
when CLIENT_ACCEPTED {
    Log client IP
    log local0. "Client ip = [IP::remote_addr]"
}

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