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Andy_Herrman_22's avatar
Andy_Herrman_22
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May 25, 2010

Load iRule from external file using bigpipe

The iRules that I use are stored in .tcl files in source control. I'm trying to write a simple perl script that can be used by our deployment team to do the next deploy and I'm wondering if there's a...
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Keith_106951
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May 25, 2010
I don't believe there is a way to "read in" an external file using bigpipe. Are you just trying to keep them abstracted from the F5 CLI and GUI? If so, you could always just give them the iRule Editor.

 

 

If you want something more elegant, iControl/PERL could be used to script up a rule creation:

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iControl/LocalLB__Rule.html

 

 

Cheers,

 

Keith