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I am on to a new script and I just can't seem to get the code to work. I am trying to use
Management_KeyCertificate.certificate_request_import_from_file(
mode = 0, I think this is correct.
key_ids = "Name", I think this is what you want the key to be named when it
file_names = , Should this be an OS path or do I need to open the file first as an object?
overwrite = 0 I tried 0 'false'
)
The problem is I can't for the life of me figure out the syntaxt of the commands. I have tried quite a few things, but no luck. Does anyone have an example of this in python?
- Ok I think I am close, but still can't get this to work.
Here is what I have that doesn't work. I was able to export a key, so I know the "mode = 0" and "['testKey']" portions work.
b.Management_KeyCertificate.key_import_from_file(
mode = 0,
key_ids = ['testKey'],
file_names = ['c:\\Cert\\test.key'])
I also tried some thing like this, with no luck.
mycert = open('c:\\Cert\\test.key')
b.Management_KeyCertificate.key_import_from_file(
mode = 0,
key_ids = ['testKey'],
file_names = [mycert.read()]) 
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Here's an example of some code that works syntax wise:In [20]: b.Management_KeyCertificate.key_import_from_file(mode = 'MANAGEMENT_MODE_DEFAULT', key_ids = ['testKey.key'], file_names = ['/config/ssl/ssl.key/testKey.key'], overwrite = 1)
Notice that the file is located on the LTM, as opposed to the local filesystem. Have a look at some of the import calls that will allow you to do this.
HTH,
Matt- Ah ok. Well that makes sence then that it wouldn't work the way I was trying it. I liked this way better because it had built in overwrite control, but at least I know I wasn't going crazy! Thanks for the responce.
- Ok Matt I think I can probably get this with one last question.
I started looking at System_ConfigSync.upload_file and it seems like exactly what I need, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to pass the file_context paramaters. I think this is just a case of me being so new to python, but any help you can give me would be really appreciated. I think I need to define an object that has the opened file in it and the chunking info etc in it but I am not sure.
c = open("c:\\Cert\\test.crt")
>>> mycert = c.read()
b.System_ConfigSync.upload_file(
file_name = ['/config/ssl/ssl.key/test.crt'],
file_context = ????? ) - Thanks so much for all of you help and the general info on how to figure it out should be helpful.
