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Joe_Sabek_47241
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Jan 14, 2009

Passing log statement to F5 device using iControl

Is there any way to tell an F5 device to log a certain string using iControl?   The specific iControl application provides a layer of abstraction for users that do not have an account on the F5 ...
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Jan 22, 2009
I had the same problem and the only way round this is to use iControl to dynamically create an iRule which will log a message on "when RULE_INIT" event and then delete that iRule. (see my original question from April 2008 here: http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=1&postid=23533&view=topic)

 

 

The bad news is that there is no RULE_INIT in GTM iRules, or to be more precise it does not work (CR number is 95407)...

 

 

The good news is that you CAN create an LTM iRule using iControl on a GTM-only box - LocalLBRule.create(...) iControl call works even if the box does not have an LTM license (I only tested this on GTM version 9.4.4).