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Archie_128388
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NimbostratusPassing variables directly from iApps to TMSH.
Try as I might I just can't seem to work out how to get an iApp to pass a command to TMSH.
I am trying to automate (via an iApp) the setup of around 300 GRE tunnels.
I've created the iApp at the pr...
This is useful for when scripting tmsh: Documentation for tmsh scripting Commands.
Looks like tmsh create is the syntax you are looking to use here.
app::config procedure is nice as it returns the object name of the object created and handles the appropriate tmsh scripting command based on input (create/modify/delete). Although, you will need to escape brackets and a few other characters such as backslashes.
This is useful for when scripting tmsh: Documentation for tmsh scripting Commands.
Looks like tmsh create is the syntax you are looking to use here.
app::config procedure is nice as it returns the object name of the object created and handles the appropriate tmsh scripting command based on input (create/modify/delete). Although, you will need to escape brackets and a few other characters such as backslashes.
BTW, if you want to be more explicit with the boundaries of your variable names, use curlies, like this:
tmsh::create
${::NONFLOAT}${::GRESourceLoopback__lb}-${::GRESourceLoopback__diocese}- \
${::GRESourceLoopback__orgid}${::IPADDRESS}${::GRESourceLoopback__loopback}/32 \
${::TRAFFICGROUP}${::VLANLOOPBACK}