perl ConfigSync = Epic Fail

In the SDK, there is a ConfigSync.pl sample that illustrates how to use the ConfigSync methods with perl. I've just added it to the Wiki so you can get it from there as well.

 

 

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

 

Click here

 

 

 

The save_configuration method takes two parameters. The first is the file name, the second is the save flag. In perl, you need to use the string based representation of the flag as you did in your first example but in that one you didn't pass in the filename.

 

 

And for your second example, you'll just pass in the actual config name without the "config/" directory part.

 

 

Check out the sample and if it's not clear, let me know and I'll try to highlight it some more.

 

 

-Joe

Title of the Week for me!

Yeah, I love it...

 

 

Colin

Thanks, as always, for the valuable and timely help.

Is there any conflict between ""SAVE_FULL"/"SAVE_COMMON" and what the sdk lists as "SAVE_HIGH_LEVEL_CONFIG"/"SAVE_BASE_LEVEL_CONFIG"?

Still no joy:

 
   $thisfilename = "bigip.conf.joe"; 
   $thissave_flag = "SAVE_COMMON"; 
   $soap_response = $Sync->save_configuration 
   ( 
     SOAP::Data->name(filename => $thisfilename), 
     SOAP::Data->name(save_flag => $thissave_flag) 
   ); 
 

Looks like I'm going to have to go and actually learn more about this (curses!)

Totally my bad. This was a script I migrated from v4.x but didn't test the other deviations of the save_flag. I've updated the codeshare entry to work correctly.

 

 

Here's how the logic of this function works.

 

 

1. If save_flag is SAVE_FULL, the filename parameter is used and a full configuration archive is saved to /var/local/ucs/filename.ucs

 

 

2. If save_flag is SAVE_HIGH_LEVEL_CONFIG, the filename argument is ignored and the current high level config is saved to the /config/bigip.conf file.

 

 

3. If save_flag is SAVE_BASE_LEVEL_CONFIG, the filename argument is ignored and the current base level config is saved to the /config/bigip_base.conf file.

 

 

This is all highlighted on the SaveMode documentation

 

 

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

 

Click here

 

 

 

Sorry for the confusion and please post if you have any further questions and I'll do my best not to mess you up again B-).

 

 

-Joe

Problem solved. Looks like I picked up some bad syntax from some of the older threads in this forum. In particular, the "urn:iControl:ITCMSystem/ConfigSync" here: https://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=2&postid=3769&view=topic

 

 

That's the problem with trying to code over your head, but hey, that's how we learn, I guess. Taking the syntax directly from your PerlConfigSync page makes it work:

 

 

 
 $ConfigSync = SOAP::Lite 
   -> uri('urn:iControl:System/ConfigSync') 
   -> readable(1) 
   -> proxy("$sProtocol://$sHost:$sPort/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi"); 
 eval { $ConfigSync->transport->http_request->header 
 ( 
   'Authorization' =>  
     'Basic ' . MIME::Base64::encode("$sUID:$sPWD", '') 
 ); }; 
 

 

 

I noted your updates to the save_flag, as well.

 

 

Muchas gracias.

Again, sorry for the confusion. The loosely typed languages are always the hardest because it's up to you to get everything right.

 

 

The ITCM* urn's are for the 4.x version of BIG-IP.

 

 

Glad you got things working now. Please feel free to post any and all questions that come up. I've done a bunch of stuff with the perl client code and I'd be glad to help.

 

 

-Joe