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istockchris_390
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Mar 07, 2011

Pushing data groups via EM

When creating a changeset, I can use another device as a template for all sorts of configuration options. However, I don't see a way to do this with data groups.

 

 

It appears that I could just choose the "Text" option when creating a data group and manually put in the data, however I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious (and more convenient).

 

 

 

So, is there any way to take all the data groups from one device and synchronize that across certain devices?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Chris_Miller's avatar
    Chris_Miller
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    Mar 08, 2011
    Are your data groups string-type? Or something else?

    I'd expect to be able to just push the class config but haven't tried 

    
class class_name {
   {
      "string1"
      "string2"
   }
}
  • istockchris_390's avatar
    istockchris_390
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    Mar 08, 2011
    Are you talking about the class config, which I'd pull out of the bigip.conf?

     

     

    I could see doing that, but I realize my next problem is the "Class Header" required for Templates or Changesets. The text usually includes something like "F5[Local Traffic / Node]", but to push my data groups, I don't know what header to put in my text.

     

     

     

    Any thoughts?
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    Chris_Miller
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    Mar 08, 2011
    Yep...I was thinking ripping it out of bigip.conf. I've done templates for changing auth settings and the text was the same. I'll look into whether I can find the correct header.