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Python script to save /sys config file
- Sep 20, 2022
Hi MaxMedov, this works local for me, but you might need to flesh out a little functionality to meet your needs. I used bigrest for this sample:
from bigrest.bigip import BIGIP from datetime import datetime datestring = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') hostname = 'ltm3.test.local' br = BIGIP(hostname, 'admin', 'admin', request_token=True) # Save Config data = {'command': 'save'} task = br.task_start("/mgmt/tm/task/sys/config", data) print(f'Task {task.properties["_taskId"]} created at {datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")}') br.task_wait(task) if br.task_completed(task): br.task_result(task) print(f'Task {task.properties["_taskId"]} completed at {datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M:%S")}') else: raise Exception() # Copy config to /shared/images/ data = {'command': 'run', 'utilCmdArgs': f'-c "cp /config/bigip.conf /shared/images/{datestring}-{hostname}-bigip.conf"'} br.command('/mgmt/tm/util/bash', data) # Save netstat -rn data to /shared/images/ data = {'command': 'run', 'utilCmdArgs': f'-c "netstat -rn > /shared/images/{datestring}-{hostname}-netroute.txt"'} br.command('/mgmt/tm/util/bash', data) # Download files br.download('/mgmt/cm/autodeploy/software-image-downloads/', f'{datestring}-{hostname}-netroute.txt') br.download('/mgmt/cm/autodeploy/software-image-downloads/', f'{datestring}-{hostname}-bigip.conf') # Remove files from /shared/images/ data = {'command': 'run', 'utilCmdArgs': f'/shared/images/{datestring}-{hostname}-netroute.txt'} br.command('/mgmt/tm/util/unix-rm', data) data = {'command': 'run', 'utilCmdArgs': f'/shared/images/{datestring}-{hostname}-bigip.conf'} br.command('/mgmt/tm/util/unix-rm', data)
And after running, I have both files downloaded for me in my local directory:
jrahm@mac scripts % ls -als | grep 2022-09-20 968 -rw-r--r-- 1 rahm 1437522721 495338 Sep 20 01:47 2022-09-20-ltm3.test.local-bigip.conf 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 rahm 1437522721 803 Sep 20 01:47 2022-09-20-ltm3.test.local-netroute.txt
Options can be added to the URL of the method, so in the case of creating a specific file of the config, I think it's just:
/mgmt/tm/task/sys/config?options=no-passphrase
- JRahmJan 11, 2023Admin
This worked for me in thunderclient in vscode:
POST https://ltm3.test.local/mgmt/tm/sys/config?options=file+myfile+no-passphrase payload = {"command": "save"}
- MaxMedovJan 11, 2023Cirrostratus
Should I use the name of the file as "file+myfile" ? Like:
data = {'command': 'save'}
task = br.task_start("/mgmt/tm/sys/config?options=bigip.conf+no-passphrase", data)- JRahmJan 11, 2023Admin
No, my understanding is no passphrase is attached to the scf format, but verify that. The format for you in this matter should be:
?options=file+your_scf_filename+no-passphrase
and that would put your_scf_filename in /var/local/scf
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