Question regarding the advantages of iapps

iApps are scripts used quickly create and maintain a specific solution. Maintained by F5 they are very reliable ways of swiftly and easily creating many resources that work together for a specific goal. More info here.

 

iControl is a REST API that allows for control from an external user made scripts. More info here

 

Hi! iControl is an REST iterative interface. iApp is a guided configuration you generally use in the GUI. You could execute an iApp via iControl but is not recommended, use instead AS3

 

some links: iApp: https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/iapp-ndash-what-is-it

 

iControl: https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControl.HomePage.ashx

 

AS3: https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/extensions/f5-appsvcs-extension/latest/userguide/about-as3.html