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splion_86861
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Apr 28, 2011

Read Configuration from virtual servers

Hey,

 

 

is there a way to read the complete configuration from a virtual server with iControl?

 

 

My idea is the backup of a given configuration and a restore later, respectively on an other machine.

 

 

bye Andreas

 

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  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Apr 28, 2011
    iControl wasn't built to be able to extract the config for a single object. While you could do so by individually querying all the associated get_ methods and storing those values separately, it might be better to just download the configuration with the System.ConfigSync.download_configuration() method which will get you the entire bigip.conf (or bigip_base.conf) files. Granted, you'll have to strip out the pieces you need for just your virtual, but at least all of the configuration objects will be present.

     

     

    -Joe

     

  • splion_86861's avatar
    splion_86861
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    Apr 29, 2011
    Hey,

     

     

    thank's for your reply. I assumed this.

     

     

    Can i call the bigpipe-tool remotely with iControl?

     

     

    I use the bigpipe export on the device to get the actual config and i compare a concatination of

     

    bigip{,_base,_local_sys}.conf with this. The files not 100 percent identical in some sections.

     

    What's the better base for configuration, the bigpipe-output or the bigip-config-files?

     

     

    bye

     

    Andreas

     

  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Apr 29, 2011
    Unfortunately there is no "bigpipe" call from iControl. I actually proposed this to PD a while back but it never made it into the product. Not sure of the best solution for storing output into a way to merge back in. Either way should work as long as you are importing back into a "like" version of LTM.

     

     

    -Joe