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Nimbostratus

Mar 24, 2014

REST Api and Config sync question.

I am trying to use REST api to make config sync. I have active/standby pair. I can make changes to active unit using REST api. Now I want to make sync to standby unit. Using GUI or TMSH "tmsh run cm ...

Nimbostratus

Aug 01, 2014

I got some support from the folks at F5. It looks like my issue was that I was using REST V11.4 to make the above call (which I believe is supported in 11.5) 11.4 wasn't an option for me (in the timeframe I was looking at), so they sent me a command that works even though they advise against deploying a production app against REST in 11.4

Make a POST to '/mgmt/tm/actions/cm/config-sync/run' with the following payload: {"apiOptions": "to-group sync-failover-1"}

where "sync-failover-1" is the name of the device group.

that command allowed me to successfully sync the device to the group, now I just need to learn how to sync the group back to the device (with the overwrite option enabled)