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prasadpv_127929
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Feb 05, 2004

Run commands remotely on a BIG-IP load balancer????

Is there a way I could run commands remotely on a BIG-IP Load Balancer.     I would want to run some Adminstration and Maintanence commands remotely on the BIG-IP load balancer.   ...
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Kurt_Knochner_5
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Nov 11, 2011
Marouane,

 

 

there are two options to manage a LTM remotely.

 

 

1.) Configure an admin user to have shell access (user option). Then ssh to the LTM and configure it with the CLI commands "tmsh" or "bigpipe". bigpipe only works for TMOS < V11.0!. Both commands are documented in the LTM docs.

 

 

2.) You can use iControl to configure the LTM. iControl is a SOAP API - see here: http://devcentral.f5.com/HotTopics/iControl/tabid/1082201/Default.aspx

 

 

Hope that helps.

 

 

Regards

 

Kurt Knochner