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Tim_Harber
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Feb 08, 2017

Running BASH commands via REST API

I am trying to run bash commands via the REST API but am getting an error. When trying to use the following syntax I am getting a 403 running with Admin authentication... GET: https://F5LTM/mgmt/tm...
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Kai_Wilke's avatar
Kai_Wilke
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Hi Tim,

Take a look to the example below to see the required format of the request...

 

curl -vsk -u 'admin:admin' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST https://YOURDEVICE/mgmt/tm/util/bash -d "{\"command\":\"run\",\"utilCmdArgs\":\"-c 'echo "Hello World!"'\"}"

 

Cheers, Kai

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Nikoolayy1
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Jan 24, 2023

I also needed this as I was getting the same error , when trying to start bash scripts with REST-API. The other idea I was going to try is to use tmsh script (https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/tmsh/script__run.html ) as the example https://community.f5.com/t5/codeshare/creating-a-tmsh-script-with-icontrol-rest-and-using-it-to/ta-p/290984 and use the "tmsh::run util bash -c " in the script then trigger  with API endpoint "mgmt/tm/cli/script" but that seemed too complex for a simple bash command.