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DFresh4130_2492
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Apr 10, 2012

Script to identify if unit is active or standby

Hi All,     I currently have basic operator privileges to our F5 systems. I haven't worked with F5s much in the past and have never written scripts to interact with them before.     I'm b...
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hooleylist
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Apr 10, 2012
Hi,

 

 

What is your overall goal? If you're trying to programmatically modify the BIG-IP configuration you can use the iControl API. If you always want to connect to the active unit in an HA pair, you can connect to a floating self IP address.

 

 

For details on iControl, see this index:

 

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

 

 

Aaron