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Ross_79170
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Feb 06, 2012

set_device_name ?

Hi All     Am looking for a spot of advice.     I'm automating some provisioning of BIG-IP's and all is going well, except I am unable to find a method for setting the "device name" eg a...
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Ross_79170
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Feb 08, 2012
I believe figured it out. You need to modify the variable "hostname" using Management::DBVariable::modify and then perform Management::Trust::reset_all with your new hostname. This then resets trust (so only do it during provisioning!) and regenerates the cert with the fqdn.

 

 

Cheers

 

 

Ross