SNAT objects and changing timeout's via tmsh script

this might not be the best way. Michael has written the following article on bigpipe. bigpipe is no longer available in 11.x but the concept is still applicable using tmsh.

BIG-IP and Merge File Configuration Changes by Michael Yates

e.g.

 initial configuration

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm snat-translation all-properties
ltm snat-translation 1.1.1.1 {
    address 1.1.1.1
    app-service none
    arp enabled
    connection-limit 0
    description none
    enabled
    inherited-traffic-group true
    ip-idle-timeout indefinite
    partition Common
    tcp-idle-timeout indefinite
    traffic-group traffic-group-1
    udp-idle-timeout indefinite
    unit 1
}

 modify by merging

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) load sys config from-terminal merge
Enter configuration. Press CTRL-D to submit or CTRL-C to cancel.
ltm snat-translation 1.1.1.1 {
    address 1.1.1.1
    app-service none
    arp enabled
    connection-limit 0
    description none
    enabled
    inherited-traffic-group true
    ip-idle-timeout 300
    partition Common
    tcp-idle-timeout 300
    traffic-group traffic-group-1
    udp-idle-timeout 60
    unit 1
}
Loading configuration...

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm snat-translation
ltm snat-translation 1.1.1.1 {
    address 1.1.1.1
    ip-idle-timeout 300
    tcp-idle-timeout 300
    traffic-group traffic-group-1
    udp-idle-timeout 60
}

Nitass,

Thank you for the response and the script syntax. This is what I was looking for however I wanted to change all of the SNAT object time-outs in a batch type job. We have hundreds of SNAT pool objects that need to be changed and I just wondered if there was a way to do them all at once at one time since the timeout values will all be the same on all the objects.

I'm guessing there is a way however it would take someone very fluent in tmsh scripting and F5 to help in this capacity and I don't know if that person will read this request and answer.

But I very much appreciate your response and the sample script you provided.

Thank you very much sincerely.

Shannon

Do I need to do anything else after I "CTRL-D" the config edits guys? You know like in cisco with a "wr" or "copy run start" etc??

Do I need to do anything else after I "CTRL-D" the config edits guys? You know like in cisco with a "wr" or "copy run start" etc??

yes, it is in running configuration. you need "tmsh save sys config" to write it to configuration file.