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GavinW_29074
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Oct 31, 2011

TMSH 'Install Cert' option from iApp...

Hi there

 

 

I'm trying to create an iApp to stream-line our application deployment.

 

 

One of the essential features is going to be the ability to install existing server key pairs...

 

 

I've found the 'install cert...' tmsh command, however I was wondering if there is a scripting equivalent...

 

 

I cant see it documented on the following page: http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/TMSH.Commands.ashx - however I'm hoping that's just a documentation over-sight...

 

 

Any ideas???

 

 

Cheers

 

Gavin

 

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  • Mark_Crosland_2's avatar
    Mark_Crosland_2
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    Nov 01, 2011
    Unfortunately it appears to be a code over-sight. An issue has been logged.

     

     

    A work around may be to use the Tcl exec command to run the command from within the iApp.

     

     

    exec /usr/bin/tmsh install sys crypto cert ...
  • GavinW_29074's avatar
    GavinW_29074
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    Nov 01, 2011
    Mark

     

     

    Cheers for the update.

     

     

    Will give it a go... Next question is how do I get the cert to the command... Guess a temp file would be best, but can I create that from a text box in the iApp screen?

     

     

    Gav
  • Brent_Blood_768's avatar
    Brent_Blood_768
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    Nov 01, 2011
    Mark's workaround would probably work, but I think what you probably want is to use the "file" feature. I covered how to use this to solve your problem in another thread here.

     

     

    If you do decide to exec tmsh from within an iApp, be aware of the following: the implementation script of an iApp runs as a transaction so that it either all succeeds or it fails. If you exec tmsh from within that, changes made through such a manner will not be captured by the iApps transaction - so it would be possible to modify your system if the iApp runs into a problem and that modification wouldn't be rolled back.

     

     

    Cheers,

     

    -Brent

     

  • GavinW_29074's avatar
    GavinW_29074
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    Nov 02, 2011
    Brent

     

     

    Cheers for the update. Your option looks appealing...

     

     

    Any pointers on how to create the temp file from a text box on the iApp screen???

     

     

    Gav
  • Brent_Blood_768's avatar
    Brent_Blood_768
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    Nov 02, 2011
    There's a related discussion in the iApp forum where we're handling answering this. For anyone following along to this thread, you'll be interested in this for subsequent posts.