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GavinW_29074
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NimbostratusTMSH '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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- 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_29074Mark
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- 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_29074Brent
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 - 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.
