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d2_21508
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Oct 07, 2016

upload bash script to f5 via API

Hi, I'm using v11.6.x of F5 BIG IP (LTM). Is there a way to use curl in order to upload shell script that will be later on used to create external monitor? Such upload can be done via System->File Ma...
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Oct 08, 2016

Hi, I am sending sample curl used for uploading and updating external file.

 

curl -sk -u user:passwd https:///mgmt/tm/sys/file/data-group -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST -d '{"name":"file_name","separator":";","source-path":"file:/var/tmp/file_name","type":"string"}'

 

curl -sk -u username:passwd https:///mgmt/tm/sys/file/data-group/file_name -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X PUT -d '{"source-path":"file:/var/tmp/file_name"}'

 

This article is also very helpful; https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/icontrol-rest-101-getting-started