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Craig's avatar
Craig
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Apr 09, 2018

Variables in SSH CLI? Help automating backups

I'm looking for a better way to speed up backups. I have looked into some of the custom scripts and iApps, but all seem a little messy, so I just do them manually. Even if I can speed them up a little bit and come up with a one-size-fits-all command I can run that would work for now. I don't know anything about Bash, Cron, etc. just trying to do something simple that works.

 

Here is what I am doing on each of my devices:

 

tmsh save /sys ucs /var/local/ucs/HOSTNAME-DATE.ucs

 

scp -p /var/local/ucs/HOSTNAME-DATE.ucs USERNAME@FTPSERVER:/home/DIRECTORY/

 

Obviously I have to update the HOSTNAME and DATE manually each time. Can anyone help me with a way to automate this, where HOSTNAME and DATE are automatic, so I can just paste a simple set of commands into each device?

 

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  • JG's avatar
    JG
    Icon for Cumulonimbus rankCumulonimbus
    Apr 10, 2018
    scp -p /var/local/ucs/${HOSTNAME}_$(date +%G%m%d_%H%M) USERNAME@FTPSERVER:/home/DIRECTORY/
  • jaikumar_f5's avatar
    jaikumar_f5
    Icon for Noctilucent rankNoctilucent
    Apr 10, 2018

    Can help you with a simple bash script provided you have a jump server which can reach all your remote F5 servers.

     

    If SSH keys have been exchanged(Passwordless login), the work is more simpler. If not we can go with a simple sshpass to through pwd.

     

    Let me know if you have jump server and key exchanged.