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Arindam_Majumd1
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Apr 17, 2019

what is the rest api details to load the entire configuration from a bigip device

I am looking for a rest api to read the entire configuration out of a big ip device.

 

application delivery
iControlREST
  • Satoshi_Toyosa1's avatar
    Satoshi_Toyosa1
    Ret. Employee
    Apr 17, 2019

    You can generate a UCS file and download.

    Generate

    curl -sku admin: https:///mgmt/tm/sys/ucs \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"command":"save", "name":"/shared/images/sat.ucs"}'

    By default, ucs files are saved under 

    /var/local/ucs
    . Here, 
    /shared/images
    is specified because it is the location where you can download files via iControl REST.

    Get the size of the file

    curl -sku admin: https:///mgmt/tm/util/unix-ls \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"command":"run", "utilCmdArgs":"-l /shared/images"}'

    Download the file

    curl -sku admin: https:///mgmt/cm/autodeploy/software-image-downloads/sat.ucs \
  -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
  -H "Content-Range: 0-41609/41610" -o sat.ucs

    Specify the size of the file in 

    Content-Range
    header: Start (0) - Last (size -1) / Total size.

    See Demystifying iControl REST Part 5: Transferring Files for more on iControl REST file transfer methods.