Auto updates GeoIP database on Big IP.

Problem this snippet solves: Securely, auto updates multiple Big IP's, geoip database. Tested on Version 12.1.2, but should work for others. How to use this snippet: Must have PHP installed (t...
Updated Jun 06, 2023
Version 2.0
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TimRiker
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Aug 20, 2020

I removed the hardcoded methods to allow any method and my version now works against BIG-IP 15.x

 I merged your other changes to the repo and updated my pull request on github.

Note: as comment above, this moves the list of F5s to the environment variable F5S

I also check for the downloaded files and do not redownload them if they exist. Delete temp files to retry.

I'm running with php 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 under WSL at the moment. WIll be upgrading to 20.04 sometime soon.

https://github.com/timriker/Vendor_code/raw/master/F5/geoip_updater.php