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Demystifying iControl REST: Merging BIG-IP Config Files

A coworker/friend of mine here at F5 was working last week on some super secret project I hope I’ll get to see soon and reached out on the best approach for merging config files via iControl REST. Th...
Updated Jun 06, 2023
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May 02, 2016
I'm trying to adapt this script to work with an LDAP account that we are using to post config files to the F5. I've authenticated with the F5 and received a token and tacked the X-F5-Auth-Token header on to all of these requests. For the most part, this works pretty well. Couple of issues/questions: 1. The service account appears to need full Administrator privileges to upload a file to the F5. Is that right? 2. Even with full admin access and terminal access, I cannot seem to get the cleanup to work. The post to /mgmt/tm/util/unix-rm returns a 200 but the file isn't deleted and the response says Permission Denied. Any idea what permissions I'm missing? Thanks!