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iControl Apps - #01 - Disabling Node Servers

In version 4.x of BIG-IP, there was a concept of a Node Server (a top level object that consisted of a node's address and port).  Basically it was a top level rollup of all instances of a specific no...
Published May 15, 2008
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The code doesn't match the examples. The code is expecting a port number (for http or https) for $ARGV[1] but the examples don't have that in the arg list. The value is being forced to 443 no matter what is being passed, but something still needs to take that spot in the arg list.

 

Also, how can you set a node to "forced offline" and not just disabled?

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