v11: iRules Data Group Updates

See this post for details on external file data groups in v11:

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/tabid/53/aft/1184918/Default.aspx

 

 

In v11 to use an external file, you need to import it first. Here are the steps:

 

 

1. Create a text file containing the data group contents. Here is a sample string data group file:

 

 

"name1" := "value1",

 

"name2" := "value2",

 

"name3" := "value3",

 

 

2. If you're on Windows, use a utility like dos2unix.exe to convert the line endings from CRLF to LF (https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=dos2unix.exe). If you don't do this, you will get an error on import:

 

 

01070627:3: The string data group external file (/config/filestore/.stage_d/55_d/Common_d/data_group_d/:Common:name_value_external_dg_1) has an invalid format, line: 2.

 

 

3. Navigate to System | File Management | Data Group File List | Import

 

 

4. Specify a filename. Example:

 

 

File Name: C:\tmp\name_value_external_dg.dos.txt

 

Name: name_value_external_dg

 

File Contents: string

 

Key / Value Pair Seperator: =:

 

 

5. Navigate to Local Traffic | iRules | Data Group List | Create

 

 

6. Specify a data group name. Example:

 

 

Name: name_value_external_dg

 

Type: External (File)

 

File Name: name_value_external_dg

 

 

Aaron