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Merge BIG-IP Config Files

Problem this snippet solves: This script will take a local BIG-IP configuration file, upload it to the BIG-IP, merge it with the existing configuration, then clean up the iControl REST upload folder...
Updated Jun 05, 2023
Version 2.0
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May 23, 2016
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. I'm posting as myself and I have full administrator access. The version of BIG IP I am using is 12.0.0 Build 2.0.644 Hotfix HF2