Ruby and iControl: Remote BIG-IP Software Image Installation

Overview I did a lot of BIG-IP installs and upgrades while I worked in the IT field. Most BIG-IP administrators are familiar with the process: go to downloads.f5.com, get the software image ISO, co...

Published Apr 29, 2011

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Bill_Church_988

Historic F5 Account

May 04, 2011

Great article! I especially like using the regex to pull the verision out of the .ISO file name.

It's probably worth mentioning that the 'admin' account can be used for both the scp as well as the iControl portion as long as it's assigned a valid shell (advanced, tmsh, bigpipe, etc...)

Some organizations frown on using root in such a manner.