Hello All, I am trying to set up following auto backup solution found here - https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iApp.Complete-F5-Automated-Backup-Solution.ashxDescription_1?NS=iApp I have followed everything created the key as documented and I have tested from F5 CLI and I was able to SFTP and SCP without password (I selected the option backup on this f5). However when I use the GUI and select the option SFTP or SCP it requires me to put in "Enter the SSH private key to be used for passwordless authentication" and "Set the remote directory the archive should be copied to" So the question is for SSH private key do I get that from /root/.ssh/id_rsa ? and do I copy paste the entire key? Also for destination does it use "/" or "\". Lastly where is log kept of this iAPP? I have looked almost everything couldnt find it? Please help. Thanks

I have found the logs, and what I can see in there as follows: Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password).

The key you are looking for should be /config/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

Hi Cory, I know where to find the key but how do I copy paste the content of the file in txt box as there is no way for me tell whether entire is has been uploaded there or not. Thanks

You can print to screen the private key using cat. cat /config/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

Hi Cory, I have done that before I am still getting the same error.... and shouldn't it be the RSA key .... ? Anyway I have used the RSA private key which didnt work ? Any other idea? Thanks

Automated Backup Solution

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mr_evil_116524
Nimbostratus
Apr 30, 2014
I have found the logs, and what I can see in there as follows: Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied, please try again. Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password).
Cory_50405
Noctilucent
May 02, 2014
The key you are looking for should be /config/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
- mr_evil_116524
  Nimbostratus
  May 07, 2014
  Hi Cory, I know where to find the key but how do I copy paste the content of the file in txt box as there is no way for me tell whether entire is has been uploaded there or not. Thanks
- Cory_50405
  Noctilucent
  May 07, 2014
  You can print to screen the private key using cat. cat /config/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
- mr_evil_116524
  Nimbostratus
  May 07, 2014
  Hi Cory, I have done that before I am still getting the same error.... and shouldn't it be the RSA key .... ? Anyway I have used the RSA private key which didnt work ? Any other idea? Thanks
Marvin
Cirrocumulus
Nov 20, 2014
I used ssh-keygen -t rsa to generate a new keypair and it is saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa. You need to import id_rsa.pub in authorized_keys file of the receiving sftp server host in $HOME/.ssh. Make sure that you have the appropiate read rights on the receiving server to this file.
Marvin
Cirrocumulus
Nov 20, 2014
Also I used the following scripts to automate backup using SFTP and the sent an email if the upload failes. The local created backup files are automatically on the Big IP to save disk space.
!/bin/bash
DATE=
date "+%m_%d_%y"
Here we create the ucs archive and append the date
tmsh save sys ucs bigip.backup.$DATE
upload SFTP to SFTP_server
cd /var/local/ucs/ sftp backupuser@SFTP_server <
check if the upload has succeeded or failed. If failed mail error message
if [ $? -eq 0 ] then sleep 5 rm /var/local/ucs/bigip.backup.$DATE.ucs else ftp session failed mail -s "ftp backup file failed from BigIP" mail@mail.com < /dev/null fi
Marvin
Cirrocumulus
Nov 20, 2014
description !/bin/bash DATE=
date "+%m_%d_%y"

description Here we create the ucs archive tmsh save sys ucs bigip.backup.$DATE

description upload SFTP to SFTP_server cd /var/local/ucs/ sftp backupuser@SFTP_server <
description check if the upload has succeeded or failed. If failed mail error message

if [ $? -eq 0 ] then sleep 5 rm /var/local/ucs/bigip.backup.$DATE.ucs

else ftp session failed

mail -s "ftp backup file failed from bigip" mail@mail.com < /dev/null

fi
Riley_Schuit_82
Historic F5 Account
Nov 20, 2014
Hi! I just want to share a simple backup solution. Try doing this (source: ">http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html" target="_blank">">http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html😞

ssh-keygen -t rsa

Then you can give my script a try: ">https://github.com/rileyschuit/bash-tools/blob/master/bigip_backups.sh" target="_blank">">https://github.com/rileyschuit/bash-tools/blob/master/bigip_backups.sh

Adjust the array to point to your management addresses they use the argument "setup" to copy the public keys in the right place. Adjust the target directory as well, if needed.
- Riley_Schuit_82
  Historic F5 Account
  Nov 20, 2014
  Thank the devcentral WYSIWYG for making my post super ugly....
Daniel_Tavernie
Cirrostratus
Dec 14, 2020
Check out GitHub for the latest version of the F5 Automated Backup iApp, and submit any bugs or questions as an "Issue" on GitHub:

https://github.com/tabernarious/f5-automated-backup-iapp