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saidshow
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Jun 19, 2019
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Automated ASM Backup - working bash script now to automate or convert to iCall/tcl

Hi All,   I have put together a BASH script that when run performs a backup of the ASM policies and copies them to a remote location. The script runs great and I have had it set as a Cron job in my...
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  • Andy_McGrath's avatar
    Andy_McGrath
    Jun 19, 2019

    For the basics see https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/what-is-icall-27404

     

    Also check out the following as an iCall example https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/icall-crl-update-with-route-domains-and-auto-sync-1169 (shameless plug of my own code)

     

    You can run shell commands from TCL using the exec command and also run tmsh commands (see TMSH scripting help at https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/tmsh/)

     

    It is a lot to take in and learn over running Bash scripts (and using cron to schedule them) as the iCall scripts and configuration is part of the F5 configuration so backed up and retained during upgrades.

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Andy_McGrath
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Jun 19, 2019

For the basics see https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/what-is-icall-27404

 

Also check out the following as an iCall example https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/icall-crl-update-with-route-domains-and-auto-sync-1169 (shameless plug of my own code)

 

You can run shell commands from TCL using the exec command and also run tmsh commands (see TMSH scripting help at https://clouddocs.f5.com/api/tmsh/)

 

It is a lot to take in and learn over running Bash scripts (and using cron to schedule them) as the iCall scripts and configuration is part of the F5 configuration so backed up and retained during upgrades.