Manual Chapter :
Script Management
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 6.0.1
Script Management
Create a script to run on your managed
devices
BIG-IP version 13.0 has Advanced
Shell (bash) and Traffic Management Shell (tmsh) access disabled by default. BIG-IQ
supports only requests from users with bash access, so before you can run scripts on
BIG-IP version 13.0, you must enable it. For more information, refer to article K16413:
Enabling Advanced Shell or tmsh access for BIG-IQ user accounts on AskF5 at:
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K16413.
From BIG-IQ Centralized Management,
you can create scripts to run on your managed devices. For example, you could create a
script that changes the syslog settings for multiple devices. Not only does this ensure
those devices all have the same configuration, it saves you time too, because you don't
have to log in to and configure each device individually. You can save the scripts you
create so you can run them in the future and you can share them with your colleagues.
- At the top of the screen, clickDevices.
- On the left, click .
- Near the top of the screen, click theAddbutton.
- In theNameandDescriptionfields, type a name and optional description to identify this script.
- Into theScriptfield, type the commands or cut and paste a script you have saved elsewhere.
- Click theSave & Closebutton.
The new script is added to the list
on the Scripts screen.
Run a script on BIG-IP devices
After you create a script, you can
run it from BIG-IQ Centralized Management.
Run a script to quickly apply the
same changes to several of your managed BIG-IP devices without requiring individual
logins.
- At the top of the screen, clickDevices.
- On the left, click .
- Select the check box next to the script you want to run, and then click theRunbutton near the top of the screen.
- In theNameandDescriptionfields, type a name and an optional description to identify this task.
- For theTimeoutsetting, specify the number of seconds for BIG-IQ to attempt running the script before canceling the task.
- For theDevicessetting, move the devices you want to run this script on from theAvailablelist to theSelectedlist.
- Click theRunbutton at the bottom of the screen.
You can monitor and view the results of the task on the Execution Log
screen.
