Manual Chapter : Create a script to run on your managed devices

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

  • 8.4.0
Manual Chapter

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.
  1. At the top of the screen, click
    Configuration
    .
  2. On the left, click
    SCRIPT MANAGEMENT
    Scripts
    .
  3. In the
    Name
    and
    Description
    fields, type a name and optional description to identify this script.
  4. Into the
    Script
    field, type the commands or cut and paste a script you have saved elsewhere.
  5. Click the
    Save & Close
    button.
The new script is added to the list on the Scripts screen.