Manual Chapter :
Import tenant image files
Applies To:
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F5OS-A
- 1.0.1, 1.0.0
Import tenant image files
Before you can import a tenant image
file, be sure to download the tenant image file to a web server in your
infrastructure that supports HTTPS, has PUT/POST enabled, and has a valid
CA-signed certificate.
You can import tenant image files
onto your
rSeries
system from the
CLI.- Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system using an account with admin access.When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.
- Import the tenant image file.The remote host should be an HTTPS server with PUT/POST enabled and have a valid CA-signed certificate. To ignore the certificate warnings, you can use the insecure option.file import remote-url <ip-address-and-file-path> local-file <local-file-path> username <user> password [ remote-port <port-number> ] [ protocol [ https | scp | sftp ]] [insecure]This example shows how to import a tenant ISO to the system:
You can use the downloaded image file when deploying a tenant.appliance-1# file import remote-url https://files.company.com/images/BIGIP-15.x.x-x.x.x.ALL-F5OS.qcow2.zip.bundle local-file images/staging username admin password Enter the password at the prompt: Value for 'password' (<string>): ******** result File transfer is initiated.(images/staging)If the file import doesn't work, you can alternatively use secure copy (SCP) to copy the tenant image file to theimages/stagingdirectory of the system. - Return to user (operational) mode.end
- Optionally, you can check the status of the file import command.appliance-1# file transfer-statusWhen the file transfer completes, theStatusdisplaysComplete.
