Below provides the steps rename a virtual server, pool or any other object within the configuration of a F5 LTM. The steps provided involve the editing of the (bigip.conf) configuration file. This file is then verified for any potential issues before it is loaded and committed to the F5 LTM`s running configuration.
Table of Contents
Backup Configuration
First of we back up the configuration.
cp bigip.conf bigip.conf.bak
Change Name
Next we amend the old object name with its new name. The -i option ensures that the changes are saved to the bigip.conf file.
sed -i ‘s/[OLD NAME]/[NEW NAME]/g’ bigip.conf
Verify Configuration
We then verfiy the configuration to ensure we don’t get any nasty surprises at the point of loading the new configuration.
b verify load
Commit Configuration
Finally we commit the new configuration to the running configuration.
b load
Example
[root@f5-ltm:Active] config # b virtual list
virtual VS-FOWARD-TEST {
ip forward
destination any:any
mask 0.0.0.0
rules IRULE-SNAT
vlans {
EXTERNAL
INTERNAL
} enable
}
[root@f5-ltm:Active] config # cp bigip.conf bigip.conf.bak
[root@f5-ltm:Active] config # sed -i ‘s/VS-FOWARD-TEST/VS-FOWARD-PRODUCTION/g’ bigip.conf
[root@f5-ltm:Active] config # b verify load
Reading configuration from /config/low_profile_base.conf.
Reading configuration from /defaults/config_base.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/bigip_sys.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/bigip_base.conf.
Reading configuration from /usr/share/monitors/base_monitors.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/profile_base.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/daemon.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/bigip.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/bigip_local.conf.
Validating the configuration …
[root@f5-ltm:Active] config # b load
Reading configuration from /config/low_profile_base.conf.
Reading configuration from /defaults/config_base.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/bigip_sys.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/bigip_base.conf.
Reading configuration from /usr/share/monitors/base_monitors.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/profile_base.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/daemon.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/bigip.conf.
Reading configuration from /config/bigip_local.conf.
Loading the configuration …
[root@f5-ltm:Active] config # b virtual list
virtual VS-FOWARD-PRODUCTION {
ip forward
destination any:any
mask 0.0.0.0
rules IRULE-SNAT
vlans {
EXTERNAL
INTERNAL
} enable
}
v11.x Update
As the bigpipe commands have now been deprecated with v11.x. When using v11.x replace the following bigpipe commands with the equivalent tmsh commands,
| BIGPIPE | TMSH |
| b verify load | load sys config verify |
| b load | load sys config partitions all |
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