[rancid] F5 BIG-IP devices - any tricks?

[Ryan West]

On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 02:32:37, Colin Stubbs wrote:
> rancid at shrubbery.net
> Subject: Re: [rancid] F5 BIG-IP devices - any tricks?
> 
> Patch attached for 2.3.8.
> 
> It uses `bigpipe version`'s response to determine if it should use 
> tmsh or not, and switches command table as appropriate.
> 
> So it will only use tmsh on a BIGIP v11 F5, as they respond like this,
> 
> [root at localhost:] ~ # bp version
> /usr/bin/bp: bigpipe is no longer supported; please use tmsh.
> [root at localhost:] ~ #
> 
> This should keep things the same for existing users and avoid 
> unexpected config diff after upgrade.
> 
> Tested against,
> 
> bigip1.f5.routedlogic.net:#Sys::Version
> bigip1.f5.routedlogic.net-#	Main Package
> bigip1.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Product  BIG-IP
> bigip1.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Version  10.2.3
> bigip1.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Build    112.0
> bigip1.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Edition  Final
> --
> bigip2.f5.routedlogic.net:#Sys::Version
> bigip2.f5.routedlogic.net-#	Main Package
> bigip2.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Product  BIG-IP
> bigip2.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Version  11.1.0
> bigip2.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Build    1943.0
> bigip2.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Edition  Final
> --
> bigip3.f5.routedlogic.net:#Sys::Version
> bigip3.f5.routedlogic.net-#	Main Package
> bigip3.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Product  BIG-IP
> bigip3.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Version  10.1.0
> bigip3.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Build    3341.1084
> bigip3.f5.routedlogic.net-#	  Edition  Final
> 
> 

Colin,

Works for me too.  Thanks for the patch.

-ryan