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Sashi_81625
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Aug 06, 2010

reloading external datagroup remotely

We are trying to implement iRule solution to dynamically disable certain url patterns. I came up with the idea of using external datagroup and update this datagroup when ever we want new url patterns to be disbabled. However, i am having difficulties on reloading external datagroup remotely.

 

 

Is there any way we can reload the datagroup without requiring the admin privilege and/or without ssh/remote login to F5 shell?

 

 

one idea i would like to explore (if it is possible) is to have a separate iRule that triggers datagroup reload (of another iRule)

 

 

F5 version is 10.0.1

 

 

 

 

 

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  • The_Bhattman's avatar
    The_Bhattman
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    Aug 08, 2010
    Hi Sashi,

     

    Have you looked the following post

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/33/Forcing-a-reload-of-External-Data-Groups-within-an-iRule.aspx

     

     

     

    Bhattman
  • Sashi_81625's avatar
    Sashi_81625
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    Aug 10, 2010
    yes, if you look at the comments section.. it seems like this method doesnt work on 10.x version

     

  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    May 10, 2011
    I just tested on 10.2 via the GUI by changing the access mode of an external datagroup back and forth to force a reload of the file. This worked okay. I assume it should work via iControl as well.

     

     

    Aaron