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yuce_sungur_100
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Oct 02, 2009

configsync not working

hi,

 

I have an iControl script which works fine.

 

at the end of the code I try to sync with the peer but it doesnt work

 

CSObj.synchronize_configuration( sync_flag = '1')

 

the user is privileged as administrator.

 

it even does not block , tiil the operation finishes.It simply responds immediately.

 

anyidea?

 

I have the trace as foolows;

 

_________________________________ Fri Oct 2 16:24:00 2009 REQUEST:

 

1

 

_________________________________ Fri Oct 2 16:24:00 2009 RESPONSE:

 

200

 

OK

 

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Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:24:00 GMT

 

Server: Apache

 

Set-Cookie: BIGIPAuthCookie=032E6C2B420E61D18B1D214400EE24084EC04B0D; path=/;

 

SOAPServer: EasySoap++/0.6

 

Transfer-Encoding: chunked

 

Content-Type: text/xml; charset="UTF-8"

 

xmlns:E="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"

 

xmlns:A="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"

 

xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

 

xmlns:y="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"

 

xmlns:iControl="urn:iControl"

 

E:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">

 

 

xmlns:m="urn:iControl:System/ConfigSync">

 

 

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  • bsdpruegelknabe's avatar
    bsdpruegelknabe
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    Oct 13, 2009
    Same here. :-(

     

     

    After upgrading from 9.3.0 to 9.4.6 the config sync via iControl doesn't work anymore.

     

    With a normal browser it works. On 9.3.0 it works too. But not on 9.4.6.

     

     

    I call my script and it stalles until I get an 500-Error:

     

    500 Internal Server Error at ./f5query.pl line 2667

     

     

    Line 2667:

     

    ---

     

    $do=$soap->synchronize_configuration(SOAP::Data->name('sync_flag' => 'CONFIGSYNC_ALL'));

     

    ---

     

    timeout is set to 600

     

     

    Here are some logs.

     

    /var/log/httpd/httpd_errors:

     

    Oct 13 11:37:38 bigip httpd[30238]: [error] [client 192.168.100.101] FastCGI: comm with server "/usr/local/www/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi" aborted: idle timeout (300 sec)

     

    Oct 13 11:37:38 bigip httpd[30238]: [error] [client 192.168.100.101] FastCGI: incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server "/usr/local/www/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi"

     

     

    /var/log/ltm:

     

    Oct 13 11:37:46 bigip bigpipe[9445]: 01110001:3: Error running config sync all

     

     

     

    Can anyone give me a hint what went wrong?

     

     

     

    Greetings

     

    bsdpruegelknabe
  • samstep's avatar
    samstep
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    Oct 13, 2009
    This is a known issue(CR116460), read the forum here for a workaround:

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=1&tpage=2&view=Topic&postid=1496

     

     

    also refer to SOL10132, this issue has only been fixed in BIG-IP version 10.0.1

     

     

    https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/100/sol10132.html

     

     

    For earlier versions you can request an engineering hotfix from F5 Support (quoting CR116460)
  • bsdpruegelknabe's avatar
    bsdpruegelknabe
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    Oct 13, 2009
    *facepalm* ... "only been fixed in BIG-IP version 10.0.1" and "request an engineering hotfix from F5 Support (quoting CR116460)" ... no comment ... *shakes head* Why in hell did they broke it...

     

     

    Anyway: thank you very much for your answer, samstep.

     

    I think I just dont use this function anymore if its such a hassle. >:-(

     

     

     

    Greetings

     

    bsdpruegelknabe
  • Nicolas_Menant's avatar
    Nicolas_Menant
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    Oct 19, 2009
    For people who would like not to upgrade you can try this. This is something i did to fix it and it worked for me:

     

     

    I had to manually edit the conf file adjusting the number of iControlPortal.cgi processes.

     

     

    Edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf altering this line:

     

     

    FastCgiServer /usr/local/www/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi -processes 1 -socket iControlPortal -idle-timeout 300

     

     

    to read as:

     

     

    FastCgiServer /usr/local/www/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi -processes 2 -socket iControlPortal -idle-timeout 300

     

     

    Save the file and restart Apache by issuing a "bigstart restart httpd".

     

     

  • bsdpruegelknabe's avatar
    bsdpruegelknabe
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    Oct 30, 2009
    Thanks Nico, but this isnt really an supported way to do this? :-)

     

     

    Anyway, since I really need this function (48 boxes screaming to be administrated by iControl) I think I will edit the httpd.conf.

     

     

     

    Greetings,

     

    bsdpruegelknabe
  • hooleylist's avatar
    hooleylist
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    Nov 02, 2009
    No bsdprugelknabe, you could open a case with F5 Support as Sam suggested:

     

     

     

    This is a known issue(CR116460), read the forum here for a workaround:

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=1&tpage=2&view=Topic&postid=1496

     

     

    also refer to SOL10132, this issue has only been fixed in BIG-IP version 10.0.1

     

     

    https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/100/sol10132.html

     

     

    For earlier versions you can request an engineering hotfix from F5 Support (quoting CR116460)

     

     

     

     

    The change to the httpd.conf isn't supported and could lead to issues that Joe described in this post:

     

     

     

    http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=1&tpage=2&view=topic&postid=149655902

     

     

    As I just posted in another forum thread(Click here), modifying the core webserver configuration can have unwanted side effects and F5 does not endorse this change. Several components such as System locking and Partition settings are stored in-process. When you increase the number of processes, this breaks the functionality of the above features. Also, by adding another iControlPortal process, you are also effectively doubling the memory needed to run iControl.

     

     

     

     

    Aaron