Class command, bigpipe

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A CLI command available on F5 Networks BigIP platforms; used to display, create, modify or delete data classes (known as data groups in the GUI.)

Usage Syntax

bigpipe class [class_name] [options] [[type] data]

Common options include;

• add - add data to an existing class
• delete - delete an existing class, or data within an existing class

Common types include;

• host ip_address - a single host IP address
• network network_address mask subnet_mask - an IP network and its subnet mask

Usage Notes

To create a class, the add option is not required, this keyword should only be used when modifying an existing class.

Any text string data must be enclosed in double quotes: '; these must be 'escaped' with a back slash \' unless using the bigpipe shell.

Number data can be entered unmodified.

Usage Examples

bigpipe class - display all existing classes - names and number of values only

bigpipe class list all - display all existing classes and the values defined within them

bigpipe class test \{ network 1.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.128 host 2.2.2.2 \} - create class test and add the values specified

bigpipe class test add \{ host 1.1.1.1 host 2.2.2.2 host 123.242.240.16 \} - add the specified values to exiting class test

bigpipe class test delete \{ network 1.1.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 \} - delete the specified values from existing class test

bigpipe class test delete - delete the specified class test

Typical Output

noinclude/noinclude

b class;

CLASS images
|        TYPE string   3 items
CLASS private_net
|        TYPE ip   3 items

b class list all;

class images  {
   .bmp
   .gif
   .jpg
   .jpeg
   .png
}
class private_net  {
   network 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0
   network 172.16.0.0 mask 255.240.0.0
   network 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0
}

Bigpipe Usage Notes

font color=redFrom v9.4, be aware of the administrative partition that is currently active;/font use the bigpipe shell partition command to display the current active partition name and the bigpipe shell partition name command to change partitions.

A full command manual can be displayed using the man command followed by the command name, for example: man pool or by suffixing the command name with the help keyword, for example; bigpipe pool help.

In most cases, the font color=purpleshow/font keyword displays object status or statistics and the font color=purplelist/font keyword displays configuration. URemember/U, from v9.4, only objects in the currently active administrative partition will be displayed.

The bigpipe command can be abbreviated to just b (e.g. b help instead of bigpipe help.) Alternatively, (from v9.4,) you can use the bigpipe shell to enter commands without prefixing them with bigpipe.

Where curly or normal brackets {}' or () or quotes ' or exclamation mark ! are required as part of a command and you are not using the bigpipe shell, they must be proceeded with a back slash \ to prevent the BASH shell from parsing them as system commands.

font color=redDon't forget to save your changes using the bigpipe save all command as necessary./font noinclude/noinclude

Related Commands

Use the bigpipe rule command to create irules, which can reference data classes.

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