UCS Files

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Used with F5 Networks BigIP platforms, User Configuration Sets (UCSs) are binary files containing LTM configuration files, SSL keys and certificates, user account directories and files, license and registration keys and much more. These files can be used as a backup mechanism for a particular device or used to replicate an LTM and to a lesser degree underlying Linux operating system configuration to multiple devices.

See this text file for a list of the files and directories stored in a UCS file: F5-UCS-File-Contents.txt but note changes will occur based on a specific device's configuration.

User Configuration Set (UCS) files are located here by default: /var/local/ucs/

The bigpipe config command is used to create and install UCS files.

You can use this command to view the files contained within a UCS file: tar -ztf filename.ucs.

You can use this command to extract all the files from a UCS file: tar -zxf filename.ucs but do not do this at the root directory or you could overwrite a device's existing configuration files. Use this syntax to extract a single file: tar -zxf filename.ucs [path/]file-in-archive. The path is the path of the file as stored in the UCS file.

You can use this command to view a file within a UCS file: tar -zxOf filename.ucs [path/]file-in-archive. The path is the path of the file as stored in the UCS file.

Single Configuration Files (SCFs) contain just the LTM and management interface configuration and may be better suited to your needs.

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Further information on these and other F5 BigIP files and their locations can be found in the File locations, F5 BigIP article.

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