Config command, bigpipe

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A [[CLI]] command available on F5 Networks BigIP platforms; used to install, check and save configuration on the device itself, display configuration synchronisation status and synchronise configurations between two devices in a high availability ([[HA]]) pair.

{{Usage Syntax}}

'''bigpipe config font color=deepskyblue''options''/font [font color=darkorange''filename''/font | font color=deepskyblueall/font]'''

Common options include;

*'''font color=deepskybluesave/font font color=darkorange''filename''/font''' - save the current running configuration to the specified filename
*'''font color=deepskyblueinstall/font font color=darkorange''filename''/font''' - replace the current running configuration with the configuration contained in the configuration file specified
*'''font color=deepskybluesync [all]/font''' - synchronise the current running configuration '''''to''''' the peer device
*'''font color=deepskybluesync pull/font''' - synchronise the current running configuration '''''from''''' the peer device
*'''font color=deepskybluesync show/font''' - display current configuration synchronisation status
*'''font color=deepskybluecheck [all]/font''' - perform a syntax check of the current startup configuration

{{Usage Examples}}

'''bigpipe config font color=deepskybluesave/font font color=darkorange''/config.ucs''/font''' - Save the current running [[LTM]] configuration to file ''config.[[UCS|ucs]]'' on the root of the file system as well as to /config/bigip.conf and saves the base configuration to file /config/bigip_base.conf

'''bigpipe config font color=deepskybluesync all/font''' - Synchronises the current running configuration to the other device in a redundant pair

'''bigpipe config font color=deepskybluesync show/font''' - Displays configuration synchronisation status and details of the latest configuration change

'''bigpipe config font color=deepskybluesave all/font''' - Save the current running configuration to file /config/bigip.conf and the base configuration to file /config/bigip_base.conf - note this option is only available in older software versions and has been superseded by the [[save command, bigpipe|bigpipe save command]]

{{Usage Notes}}

The font color=deepskyblue'''save all'''/font option is only available in older software versions and has been superseded by the [[save command, bigpipe|bigpipe save command]]

The font color=deepskyblue'''''all'''''/font keyword is optional

The font color=deepskyblue'''sync'''/font and font color=deepskyblue'''sync pull'''/font options will save the current running configuration to either a backup file or the startup configuration file (depending on the type of sync operation) prior to performing any configuration synchronisation operations

Configuration archives created in the GUI are located in font color=darkorange'''var/local/ucs/'''/font

===What Is Not Synchronised?===

The following configuration settings and objects are not synchronised by the config sync feature;

*VLANs
**MAC Masquerade
*Non-floating Self IP addresses

{{Typical Output}}

'''bigpipe config sync show;'''

 CONFIG SYNC STATUS --
     Status 0 - Synchronized
     Last change (Self) 2008-03-11 18:21:35
     Last change (Peer) 2008-03-11 18:21:38
     Last Configsync 2008-03-11 18:21:38

'''b config sync;'''

 Synchronizing Master Keys...Cannot fetch unit certificate from peer
 
 Saving active configuration...
 Configsync Mode: Push
 Transferring UCS to peer...
 Installing UCS on peer...
 Obtaining results of remote configuration installation...
 Saving active configuration...
 Current configuration backed up to /var/local/ucs/cs_backup.ucs.
 Hostname of UCS file is testlb1.networkstuff.eu, local hostname is testlb2.networkstuff.eu
 Installing shared configuration on host testlb2.networkstuff.eu
 Installing...
 Reloading configuration... It may take a few minutes...
 Reading configuration from /defaults/config_base.conf.
 Reading configuration from /config/bigip_base.conf.
 Reading configuration from /config/bigip_sys.conf.
 Reading configuration from /usr/bin/monitors/builtins/base_monitors.conf.
 Reading configuration from /config/profile_base.conf.
 Reading configuration from /config/daemon.conf.
 Reading configuration from /config/bigip.conf.
 Reading configuration from /config/bigip_local.conf.
 Loading the configuration ...

{{Bigpipe Usage Notes}}
{{Related Commands}}

Use the [[configsync command, bigpipe|bigpipe configsync command]] to actually configure the configsync feature.

The [[save command, bigpipe|bigpipe save command]] should be used to save the running configuration to the device's local configuration files.

The [[export command, bigpipe|bigpipe export command]] is used to save the [[LTM]] ''and'' operating system configuration to a flat text file.

{{Related Articles}}

For further information on device file locations see the [[File locations, F5 BigIP]] article.

For further information on configuration file contents see the [[Configuration Files In Detail]] article. 

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