sys file external-monitor

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NAME
       external-monitor - Manages an external monitor file.

MODULE
       sys file

SYNTAX
       Manage the external-monitor component within the sys file module using
       the syntax shown in the following sections.

   CREATE/MODIFY
	create external-monitor [name]
	modify external-monitor [name]
	  options:
	    app-service [[string] | none]
	    source-path [URL]

	edit external-monitor [ [ [name] | [glob] | [regex] ] ... ]

   DISPLAY
	list external-monitor
	list external-monitor [ [ [name] | [glob] | [regex] ] ... ]

   DELETE
	delete external-monitor [name]

DESCRIPTION
       You can use the external-monitor component to create, edit, delete,
       list or modify an external-monitor file.

EXAMPLES
       create external-monitor new-mon source-path
       http:/file-server/external-monitors/mon_app1

       Downloads the monitor file from the given URL into file-store, creates
       an external-monitor file named new-mon, and saves the given URL in the
       source-path attribute.

       create external-monitor new-mon source-path file:/shared/save/Test.mon

       Specifies the location of the file on the local disk (use this when the
       file has already been created on the local disk).

   SUPPORTED URL FORMAT
       Supported URL schemes are HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, and FILE.

OPTIONS
       app-service
	    Specifies the name of the application service to which the object
	    belongs. The default value is none. Note: If the strict-updates
	    option is enabled on the application service that owns the object,
	    you cannot modify or delete the object. Only the application
	    service can modify or delete the object.

       checksum
	    Specifies a cryptographic hash or checksum of the file contents
	    for use in verification of file integrity.

       created-by
	    Specifies the user who originally created the file-object.

       create-time
	    Specifies the time at which the file-object was created.

       last-update-time
	    Specifies the last time at which the file-object was
	    updated/modified.

       mode Specifies the UNIX file permissions mode for the file associated
	    with this file-object as a numerical value.

       revision
	    The latest revision of the file. The revision starts with 1 and
	    gets incremented on each update.

       size Specifies the size (in bytes) of the file associated with this
	    file object.

       source-path [URL]
	    This attribute takes a URL, for example:

		 source-path
		 http://file-server/external-monitors/monitor_service

		 source-path
		 https://file-server/external-monitors/custom_mon.1

		 source-path
		 ftp://username:password@server/external-monitors/tested.mon

       updated-by
	    Specifies the user who last updated the file-object.

SEE ALSO
       create, delete, edit, glob, list, ltm monitor external, modify, regex,
       tmsh

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