Config Examples¶

Below are examples of using the CLI to manage authentication and global configuration settings.

Create an authentication account¶

The following are examples of how to create an authentication config for an authentication provider. Any commands that interact with BIG-IP or Cloud Services require that authentication to that BIG-IP is already configured.

f5 config auth create --authentication-provider bigip
    --name bigip-1 --host 192.0.2.10 --user myuser

f5 config auth create --authentication-provider bigip --name bigip-2
    --host 192.0.2.11 --user myuser --password mypassword --set-default

f5 config auth create --authentication-provider cs
    --name cs-1 --user myuser@f5.com --password blah

Update an authentication account¶

The following are examples of how to update authentication accounts:

f5 config auth update --name bigip-1 --user aws --password mypassword --set-default

f5 config auth update --name cs-1 --user myuserr@f5.com --password mypassword

Delete an authentication account¶

The following is an example of how to delete an authentication config auth:

f5 config auth delete --name bigip-1

List all authentication accounts¶

The following is an example of how to list all the authentication accounts:

f5 config auth list

Toggle a default authentication account¶

The following is an example of how to set default authentication config auth:

f5 config auth update --name cs-1 --set-default

Set global config¶

The following is an example of how to set the global output format setting:

f5 config set-defaults --output json

Response:

{
    "message": "CLI defaults updated successfully."
}

Disable SSL Warnings through global config settings¶

The following is an example of how to disable SSL warnings:

f5 config set-defaults --disable-ssl-warnings true

Note

The F5 CLI is currently in early development and we want to hear from you! To provide feedback on F5 CLI or this documentation, you can file a GitHub Issue.

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