Cli command, bigpipe

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A command available on F5 BigIP platforms; used to configure the bigpipe shell environment.

Usage Syntax

bigpipe cli [options]

Common options include;

• audit (disable | enable | verbose | all) - modify auditing configuration, the default is disable; if enabled the audit log is stored in /var/log/audit
• hostname lookup (enable | disable) - enable or disable hostname lookup which allows host names to be entered in bigpipe commands rather than IP addresses, the default is disable
• ip addr (name | number) - specify how host objects are displayed in command output; either as numerical IP addresses or host names (where possible,) the default is number
• service (name | number) - specify how service objects are displayed in command output; either as numerical TCP/IP port numbers or service names (such as http,) the default is name

Usage Examples

bigpipe cli audit enable - enable cli auditing

bigpipe cli \{ audit enable hostname lookup enable ip addr name \} - enable cli auditing and hostname lookup and display host objects using host names, where possible

Usage Notes

Note the bigpipe shell environment in this context is any bigpipe command entered at the CLI as well as bigpipe commands entered in the actual bigpipe shell launched with the bigpipe shell command

Bigpipe Usage Notes

Don't forget to save your changes using the bigpipe save all command.

Note in most cases, the show keyword displays object status or statistics, the list keyword displays configuration.

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.

Typical Output

bigpipe cli list all;

cli {
   partition Common
   audit disable
   hostname lookup disable
   import save 2
   ip addr number
   service name
}

Availability

v9.x Software

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