Bug ID 1142065: Csyncd log level alert|emerg|verbose results in config load failure

Last Modified: Jun 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
13.1.5, 13.1.5.1, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 15.1.6.1, 15.1.7, 15.1.8, 15.1.8.1, 15.1.8.2, 15.1.9, 15.1.9.1, 15.1.10, 15.1.10.2, 15.1.10.3, 15.1.10.4, 15.1.10.5, 15.1.10.6, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 16.1.6, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2

Opened: Aug 25, 2022

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Configuration fails to load, with an error similar to: Syntax Error:(/config/bigip_base.conf at line: 540) "log-level" invalid value "verbose", expected one of the following: "critical" "debug" "error" "informational" "notice" "warning"

Impact

Configuration does not load successfully. System may remain inoperative.

Conditions

-- Configuration is reloaded -- The csyncd log level is set to 'Alert', 'Emergency', or 'Verbose'

Workaround

Make a backup copy of bigip_base.conf: cp /config/bigip_base.conf /config/bigip_base.conf.backup.ID1142065 Remove the csyncd log settings from bigip_base.conf and then reload the configuration. sed -i '/sys daemon-log-settings csyncd {/,/^}/d' /config/bigip_base.conf && tmsh load sys config

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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