Bug ID 1779289: Error when creating a server-group name with an embedded space

Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, F5OS-C(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.5.0, F5OS-A 1.5.1, F5OS-A 1.5.2, F5OS-A 1.5.3, F5OS-A 1.5.4, F5OS-A 1.8.0, F5OS-C 1.6.0, F5OS-C 1.6.1, F5OS-C 1.6.2, F5OS-C 1.6.4, F5OS-C 1.8.0, F5OS-C 1.8.1, F5OS-C 1.8.2

Fixed In:
F5OS-A 1.8.3

Opened: Dec 20, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

An error log inside 'platform.log' for the rSeries systems or 'velos.log' in the VELOS systems when you configure a server-group name with an embedded space. In velos.log on F5OS-C or platform.log on F5OS-A: appliance-1 authd[8]: priority="Err" version=1.0 msgid=0x3901000000000109 msg="Failed to set element in cdb." path="/system/aaa/server-groups/server-group" error="Bad key "my server group" (wrong number of identifiers) at: /system/aaa/server-groups/server-group" errno="Exec format error".

Impact

The configuration change will not take an effect.

Conditions

Creating a server-group name with an embedded space. Example: my server group

Workaround

Remove all spaces from the server-group name. For example, if the server-group name with a space was 'my server group', you can rename it into 'my_server_group' and re-configure the rest of the values. appliance-1(config)# system aaa server-groups server-group my_server_group config name my_server_group appliance-1(config)#commit

Fix Information

Avoid embedded spaces when you create server-group names.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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