Bug ID 430104: Certain iControl calls originating from localhost fail

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.3.0, 11.4.0, 11.4.1

Fixed In:
11.5.0, 11.4.1 HF4, 11.4.0 HF6

Opened: Sep 09, 2013

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K15060

Symptoms

When doing an iControl call from on the box itself, i.e. localhost, and you do an operation that uses file objects, such as data group file create, you get an error that you do not get when going from inside or outside the box against management IP.

Impact

iControl fails with an error

Conditions

iControl needs to be done from the box itself, and it needs to do an operation using file objects.

Workaround

None except doing iControl from another ip, ie not localhost

Fix Information

iControl fixed to not report error when done from localhost.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips