Bug ID 460030: If you edit the configuration file manually, you might cause the apd process to crash.

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10

Fixed In:
11.6.0

Opened: Apr 30, 2014

Severity: 2-Critical

Related Article: K16382

Symptoms

If you edit the configuration file /config/bigip.conf by manually adding an extra terminal-out in a macro. In a subsequent configuration load you might cause apd to crash. Please use the VPE to edit any macro.

Impact

The APM apd process crashes due to bad configuration added by editing the configuration file.

Conditions

Editing the configuration file /config/bigip.conf manually.

Workaround

This issue has no workaround at this time.

Fix Information

In case the number terminal-out in a macros is added or subtracted manually, new validation code will catch this kind of discrepancy.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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