Bug ID 717391: advCustHelp - how to add, remove, and modify advanced customization without it

Last Modified: Nov 07, 2022

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

Known Affected Versions:
13.0.0, 13.0.0 HF1, 13.0.0 HF2, 13.0.0 HF3, 13.0.1, 13.1.0, 13.1.0.1, 13.1.0.2, 13.1.0.3, 13.1.0.4, 13.1.0.5, 13.1.0.6, 13.1.0.7, 13.1.0.8, 13.1.1, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.3, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.3, 13.1.3.1, 13.1.3.2, 13.1.3.3, 13.1.3.4, 13.1.3.5, 13.1.3.6, 13.1.4, 13.1.4.1, 13.1.5, 13.1.5.1

Fixed In:
14.1.0, 14.0.0

Opened: Apr 27, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Beginning in v13.x, advCustHelp does not work as expected.

Impact

Cannot use advCustHelp to add, remove, or modify advanced customization.

Conditions

Using advCustHelp with version v13.x, or later.

Workaround

Here are the commands to substitute: -- To list all customization groups on the device: tmsh list apm policy customization-group -- To list one customization group, use the following command: tmsh list apm policy customization-group NAMEOFCG -- To add new advanced customization, use the following command: modify apm policy customization-group NAMEOFCG templates add { NAMEOF.INC { local-path PATHTOFILE } } -- To delete advanced customization, use the following command: modify apm policy customization-group NAMEOFCG templates delete { NAMEOF.INC } -- To update files, use the following command: modify apm policy customization-group NAMEOFCG templates modify { NAMEOF.INC { local-path PATHTOFILE } }

Fix Information

Beginning in this release, advCustHelp has been removed.

Behavior Change

Beginning in v13.x, you cannot use advCustHelp to add, remove, or modify advanced customization. Here are the commands to substitute: -- To list all customization groups on the device: tmsh list apm policy customization-group -- To list one customization group, use the following command: tmsh list apm policy customization-group NAMEOFCG -- To add new advanced customization, use the following command: modify apm policy customization-group NAMEOFCG templates add { NAMEOF.INC { local-path PATHTOFILE } } -- To delete advanced customization, use the following command: modify apm policy customization-group NAMEOFCG templates delete { NAMEOF.INC } -- To update files, use the following command: modify apm policy customization-group NAMEOFCG templates modify { NAMEOF.INC { local-path PATHTOFILE } }

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