Bug ID 746078: Upgrades break existing iRulesLX workspaces that use node version 6

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

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

Known Affected Versions:
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, 14.0.0, 14.0.0.1, 14.0.0.2, 14.0.0.3, 14.0.0.4, 14.0.0.5, 14.0.1, 14.0.1.1, 14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4

Fixed In:
15.0.0, 14.1.2.5

Opened: Oct 05, 2018

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When upgrading a BIG-IP with iRulesLX plugins, if those plugins are based on workspaces that use node version 6 (instead of version 0.12) they will fail to work properly after the upgrade once the plugin is reloaded from the workspace. Errors like this will be seen in /var/log/ltm: Oct 5 06:37:12 B7200-R14-S36 info sdmd[17582]: 018e0017:6: pid[26853] plugin[/Common/test-jt-plugin.test-jt-extension] Starting the server.....jt...after upgrade... Oct 5 06:37:12 B7200-R14-S36 err sdmd[17582]: 018e0018:3: Resuming log processing at this invocation; held 233 messages. Oct 5 06:37:12 B7200-R14-S36 err sdmd[17582]: 018e0018:3: pid[26850] plugin[/Common/test-jt-plugin.test-jt-extension] /var/sdm/plugin_store/plugins/:Common:test-jt-plugin_62858_3/extensions/test-jt-extension/node_modules/f5-nodejs/lib/ilx_server.js:30 Oct 5 06:37:12 B7200-R14-S36 err sdmd[17582]: 018e0018:3: pid[26850] plugin[/Common/test-jt-plugin.test-jt-extension] ILXServerWrap = process.binding('ILXServerWrap').ILXServerWrap; Oct 5 06:37:12 B7200-R14-S36 err sdmd[17582]: 018e0018:3: pid[26850] plugin[/Common/test-jt-plugin.test-jt-extension] ^ Oct 5 06:37:12 B7200-R14-S36 err sdmd[17582]: 018e0018:3: pid[26850] plugin[/Common/test-jt-plugin.test-jt-extension] Error: No such module: ILXServerWrap Oct 5 06:37:12 B7200-R14-S36 err sdmd[17582]: 018e0018:3: pid[26850] plugin[/Common/test-jt-plugin.test-jt-extension] at Error (native)

Impact

The iRulesLX plugin no longer works.

Conditions

Upgrading a version of BIG-IP that is using iRulesLX that has a workspace based on node version 6. Later reloading the iRulesLX plugin from the workspace.

Workaround

- Navigate to the workspace folder on the BIG-IP (/var/ilx/workspaces/<partition>/<workspace name>. - Make the file "node_version" writable (chmod +w node_version). - Edit the node_version file: change "0.12" to "6" - Save the node_version file. - Make the file "node_version" read-only (chmod -w node_version). - Reload the iRulesLX plugin from the workspace.

Fix Information

Prevented the node version from getting reverted to default during an upgrade.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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