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BIG-IP F5

Interact with F5 BIG-IP via the iControl REST API

Actions38

System → Restart Service

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Summary

Restarts a named system service on an F5 BIG-IP by sending a POST to /mgmt/tm/sys/service with command "restart" and the service name.

Inputs

  • Service Name (required) — Name of the BIG-IP service to restart (e.g. icrd, mcpd, tomcat, tmm). Sent as name in the request body alongside the fixed command: restart.
  • Request Options — Optional node settings: batching (items per batch, interval in ms), ignore SSL issues, HTTP proxy, and timeout in ms (default 10000).

Output shape

The parsed JSON response from the BIG-IP iControl REST endpoint, one result per input item.

The source doesn't define any response post-processing; the output is whatever the BIG-IP returns. Restarting services like mcpd or tmm can disrupt traffic or management access, and the call may time out or fail if the service restart interrupts the API. Authentication and base URL come from the bigIpF5Api credential.

Examples

Example 1: Restart the iControl REST daemon after a configuration problem

Resource: System; Operation: Restart Service; Service Name: icrd

Example 2: Restart the web UI service on a self-signed lab device

Service Name: tomcat; Request Options > Ignore SSL Issues: on; Timeout: 30000

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