Thanks MK .. but I now have new hurdles.
I took your advice and was able to make the iapp work from a simple basic settings drop down. Now trying to work from the advanced dropdown (again from with f5.http), I get the following when executing from tmsh.
[root@new-host-2:Active:Standalone] config tmsh create /sys application service tomcat11 lists add { irules__irules { value { /Common/ir_sitedown /Common/ir_snat2vip } } net__client_vlan { } } tables add { basic__snatpool_members { } net__snatpool_members { } optimizations__hosts { } pool__hosts { column-names { name } rows { { row { tomcat11.local.com } } } } pool__members { column-names { addr port connection_limit } rows { { row { 2.2.2.4 14000 0 } } { row { 2.2.2.5 14000 0 } } } } server_pools__servers { } } template vco.f5.http traffic-group traffic-group-1 variables add { client__http_compression { value \"/do_not_use\" } client__standard_caching_without_wa { value \"/do_not_use\" } client__tcp_lan_opt { value /Common/pro_tcp_wan_optimized } monitor__monitor { value /Common/mon_msp_traffic_control } net__client_mode { value lan } net__route_to_bigip { value yes } net__same_subnet { value no } net__server_mode { value lan } pool__addr { value 1.1.1.11 } pool__http { value /Common/http } pool__lb_method { value predictive-member } pool__mask { } pool__persist { value /Common/pro_per_cookie_cloud_80_443 } pool__pool_to_use { value \"/create_new\" } pool__port { value 80 } pool__use_pga { value no } server__ntlm { value \"/do_not_use\" } server__oneconnect { value /Common/msp_oneconnect_255 } server__tcp_lan_opt { value /Common/pro_tcp_lan_optimized } server__tcp_req_queueing { value no } server__use_slow_ramp { value no } ssl__mode { value no_ssl } ssl_encryption_questions__advanced { value yes } ssl_encryption_questions__help { value hide } stats__request_logging { value \"/do_not_use\" } }
script did not successfully complete: ("predictive-member" invalid IP address
while executing
"tmsh::create [string range $args 7 end] "
("create" arm line 1)
invoked from within
"switch -exact -- [string range $args 0 5] {
create { tmsh::create [string range $args 7 end] }
modify { tmsh::modify [string r..."
(procedure "iapp::conf" line 14)
invoked from within
"iapp::conf create ltm virtual ${app}_vs destination [iapp::destination $::pool__addr $::pool__port] mask $mask $vs_params ip-protocol tcp mirror ..."
invoked from within
"subst $substa_out"
invoked from within
"if { [info exists [set substa_in]] } {
set substa_out [subst $$substa_in]
set substa_out [subst $substa_out]
} else {
..."
("uplevel" body line 3)
invoked from within
"uplevel {
append ::substa_debug "\n$substa_in"
if { [info exists [set substa_in]] } {
set substa_out [subst $$substa_in]
..."
(procedure "iapp::substa" line 9)
invoked from within
"iapp::substa vs_arr($do_client_ssl,$do_redirect)"
(procedure "v11_4_main" line 363)
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"v11_4_main"
invoked from within
"subst $substa_out"
invoked from within
"if { [info exists [set substa_in]] } {
set substa_out [subst $$substa_in]
set substa_out [subst $substa_out]
} else {
..."
("uplevel" body line 3)
invoked from within
"uplevel {
append ::substa_debug "\n$substa_in"
if { [info exists [set substa_in]] } {
set substa_out [subst $$substa_in]
..."
(procedure "iapp::substa" line 9)
invoked from within
"iapp::substa main($do_v11_3,$upgrade,$downgrade)" line:868)