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Jomar_46001
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Nov 19, 2010

Adding a iRule to a Virtual Server

Hi,     I was trying to write a script to allow me to add an existing iRule to an existing Virtual Server. I am receiving the following error when I run the script: 'Could not find element by n...
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python icontrol library
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Thomas_Weisshaa
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Sep 30, 2012
Hi Jomar,

unfortunately I couldn't figure it out as well with pyControl2 yet.

Here is a solution based on SOAPpy: 

 
!/usr/bin/env python

import SOAPpy
import sys
from optparse import OptionParser
 
def f5Conn(options):
    iControlUrl = "https://%s:%s@%s/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi" %(options.bigipUsername,options.bigipPassword,options.bigipHost)
    iControlVirtualServerNamespace = "urn:iControl:LocalLB/VirtualServer"
    vsProxy = SOAPpy.SOAPProxy(iControlUrl, iControlVirtualServerNamespace)
    return vsProxy
 
def addRuleToVirtualServer(vsProxy, rule, priority, vs):
    ruleStructure = dict(rule_name=rule, priority=priority)
    for item in vs:
        try:
            res = vsProxy.add_rule(
                virtual_servers=[item],
                rules = [[ruleStructure]]
            )
        except:
           return sys.exc_info()[1]
 
def removeRuleFromVirtualServer(vsProxy, delRule, ruleList):
    for ruleListItem in ruleList:
        for (vserver,rules) in ruleListItem:
            for (a,b) in rules:
                    if (delRule in a):
                        ruleStructure = dict(rule_name=a, priority=b)
                        try:
                            res = vsProxy.remove_rule(
                                virtual_servers=[vserver],
                                rules = [[ruleStructure]]
                            )
                        except:
                            return sys.exc_info()[1]
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    foo