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Greg_Bui_33867
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Sep 26, 2014

Adding actions to iControlREST transaction

I followed the steps in Chapter 5 of the iControl REST User guide but am unable to get any actions added to a transaction. The step in "Create a transaction" sub-section that adds a create pool act...
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Ichnafi_177360's avatar
Ichnafi_177360
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Jan 18, 2017

My Problem:

 

I create successfully a transaction and added tasks to it (add a vlan and route-domain). When i check the commands list I get:

 

object(stdClass)[3]
  public 'kind' => string 'tm:transaction:commandscollectionstate' (length=38)
  public 'selfLink' => string 'https://localhost/mgmt/tm/transaction/1484740224001215/commands?ver=12.1.0' (length=74)
  public 'items' => 
    array (size=2)
      0 => 
        object(stdClass)[4]
          public 'method' => string 'POST' (length=4)
          public 'uri' => string 'https://localhost/mgmt/tm/net/vlan' (length=34)
          public 'body' => 
            object(stdClass)[5]
              public 'name' => string 'testvlan' (length=8)
              public 'tag' => string '627' (length=3)
              public 'interfaces' => 
                array (size=1)
                  0 => 
                    object(stdClass)[6]
                      ...
          public 'evalOrder' => int 1
          public 'commandId' => int 1
          public 'kind' => string 'tm:transaction:commandsstate' (length=28)
          public 'selfLink' => string 'https://localhost/mgmt/tm/transaction/1484740224001215/commands/1?ver=12.1.0' (length=76)
      1 => 
        object(stdClass)[7]
          public 'method' => string 'POST' (length=4)
          public 'uri' => string 'https://localhost/mgmt/tm/net/route-domain' (length=42)
          public 'body' => 
            object(stdClass)[8]
              public 'name' => string 'testRD' (length=6)
              public 'id' => string '4533' (length=4)
              public 'vlans' => 
                array (size=1)
                  0 => string '/Common/testvlan' (length=16)
          public 'evalOrder' => int 2
          public 'commandId' => int 2
          public 'kind' => string 'tm:transaction:commandsstate' (length=28)
          public 'selfLink' => string 'https://localhost/mgmt/tm/transaction/1484740224001215/commands/2?ver=12.1.0' (length=76)

But when I try to commit the transaction, i only get a HTTP 415 and the transaction state stays at "UPDATING".

 

  object(stdClass)[3]
  public 'transId' => string '1484740224001215' (length=16)
  public 'state' => string 'UPDATING' (length=8)
  public 'timeoutSeconds' => int 120
  public 'asyncExecution' => boolean false
  public 'validateOnly' => boolean false
  public 'executionTimeout' => int 300
  public 'executionTime' => int 0
  public 'failureReason' => string '' (length=0)
  public 'kind' => string 'tm:transactionstate' (length=19)
  public 'selfLink' => string 'https://localhost/mgmt/tm/transaction/1484740224001215?ver=12.1.0' (length=65)

My php/curl transaction function looks like this:

 

public function executeTransaction($transId)
    {
        $ch = curl_init($this->BASE_URL . "/transaction/" . $transId);
        $encoded_data = '{ "state":"VALIDATING" }';
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH");
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $encoded_data);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$this->username:$this->password");

        $result = curl_exec($ch);
        $this->code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
        return json_decode($result, false, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
    }

Does anyone has a hint for me?

 

  • Ichnafi_177360's avatar
    Ichnafi_177360
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    Jan 19, 2017

    To Answer my own Question:

    You have to specify a header with Content-Type (and optional Content-Length) BUT you have to omit the 'X-F5-REST-Coordination-Id:' in it. So I added the follwing curl-option to my function. It works now.

     

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
            'Content-Type: application/json',
            'Content-Length: ' . strlen($encoded_data))
        );

     

  • Ichnafi's avatar
    Ichnafi
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    Jan 19, 2017

    To Answer my own Question:

    You have to specify a header with Content-Type (and optional Content-Length) BUT you have to omit the 'X-F5-REST-Coordination-Id:' in it. So I added the follwing curl-option to my function. It works now.

     

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
            'Content-Type: application/json',
            'Content-Length: ' . strlen($encoded_data))
        );