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jfletcher_25149
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Mar 01, 2019

adding an FQDN node to an existing pool using icontrol or Rest API

I would like to be able to add an FQDN node to a pool via the iControl or REST Api.

 

Currently we have been using a powershell module (https://github.com/joel74/POSH-LTM-Rest) to create the nodes and pools however there seems to be no way of adding an FQDN node to a pool as all inputs require an IP Address.

 

Having also looked at curl commands to work directly with the API we have been unsuccessful in getting it to work.

 

Any help is massively appreciated!

 

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  • jfletcher_25149's avatar
    jfletcher_25149
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    Mar 01, 2019

    We've gotten to the point we can add nodes however we cannot set these nodes to autopopulate. Any ideas?

     

  • Satoshi_Toyosa1's avatar
    Satoshi_Toyosa1
    Ret. Employee
    Mar 03, 2019

    Create an FQDN node before adding it to the pool. For example, to create an FQDN node 

    www.f5.com
    (name) pointing to 
    www.f5.com
    (actual FQDN) with the 
    autopopulate
    endabled:

    curl -sku : https:///mgmt/tm/ltm/node \
  -X POST -H "Content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"www.f5.com", "fqdn":{"tmName":"www.f5.com", "autopopulate":"enabled"}}'

    Then, add the node to the pool (here 

    pl
    ) just like any other node members:

    curl -sku : https:///mgmt/tm/ltm/pool/pl/members \
  -X POST -H "Content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"www.f5.com:80"}'