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Zdenda
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Jan 23, 2019

Api Rest - Assign LTM policy to virtual server

Hi, from this article it looks the way to assign LTM policy to VS is through 

POST /mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~/policies
with body 
{"name": ""}
.

Well, it works for me, but I always get 404 in the response. When I check VS via GUI, I see policy being assigned.

So it works, but why I get 404, does anyone know? Btw, I work with standard LTM policies/rules, not with ASM, but there should be no difference.

I use v12.1.3.4

Thx, Zdenek

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  • PeteWhite's avatar
    PeteWhite
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    Jan 23, 2019

    Have you retrieved the message that is sent with the 404? Try using Postman to do it manually and see it in more detail. It could be that you are missing a profile on the VS and it is complaining.

     

  • Zdenda's avatar
    Zdenda
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    Jan 23, 2019

    Hi, I used Postman, check the message:

     

    {
    "code": 404,
    "message": "Object not found - https_pool-select_policy",
    "errorStack": [],
    "apiError": 1
}

    The payload:

     

    {
"name": "https_pool-select_policy"
}

    All objects are in the same partition.

     

  • Satoshi_Toyosa1's avatar
    Satoshi_Toyosa1
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    Jan 25, 2019

    Hmmm... I did not have any issue with the same call.

     curl -D - -sku : https:///mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/vs/policies \
  -H "Content-type: application/json" -X POST \
  -d '{"name":"TestPolicy"}'
  
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: 25 Jan 2019 01:03:23 UTC
....
{"kind":"tm:ltm:virtual:policies:policiesstate","name":"TestPolicy","fullPath":"TestPolicy","generation":205,"selfLink":"https://localhost/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/vs/policies/TestPolicy?ver=13.1.1.2"}

    Has the policy 

    https_pool-select_policy
    been published (i.e., not in the draft state)? Check it it exists:

    GET /mgmt/tm/ltm/policy/https_pool-select_policy
  • Satoshi_Toyosa1's avatar
    Satoshi_Toyosa1
    Ret. Employee
    Jan 28, 2019

    The 

    ~
    (tilda) notation is for URI encoding to avoid mixing up the BIG-IP partition/folder delimiter and URI's slash. See also p. 13 of iControl REST User Guide Version 13.1. You should use the standard BIG-IP partition/folder notation (e.g. /Common/virtualX) in the payload.