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Thanushka_Wije1
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Jun 19, 2019

Automated F5 LTM pre and post checks

Hi

I'm trying to automate F5 check using F5sdk, unfortunately I think that sdk retrieve virtual server details via .conf file.

Reason I'm telling that is from sdk I'm unable to retrieve F5 Availability.

Below is the script I'm using to print virtual server names,

from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot

# Connect to the BigIP
hostname = input("Please Enter F5 IP: ")
mgmt = ManagementRoot(hostname, "admin", "admin")


# Get a list of all pools on the BigIP and print their names and Availability

virtuals = mgmt.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection()

for virtuals in virtuals:
   print(virtuals.name, virtuals.partition)

Anyone know how can I get availability status using F5 sdk ?

application delivery
BIG-IP
LTM
  • Dario_Garrido's avatar
    Dario_Garrido
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    Jun 19, 2019

    Hello Thanushka.

    Try this ->

    devices = session.tm.cm.devices.get_collection()
for device in devices:
	print("Device: {}".format(device.name))
	print("State: {}".format(device.failoverState))

    Output:

    Device: bigip1.mydomain.local
State: active
Device: bigip2.mydomain.local
State: standby

    KR,

    Dario.

  • Thanushka_Wije1's avatar
    Thanushka_Wije1
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    Jun 19, 2019

    Hi Dario

     

    Thanks for the responses, but this will return device HA status not the virtual server (Availability). status..

     

     

    • Dario_Garrido's avatar
      Dario_Garrido
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      Jun 20, 2019

      The availability of a virtual server resides in the stats

      from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot
from f5.utils.responses.handlers import Stats
 
# ----------------------------------------------------------
 
session = ManagementRoot("F5_mgmt_IP","username","password",token=True)
 
virtual = session.tm.ltm.virtuals.virtual.load(name='testVS')
#https://<F5_mgmt_IP>/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/testVS
virtualstats = Stats(virtual.stats.load())
#https://<F5_mgmt_IP>/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/testVS/stats
for key, value in virtualstats.stat.items():
    if value.get('description') != None:
        print("{}: {}".format(key, value.get('description')))
    elif value.get('value') != None:
        print("{}: {}".format(key, value.get('value')))
 
# ----------------------------------------------------------

      KR,

      Dario.

  • JG's avatar
    JG
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    Jun 20, 2019
    for virtual in virtuals:
    if hasattr(virtual, 'subPath'):
        subp = virtual.subPath
    else:
        subp = ""
 
    if (subp != ""):
        print("Name: '%s' AvailabilityState: '%s'" % (virtual.name, get_vs_state(virtual.name, subp)))
    else:
        print("Name: '%s' AvailabilityState: '%s'" % (virtual.name, get_vs_state(virtual.name, "")))