Automatically take server out of service

The API reference documentation is in the above link. The documentation for configuring administrative domains can be found in the administrator manual for the BIG-IP version you are running. If you don't have access, you can view the manuals online at ask.f5.com.

 

 

As for the specific APIs you'll want to implement this, you can determine what partitions the use has access to by calling the Management.UserManagement.get_my_permission() method

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iControl/Management__UserManagement__get_my_permission.html

 

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This will return, for the current logged in user, an array of partition names it has access to along with the management role associated with that connection.

 

 

To query the current active partition for the given user, you will use the Management.Partition.get_active_partition() method.

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iControl/Management__Partition__get_active_partition.html

 

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To switch to a new partition, you'll want to use the Management.Partition.set_active_partition() method

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iControl/Management__Partition__set_active_partition.html

 

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I just put together a little PowerShell script that illustrates how to use the various APIs.

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/iControl/PsPartitionAccess.html

 

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Here's some sample output (replace bigip, user, and pass with your settings).

 

 

PS C:\scripts> .\PartitionAccess.ps1 -hostname bigip -user user -pass pass

 

Active Partition : Common

 

Available User Partitions

 

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DevCentral : USER_ROLE_MANAGER

 

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PS C:\scripts> .\PartitionAccess.ps1 -hostname bigip -user user -pass pass -partition DevCentral

 

Active Partition : DevCentral

 

 

PS C:\scripts> .\PartitionAccess.ps1 -hostname bigip -user user -pass pass

 

Active Partition : DevCentral

 

Available User Partitions

 

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DevCentral : USER_ROLE_MANAGER

 

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PS C:\scripts> .\PartitionAccess.ps1 -hostname bigip -user user -pass pass -partition Common

 

Active Partition : Common

 

 

PS C:\scripts> .\PartitionAccess.ps1 -hostname bigip -user user -pass pass

 

Active Partition : Common

 

Available User Partitions

 

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DevCentral : USER_ROLE_MANAGER

 

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Hope this helps...

 

 

-Joe