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Greg_Robinson_1
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Apr 22, 2014
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Best way to query for active member in cluster

We're creating a home brew automation tool for configuring the F5. We know that some objects (Self IPs, routes, etc) must be created on each member in a cluster; however, some objects such as floatin...
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    IheartF5_45022
    Apr 22, 2014

    Auto config sync is only available for Sync-Only groups, so there is no concept of the 'active' device, and in addition this happens when a change is made to any group members

     

    For failover/sync groups I think you can manually initiate config-sync from any of the devices (doesn't have to be active).

     

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Aug 25, 2015

If you're using a single traffic-group, you can use this:

 

curl -sk -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET

 

but if you are using multiple traffic groups, every cluster member will show active. Thus, it's better to query the traffic groups for the active member of that group alone:

 

curl -sk -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET