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Chris_82142
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Jun 20, 2013

Can only disable a node, not enable.

Hello Everyone,   I am trying to use Pycontrol V2.0 to enable and disable a node:     !/bin/python   import sys   import pycontrol.pycontrol as pc   import suds     b = p...
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mhite_60883
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Jun 21, 2013
The good news about bigsuds is that you don't have to deal with the typefactory stuff or WSDLs. With pycontrol, you do.

Here's information on bigsuds:

https://devcentral.f5.com/tech-tips/articles/getting-started-with-bigsuds-ndasha-new-python-library-for-icontrol

More about the typefactory stuff:

https://devcentral.f5.com/tech-tips/articles/getting-started-with-pycontrol-v2-understanding-the-typefactory

If you really want to do this with pycontrol, try adding this: 


    enabledstate = b.LocalLB.NodeAddressV2.typefactory.create('Common.EnabledState')
    enabledstateseq = b.LocalLB.NodeAddressV2.typefactory.create('Common.EnabledStateSequence')
    enabledstateseq.item = enabledstate.STATE_ENABLED
    b.LocalLB.NodeAddressV2.set_session_enabled_state(nodes, enabledstateseq)

... or something like that.

However, I highly suggest using bigsuds as it is far more approachable.

I'm sure I'll also be telling you to start using the new 11.4 REST API sooner or later, too. 😉

Good luck,

-M