Confusion on changing a pool member state

Hmm I couldn't add the screenshot. Here is an example of being able to make calls and pull data off the LTM.

 

 

require 'rubygems'

 

require 'highline/import'

 

require 'f5-icontrol'

 

 

@password = ask("Password: ") {|q| q.echo = false}

 

@username = "somedude"

 

@poolname = "tmp_test_pool"

 

@host = "ltm01.whatever.com"

 

 

@ltm = F5::IControl.new(@host, @username, @password, ["LocalLB.PoolMember"]).get_interfaces

 

 

while true

 

string = ""

 

ltm["LocalLB.PoolMember"].get_monitor_status(poolname).first.each do |member|

 

status = member.monitor_status

 

address = member.member.address

 

port = member.member.port

 

string << "%s:%d %20s\n" % [address, port, status]

 

end

 

system('clear')

 

puts string

 

sleep 1

 

end

 

I think you are munging two data types together in your member_state hash. Instead, try something like this:

 

member = {:address => "172.16.20.65", :port => 0}

 

monitor_state = "STATE_DISABLED"

 

 

your next issue is likely due to the fact that the set_monitor_state method wants you to pass in an array of pool names and an array of arrays for the member

 

set_member_monitor_state(

 

in String [] pool_names,

 

in Common__AddressPort [] [] members,

 

in EnabledState [] [] monitor_states

 

);

 

 

that's what the "[]" and "[] []" mean in the method definition.

 

 

so you would need something like this (if you just wanted to mess around with a single pool and single pool member in the pool)

 

@ltm["LocalLB.PoolMember"].set_monitor_state(["tmp_test_pool"],[ member],[[monitor_state]])

 

 

also, if you are using v11.x you should be doing all this in the LocalLB::Pool with set_member_monitor_state

 

that's what the "[]" and "[] []" mean in the method definition.

 

 

I thought of that. The reason I didn't do this, and the reason I got confused, is because get_monitor_status also requires string [] but if you see my example above I did not have to pass it in as an array. I was able to simply use "poolname" and not ["poolname"]

 

 

 

member = {:address => "172.16.20.65", :port => 0}

 

monitor_state = "STATE_DISABLED"

 

 

 

This is a good point. I will try this.

 

 

also, if you are using v11.x you should be doing all this in the LocalLB::Pool with set_member_monitor_state

 

 

We standardize on 10.2.3 still. :)

 

 

Thanks for the help Andy. I'll update you with the status. It may be a few weeks, after the holidays, when I can look at this again.

 

 

 

Had a long vacation but will be back in action in a few days. I'll try the monitor_state assignment as you mentioned above to see if it works.

I have tried all the variations you gave above plus some alterations of it. I get the following.

 

XSD::ValueSpaceError: {urn:iControl}Common.EnabledState: cannot accept ''
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/wsdl/xmlSchema/simpleType.rb:66:in `check_restriction'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/wsdl/xmlSchema/simpleType.rb:23:in `check_lexical_format'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:125:in `simpleobj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:118:in `obj2typesoap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:44:in `obj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/mapping.rb:127:in `_obj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:210:in `elements2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:206:in `each'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:206:in `elements2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:167:in `struct2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:134:in `complexobj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:120:in `obj2typesoap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:44:in `obj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/mapping.rb:127:in `_obj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:179:in `array2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:178:in `each'
... 14 levels...
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:206:in `elements2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:167:in `struct2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:134:in `complexobj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:120:in `obj2typesoap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/wsdlencodedregistry.rb:44:in `obj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/mapping.rb:127:in `_obj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/mapping.rb:47:in `obj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/mapping.rb:360:in `protect_threadvars'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/mapping/mapping.rb:43:in `obj2soap'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:394:in `request_rpc_enc'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:376:in `request_rpc'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:338:in `request_body'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:123:in `call'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/driver.rb:178:in `call'
from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/driver.rb:232:in `set_monitor_state'
from (irb):135>> 

I know that the argument expects two arguments since if I pass 1 or 3 it fails asking for two. So I tried the following examples

member = {:port=>0, :address=>"172.16.20.65"}
monitor_state = "STATE_DISABLE"
@ltm["LocalLB.PoolMember"].set_monitor_state(@poolname, [member, monitor_state])
@ltm["LocalLB.PoolMember"].set_monitor_state([@poolname], [member, monitor_state])
@ltm["LocalLB.PoolMember"].set_monitor_state(@poolname, [[member], [monitor_state]])

I get the same error on all of them

The API asks for a struct so I took it to the next extreme via the following.

Struct.new("Member", :address, :port)
Struct.new("Member_status", :member, :status)
m = Struct::Member.new("172.16.20.65", 0)
ms = Struct::Member_status.new(m, 0)

@ltm["LocalLB.PoolMember"].set_monitor_state(@poolname, ms)

API Says it expects a MemberMonitorState which is a struct of IpPortDefinition and EnabledState. IpPortDefinition is a struct of a string, Address, and long, port. The EnabledState looks like simply a 0 or 1.

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControl.LocalLB__PoolMember__set_monitor_state.ashx

Anyhow I get the same errors

XSD::ValueSpaceError: {urn:iControl}Common.EnabledState: cannot accept ''

crosson,

Give this a shot:

bigip = F5::IControl.new('test-ltm-01', 'admin', 'admin', ['LocalLB.PoolMember']).get_interfaces
member = { 'address' => '10.84.3.50', 'port' => 80 }
bigip['LocalLB.PoolMember'].set_monitor_state ['test-ubuntu-lucid'], [ [ { 'member' => member, 'monitor_state' => 'STATE_DISABLED' } ] ]
bigip['LocalLB.PoolMember'].set_monitor_state ['test-ubuntu-lucid'], [ [ { 'member' => member, 'monitor_state' => 'STATE_ENABLED' } ] ]

Best regards,

George

Pycontrol looks quite a bit more matured than the ruby gem. For now I've gone ahead and made my own wrapper for pool member manipulation. Feel free to use.

 

 

https://github.com/crosson/util_scripts/blob/master/Pool.rb

Does anyone happen to know the equivalent python format for set_monitor_state?