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Nimbostratuscreate an iAPP template to load balance servers?
Hi, I'm working on automation of virtual servers for IIS server environment i.e. load balance servers. Users can input the details of the VIP through a web portal. I need to integrate those details with f5 and then automate the creation of VIPs.
I'm new to iAPPS, so don't know how to do it.
Does anyone has any experience with something similar? Can this be done through iAPPs?
Any help would be really appreciated?
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- boneyard
MVP
this might help some: https://devcentral.f5.com/iapps/getting-started
but you might also look into something like iControl, which might be easier if it doesn't become over complex setups.
https://devcentral.f5.com/icontrol/getting-started
Eddy_161863Hi Thanks. Can you tell me the difference between iControl and iAPP? which one is recommended if we have to call teh scripts using third party tools for example: integration with cloud?
An iApp is used used to consolidate and manage a portion of BIG-IP configuration that is dedicated to a particular application, simplifying the process when using BIG-IP UI. For example, a full-blown Exchange deployment without the iApp takes 1200 clicks, but with the iApp takes 50. iControl is built for machine interaction, and comes in 2 flavors: SOAP and REST. iApps may be instantiated via iControl, and although the iApps published from release 11.3 to 11.6 were not designed for that type of use, it is becoming increasingly popular to do so. This article might be of interest to you: https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/full-examples-of-icr-for-device-and-application-deployments.
- Eddy_161863
Thanks for the info.
How can I use the APIs to deploy the iApp to BIG-IPs? if I write an iApp template for the pattern that I'm looking to deploy. Do I need to write a another script to call that iApp template? Basically I would like to call that script from a private cloud.
Many Thanks.
- There are examples at the link I provided above.
