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Michel_van_der_
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NimbostratusDebug tools for XML SOAP messages
I'm struggling a bit with some of the more complex call to iControl using perl and SOAP::Lite. At times I want
to look at the XML messages and see if they are compliant with the API. I'm using 't...
The easiest way is to use the built-in tracing features in SOAP::Lite. At the top of each sample application is the following module declaration for SOAP::Lite
use SOAP::Lite + trace => qw(method debug);
use SOAP::Lite;Switch those comments around and all the XML traffic will be spit out to the console
use SOAP::Lite + trace => qw(method debug);
use SOAP::Lite;Alternately, you can use a client proxy trace utility (I use tcptrace personally) but you will need to enable clear text HTTP on your BIG-IP admin port for it to work. Not advisable for a production system.
-Joe
