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Nimbostratus

Nov 17, 2015

Disable pool member using iRule

Hey Everyone, I'm trying to disable a pool member using an HTTP request, so that my team and I don't need to be awake and online for server maintenance. Below are both of the rules I've tried to us...

Cirrus

Nov 17, 2015

Have you considered using a monitor with a receive disable string or just using the REST api to take the pool member offline?

Brad_Parker
Cirrus
Nov 17, 2015
Here's a good explanation of a receive disable string. https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/12000/800/sol12818.html
jjkast_230900
Nimbostratus
Nov 17, 2015
I'm open to all options. I'm just trying to take a little workload off of my team.
jjkast_230900
Nimbostratus
Nov 17, 2015
That might work. Do you have an example of using the REST api to do it too?
Brad_Parker
Cirrus
Nov 17, 2015
The API is a bit more involved of a solution, but it is a frame work to edit just about everything on the BigIP via a REST API. https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControlREST.HomePage.ashx This would be an example to disable a pool member. curl -sk -u 'admin:admin' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT https://192.168.1.246/mgmt/tm/ltm/pool/~Common~Pool1/members/~Common~10.0.0.1:80 '{"session": "user-disabled"}'
Kevin_Davies_40
Nacreous
Nov 17, 2015
Brad thats nice code. I'll use that :-)