F5-Node-Initiator Chef Cookbook

I also created a chef cookbook for managing F5 @ https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/f5-bigip which I was only recently able to publish (but has been a work in progress for a while).

With this you can create a VIP on a load balancer as easy as:

f5_vip 'testing.test.com' do
  f5 'test-f5.test.com'
  nodes ['10.10.10.10', '10.10.10.11']
  pool 'pool_new'
  destination_address '192.168.1.10'
end

This will then dynamically define other LWRPs for creating the necessary nodes, pool and virtual server. Or you can do it more manually with:

f5_ltm_node '10.10.10.10' do
  f5 'f5-test.test.com'
end

f5_ltm_node '10.10.10.11' do
  f5 'f5-test.test.com'
end

f5_ltm_pool 'pool_new' do
  f5 'f5-test.test.com'
  monitors ['https']
  members [
    {
      'name'      => '10.10.10.10',
      'port'      => 443,
      'enabled'   => true
    },
    {
      'name'      => '10.10.10.11',
      'port'      => 443,
      'enabled'   => true
    }
  ]
end

f5_ltm_virtual_server 'testing.test.com' do
  f5 'f5-test.test.com'
  destination_address '192.168.1.10'
  destination_port 443
  default_pool 'pool_new'
end