Get route-advertisement state for a VIP

Hi Mihai

you have to get_config with all-properties (otherwise no route-advertisement object) and then iterate

set vipaddresses [tmsh::get_config /ltm virtual-address all-properties]

foreach virt $vipaddresses {
                 if { [tmsh::get_name $virt] eq $vaddr } {
                     puts "virtual=$virt"
                     set routeadv [tmsh::get_field_value $virt route-advertisement]
                     puts "route adv status=$routeadv"
                }
             }

would output

virtual=ltm virtual-address 172.31.xx.xxx {
    address 172.31.xx.xxx
    app-service none
    arp enabled
    auto-delete true
    connection-limit 0
    description none
    enabled yes
    floating enabled
    icmp-echo enabled
    inherited-traffic-group false
    mask 255.255.255.255
    metadata none
    partition Common
    route-advertisement enabled
    server-scope any
    traffic-group traffic-group-1
    unit 1
}
route adv status=enabled

damn. seems this is the only way. the iControl API is much more structured and can address objects directly without needing to parse whole things. I guess F5 still has to improve on this side. thanks for the answer.

I will probably do this query once and store it in a hash array something like: array["ip address"]=1 or 0 (for enabled/disabled). This saves me then the trouble for the other parsing I will do.

Thanks Alex. As always you're keeping a close eye on my questions:)

Although it doesn't simply provide a true/false response, you can at least parse fewer lines with:

(tmos) list ltm virtual-address 1.1.1.1 route-advertisement

ltm virtual-address 1.1.1.1 {
    route-advertisement enabled
}

One last question and a pertinent one for Shaggy :)

set entity [tmsh::list /ltm virtual-address "My VIP here"] puts $entity set ohaoha [tmsh::get_field_value $entity mask] puts "nothing==$ohaoha" }

The entity works and if I do puts it shows: ltm virtual-address my-IP { address my-IP mask 255.255.255.255 route-advertisement enabled traffic-group Redundant unit 2 }

the ohaoha testing part did not work....tested with mask/route-advertisement/etc Anything I might be missing out in the syntax ?

The error given is: can't eval proc: "script::run" unexpected TCL object type while executing "tmsh::get_field_value $entity mask" (procedure "script::run" line 22) invoked from within

One last question and a pertinent one for Shaggy :)

set entity [tmsh::list /ltm virtual-address "My VIP here"] puts $entity set ohaoha [tmsh::get_field_value $entity mask] puts "nothing==$ohaoha" }

The entity works and if I do puts it shows: ltm virtual-address my-IP { address my-IP mask 255.255.255.255 route-advertisement enabled traffic-group Redundant unit 2 }

the ohaoha testing part did not work....tested with mask/route-advertisement/etc Anything I might be missing out in the syntax ?

The error given is: can't eval proc: "script::run" unexpected TCL object type while executing "tmsh::get_field_value $entity mask" (procedure "script::run" line 22) invoked from within

One last question and a pertinent one for Shaggy 🙂

set entity [tmsh::list /ltm virtual-address "My VIP here"]
puts $entity
set ohaoha [tmsh::get_field_value $entity mask]
puts "nothing==$ohaoha"
}

The entity works and if I do puts it shows:

ltm virtual-address my-IP {
    address my-IP
    mask 255.255.255.255
    route-advertisement enabled
    traffic-group Redundant
    unit 2
}

the ohaoha testing part did not work....tested with mask/route-advertisement/etc

can't eval proc: "script::run"
unexpected TCL object type
    while executing
"tmsh::get_field_value $entity mask"
    (procedure "script::run" line 22)
    invoked from within

Just tried also with:

set obs [tmsh::get_config /ltm virtual-address ip-address]

which should return an object in the format that the scripting engine expects..but ran into the same error (probably I'm not getting the syntax right) when trying to do get_field_value/get_field_name on it.

If I print just $obs I get:

ltm virtual-address ip-address {
    address ip-address
    mask 255.255.255.255
    route-advertisement enabled
    traffic-group Redundant
    unit 2
}

But so far it seems I am missing an important bit or not seeing it in front of my eyes..how to access the contents.

Found the answer by myself...seems sleep helps a lot:

foreach member [tmsh::get_config /ltm virtual-address ip-address]
{   set ola [tmsh::get_field_value $member route-advertisement]
    puts "oha=$member"
    puts $ola
    }

like this it works so I can get my value.