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Wyko's avatar
Wyko
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Aug 05, 2021

How to Duplicate an Object from REST API / Python SDK

Question: How can you use the Python SDK to create a new object (like a pool) from an existing object?     As a bonus, is there any way to generate the CLI commands for an action from the SDK?...
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Dario_Garrido's avatar
Dario_Garrido
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Aug 27, 2021

Hello Wyko.

This command give you a JSON structure with all the configuration sets located in "mynode".

mynode = session.tm.ltm.nodes.node.load(name='mynode', partition='Common')

For creation of a new object, you need to specify all the configuration parameters that you would like to use from the other object.

mynode = session.tm.ltm.nodes.node.create(name='mynode', address='5.5.5.5', partition='Common', ... etc ...)

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Bash execution is possible with Python SDK

command = session.tm.util.bash.exec_cmd('run', utilCmdArgs='-c "netstat -rn"')
print(command.commandResult)

Regards,

Dario.