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Raghavendrachar's avatar
Raghavendrachar
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Nov 20, 2015

iapps template for f5,BIG-IP licence validation automation script

Hi,

 

I want to develop an iapps application template for licence validation such that the application can scp/ftp the licence file from remote machine and validate the licence fiel when the image sping up first time.

 

is it possible to automate this scenario?? or any suggestion to write the script .

 

reagrds, Raghavendrachari

 

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7 Replies

  • Fred_Slater_856's avatar
    Fred_Slater_856
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    Nov 20, 2015

    It is possible, but an iapps template is not the right vehicle. Bash is probably your best bet.

     

    • Raghavendrachar's avatar
      Raghavendrachar
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      Nov 20, 2015
      what about icontrol's pycontrol module , is it ok for licence validation
    • Tim_Rupp's avatar
      Tim_Rupp
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      Nov 20, 2015
      I've had some experience in this arena. Specifically I have an ansible module that uses iControl SOAP to license BIG-IP. I haven't had a chance yet to upstream the module, but I can post it to our github account in the meantime as unsupported code if you would like
  • Raghavendrachar's avatar
    Raghavendrachar
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    Nov 23, 2015

    when am trying to validate the licence am getting the following error

     

    Attempting to get license online. License server requires you to submit EULA. Reg Key list is empty, attempting to retrieve existing keys from the unit Getting dossier using keys:[] No handlers could be found for logger "suds.client" Get Dossier error. Check log. Traceback (most recent call last): File "big_ip_licence.py", line 171, in get_dossier dossier_string = obj.Management.LicenseAdministration.get_system_dossier ( reg_keys ) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 542, in call return client.invoke(args, kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 602, in invoke result = self.send(soapenv) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 649, in send result = self.failed(binding, e) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 702, in failed r, p = binding.get_fault(reply) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/bindings/binding.py", line 265, in get_fault raise WebFault(p, faultroot) WebFault: Server raised fault: 'Exception caught in Management::urn:iControl:Management/LicenseAdministration::get_system_dossier() Exception: Common::OperationFailed primary_error_code : 16908289 (0x01020001) secondary_error_code : 0 error_string : Invalid Registration Key: ' Can't find a locally stored WSDL file. Attempting to fetch wsdl online. Can't retrieve License from Server Traceback (most recent call last): File "big_ip_licence.py", line 115, in get_license_from_F5_License_Server country = country, File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 542, in call return client.invoke(args, kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 602, in invoke result = self.send(soapenv) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 643, in send result = self.succeeded(binding, reply.message) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 678, in succeeded reply, result = binding.get_reply(self.method, reply) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/bindings/binding.py", line 145, in get_reply replyroot = sax.parse(string=reply) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/sax/parser.py", line 136, in parse sax.parse(source) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 107, in parse xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse self.feed(buffer) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 214, in feed self._err_handler.fatalError(exc) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/handler.py", line 38, in fatalError raise exception SAXParseException: :25:25: not well-formed (invalid token) Sorry. Could not retrieve License. Check your connection License status = STATE_DISABLED