icontrol equivalent call for 'b node down'

The state of a node address is set with both the LocalLB::NodeAddress::set_monitor_state() method as well as the LocalLB::Node::set_session_enabled_state() method. This has been discussed on the DevCentral forums although the information is kind of spread across a couple of threads.

 

 

Here's the mapping between the GUI radio options and the iControl methods:

 

 

Enabled (All traffic allowed):

 

set_monitor_state : STATE_ENABLED

 

set_session_enabled_state : STATE_ENABLED

 

 

Disabled (Only persistent or active connections allowed):

 

set_monitor_state : STATE_ENABLED

 

set_session_enabled_state : STATE_DISABLED

 

 

Forced Offline (Only active connections allowed):

 

set_monitor_state : STATE_DISABLED

 

set_session_enabled_state : STATE_DISABLED

 

 

The source for the inconsistency between the GUI and iControl is due to the fact that iControl is based on the internal schema and the GUI made some cosmetic changes to combine these two attributes into a single 3-way radio for usability.

 

 

-Joe