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Charles_Welton
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Jan 11, 2016

iControl: Retrieve VIP Status & Count of Active Sessions By Real Host

Hello:   I'm pretty new to F5 as well as iControl. Can I programmatically retrieve VIP status and count of active sessions by real host using iControl? If so, can someone please provide sample c...
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Jan 11, 2016

Yes, you can, there are plenty of examples on DevCentral. Exact code would depend on whether you want to use iControl SOAP API or REST API and a specific programming language.

 

Here is a link to a code example in Python using REST API:

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/codeshare/connection-list-via-icontrolrest-api

 

iControl REST Documentation is here:

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/icontrolrest.homepage.ashx

 

iControl REST API User Guide in PDF can be downloaded here: https://devcentral.f5.com/d/the-user-guide-for-the-icontrol-rest-interface-in-big-ip-version-1160?download=true&vid=157:

 

Hope this helps,

 

Sam

 

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Charles_Welton
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Jan 11, 2016
Thanks, Sam! The information you have provided will be very valuable.