iControl to disable a virtual server

Hi Damian,

maybe using REST is an option?

To retrieve a list of virtual server direct links you can use the following request:

curl -s -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET https://localhost/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual?\$select=selfLink | grep -ioE '"selfLink":"[^"]+"'    

It will return the links to access the virtual servers.

To enable / disable a specific virtual servers you can do the following:

curl -s -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT -d '{"enabled":true}' https://localhost/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~vs_101_8081

curl -s -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT -d '{"disabled":true}' https://localhost/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~vs_101_8081

Thanks, Stephan

Hi Stephan,

Thanks for the quick reply! using REST and curl would be an ideal option for us, but unfortunately I can't get the example you gave to work:

[damian@hp-elitebook-820 ~]$ curl -s -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET https://10.241.100.11/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~vs_Bens_Test_VIP?ver=11.4.1 | sed -r 's/,(\{?")/,\n\1/g'
{"code":404,
"message":"http://localhost:8100/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~vs_Bens_Test_VIP?ver=11.4.1",
"restOperationId":2287403,
"errorStack":["com.f5.rest.common.RestWorkerUriNotFoundException: http://localhost:8100/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~vs_Bens_Test_VIP?ver=11.4.1",
"at com.f5.rest.common.RestServer.trySendInProcess(RestServer.java:126)",
"at com.f5.rest.common.RestRequestReceiver.dispatchToService(RestRequestReceiver.java:93)",
"at com.f5.rest.common.RestRequestReceiver.processNext(RestRequestReceiver.java:57)",
"at com.f5.rest.common.RestHelper$2.run(RestHelper.java:1480)",
"at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)",
"at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)",

I've substituted "vs_101_8081" with the name of a test VS on our box (Bens_Test_VIP) and also updated with our version of the F5 firmware (1.4.1)

Thanks, Damian

Actually I've made some progress... I didn't have the icrd running on my LTM. I can now run the first example you gave to describe my VS.

It's still failing with the below though:

curl -s -k -u admin:ourpassword -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT -d '{"enabled":true}' https://10.241.100.11/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~Bens_Test_VIP

{"code":400,"message":"Status code:400, uri:http://localhost:8110/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~Bens_Test_VIP, body: {\"errorResponse\":\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"code\\\":400,\\\"message\\\":\\\"Found unexpected data at property /ltm/virtual/~Common~Bens_Test_VIP/enabled. The data is true.\\\"}}\",\"errorStack\":[]}","originalRequestBody":"{\"errorResponse\":\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"code\\\":400,\\\"message\\\":\\\"Found unexpected data at property /ltm/virtual/~Common~Bens_Test_VIP/enabled. The data is true.\\\"}}\",\"errorStack\":[]}","restOperationId":2290260,"errorStack":["java.net.ProtocolException: Status code:400, uri:http://localhost:8110/tm/ltm/virtual/~Common~Bens_Test_VIP, body: {\"errorResponse\":\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"code\\\":400,\\\"message\\\":\\\"Found unexpected data at property /ltm/virtual/~Common~Bens_Test_VIP/enabled. The data is true.\\\"}}\",\"errorStack\":[]}","at com.f5.rest.common.RestRequestSender.finish(RestRequestSender.java:412)","at com.f5.rest.common.RestRequestSender.processNext(RestRequestSender.java:397)","at com.f5.rest.common.RestHelper$2.run(RestHelper.java:1478)","at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)","at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)","at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)\n"]}

Here is the right syntax to retrieve the proper links (was a bit in a hurry when answering):

curl -s -k -u admin:admin -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET https://localhost/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual?\$select=selfLink | grep -ioE '"selfLink":"[^"]+"'