iControlREST: Node availability details

Usually, you can access information via iControl REST as long as the date is obtainable from

tmsh

. I cannot find a

tmsh

command that shows the date/time of a node being forced down, so I assume it is not doable via iControl REST... at least in a usual manner. You should open a case from F5 Support to request further investigation.

A workaround I can think of is to get the info from /var/log/ltm.

curl -sku admin:adminPass -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

-d "{\"command\":\"run\", \"utilCmdArgs\":\"-c 'grep YOURNODE /var/log/ltm'\"}" \

https://YOURHOST/mgmt/tm/util/bash

It does work, but it isn't great. You need to parse the data further to get what you want. Obviously, it does not work after the log file is rotated.

You can find the information on

/mgmt/tm/util/bash

in

• iControl REST - Avoid using non UTF-8 characters
• iControl® REST API User Guide, Version 12.1.0