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Kurt_Kite_11866's avatar
Kurt_Kite_11866
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Jan 20, 2017

Python SDK Assign iRules to a virtual server

Hi,

 

I am able to create a virtual using the F5 python SDK including the assignment of HTTP, OneConnect, Client SSL Profiles, and Server SSL profiles. However, I have not been able to figure out how to assign iRules to the virtual server. Does anyone have an example they can share?

 

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  • JRahm's avatar
    JRahm
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    Jan 23, 2017

    Hi Kurt, The rules are a list, so you would do it this way:

    >>> vip = b.tm.ltm.virtuals.virtual.load(name='testvip')
>>>vip.rules
[u'/Common/tcptest'] 
>>> vip.rules = ['/Common/tcptest', '/Common/platform_info']
>>> vip.update()
>>vip.rules
[u'/Common/tcptest', u'/Common/platform_info']

    I did an absolute update on the rules attribute, but I could have also just appended with:

    vip.rules.append('/Common/platform_info')

  • Kurt_Kite_11866's avatar
    Kurt_Kite_11866
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    Jan 23, 2017

    Hi Jason, Thanks very much! This worked for me. I assume that it is not possible to define the rules list as a parameter in the bigip.ltm.virtuals.virtual.create method.

     

    Best Regards, Kurt

     

    • JRahm's avatar
      JRahm
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      Jan 23, 2017

      sure, you can do that as well:

      x = b.tm.ltm.virtuals.virtual.create(
   name='testvip5', 
   partition='Common', 
   rules=['/Common/tcptest'], 
   profiles=['/Common/http'])
    • IRONMAN_183357's avatar
      IRONMAN_183357
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      Nov 03, 2017

      Hi Jason,

       

      I am getting below error

       

      Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\krissara\Desktop\F5 SDK\Stage5\VIP add.py", line 6, in x = b.tm.ltm.virtuals.virtual.create( NameError: name 'b' is not defined

       

    • JRahm's avatar
      JRahm
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      Nov 03, 2017

      did you instantiate your BIG-IP to b or a different variable first?

      from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot
b = ManagementRoot('x.x.x.x', 'admin', 'admin')

x = b.tm.ltm.virtuals.virtual.create(
   name='testvip5', 
   partition='Common', 
   rules=['/Common/tcptest'], 
   profiles=['/Common/http'])
  • IRONMAN's avatar
    IRONMAN
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    Oct 09, 2017

    Hi All,

     

    When i try to make connection with F5 box via python, i am getting below error. I am not good in python, please tell me how to proceed this commands with API to create objects in F5

     

    from import ManagementRoot bigip = ManagementRoot('35.154.69.72', 'admin', 'admin')

     

    Warning (from warnings module): File "C:\Users\krissara\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connectionpool.py", line 858 InsecureRequestWarning)InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.htmlssl-warnings

     

    I decided to add urllib3 to avoid cert errors, but not working

     

    urllib3.disable_warnings() Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in urllib3.disable_warnings() NameError: name 'urllib3' is not defined import urllib3 bigip = ManagementRoot('35.154.69.72', 'admin', 'admin')

     

     

    Warning (from warnings module): File "C:\Users\krissara\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connectionpool.py", line 858 InsecureRequestWarning) InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.htmlssl-warnings