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fpieressa
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Jul 04, 2014

Query ASM Policies with iControl in version 11.5

Hi! I can't find how to query which ASM Policies has associated a Virtual Server using iControl in version 11.5.   With version 11.3 I use to use the method LocalLB::VirtualServer->get_httpclass_p...
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Hannes_Rapp
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Oct 27, 2015

The response value of "virtualServers" is what you're looking for. Unfortunately, this field/value can not be obtained for all policies in a single call, but a separate request per policy is required. You will have to use Python/Perl/Bash to iterate.

Getting the "where used" Virtual Servers per one particular ASM policy

API Call: 

curl -sk -u 'admin:admin' https://localhost/mgmt/tm/asm/policies/9RXyqZ_cn1PF8Dt5gRQFCQ/

Somewhere in the output, you will get: 

"virtualServers":["/Common/vs_myvirtualserver,/Common/vs_myvirtualserver2"]
. If the value is empty as below, the ASM policy is not linked to any Virtual Servers

"virtualServers":[""]

The last part of gibberish (22 digits) in the API call is a unique policy ID reference. To get a list of those IDs, you will have to make another request beforehand: 

curl -sk -u 'admin:admin' https://localhost/mgmt/tm/asm/policies/

Since there will be a ton of irrelevant output, you will need to use your own scripts or 3rd party tools to parse the output so it can be used in a meaningful way.