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Rob_74473
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Sep 12, 2018

Trying to get rateLimitMode for virtual server through python sdk

I am trying to get the rateLimitMode from the python sdk. All I get is 'object'.   u'rateLimit': u'disabled', u'rateLimitDstMask': 0, u'rateLimitMode': u'object', u'rateLimitSrcMask': 0,   ...
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Satoshi_Toyosa1
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Sep 17, 2018

'object' is a string literal, meaning 

Per Virtual Server
is selected in the 
Connection Rate Limit Mode
field in the virtual server setting.

K93017176: Overview of the Standard virtual server describes 7 available modes. Unfortunately, the mode names in the article and GUI are different from the ones in tmsh and iControl REST. For example, when 

Per Virtual Server
is selected from the GUI, you get the following:

 tmsh list ltm virtual vs rate-limit-mode
ltm virtual vs {
    rate-limit-mode object
}

Or

 curl -sku admin:admin https:///mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual/vs?\$select=rateLimitMode
{
    "rateLimitMode": "object"    <<< string literal
}

Run 

tmsh help ltm virtual
for the names in tmsh/iControl REST.

          rate-limit-mode [destination | object | object-destination |
                           object-source | object-source-destination | source |
                           source-destination]

Cheers