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S__233_bastien2
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Jul 06, 2017

Update/modify an iApp instance with iControlREST

Hi, I've build an iApp, and I would like to create/update services using iControl REST.

 

Creation is working fine:

 

↪ curl -sk -u admin:password -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data @iapp.json https://172.31.X.X/mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/ | jq .
{
  "kind": "tm:sys:application:service:servicestate",
  "name": "test",
  "partition": "Common",
  "subPath": "test.app",
  "fullPath": "/Common/test.app/test",
  "generation": 1120,
  "selfLink": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/~Common~test.app~test?ver=13.0.0",
  "deviceGroup": "none",
  "inheritedDevicegroup": "false",
  "inheritedTrafficGroup": "false",
  "strictUpdates": "enabled",
  "template": "/Common/mytemplate",
  "templateReference": {
    "link": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/application/template/~Common~mytemplate?ver=13.0.0"
  },
  "templateModified": "no",
  "trafficGroup": "none",
  "tables": [
    {
      "name": "hosts__ip_host",
      "columnNames": [
        "ip",
        "host"
      ],
      "rows": [ ..... ]
    }
  ],
  "variables": [
    {
      "name": "vip__vip",
      "encrypted": "no",
      "value": "2.2.2.2"
    }
  ]
}
`

Update is not easy :

`↪ curl -sk -u admin:password -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data @iapp.json https://172.31.X.X/mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/
{"code":400,"message":"01020066:3: The requested application instance (/Common/test.app/test) already exists in partition Common.","errorStack":[],"apiError":3}

↪ curl -sk -u admin:password -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT --data @iapp.json https://172.31.X.X/mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/
{"code":403,"message":"Operation is not supported on component /sys/application/service.","errorStack":[],"apiError":1}

Do you see where I'm wrong ?

 

Do you know how to use the "Reconfigure" action that I use to have in WebUI?

 

Thank you in advance,

 

Best regards,

 

- Sébastien B.

 

application delivery
iApps
iControlREST
  • Satoshi_Toyosa1's avatar
    Satoshi_Toyosa1
    Ret. Employee
    Jul 11, 2017

    Use the 

    PATCH
    method to modify the field(s).

    Check the 

    selfLink
    field in the output you got when you created the iApp. That's where the endpoint (URL) is. In your case, that's 

    "selfLink": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/~Common~test.app~test?ver=13.0.0",

    For example,

    Create an iApp (TestApp):

     curl -sku admin: https:///mgmt/tm/sys/application/service \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -X POST -d@iAppMakeDel.dat

    The output says:

    {
 ...
 "fullPath":"/Common/TestApp.app/TestApp",
 "selfLink":"https://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/~Common~TestApp.app~TestApp?ver=11.6.1",
 ...
 }

    Get the iApp (equivalent to 

    tmsh list sys application service TestApp.app/TestApp
    😞

     curl -sku admin: \
  https:///mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/~Common~TestApp.app~TestApp

    Modify the Description field:

     curl -D - -sku admin: \ 
  https:///mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/~Common~TestApp.app~TestApp \
  -X PATCH -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"description":"Hello World"}'