virtual server set_protocol doesn't work

From the SDK you'll see that we've got two arguments to this call:

1) 'virtual_servers' - this tips you off that you'll be passing a list of virtual server names. Anything plural in iControl is generally wrapped in a list. So far so good...

2) 'protocols' - another plural, so another list. But the SDK says that we need to pass in type "ProtocolType", which in this case is simply a specific string value.

Putting it together, this works:

 
 In [5]: b.LocalLB_VirtualServer.set_protocol(virtual_servers = ['virtual_forward_test'], protocols = ['PROTOCOL_UDP']) 
 

I successfully changed a virtual server of *All Protocols to a UDP-only VS (confirmed via the GUI). To set it back, I just passed it 'PROTOCOL_ANY' as defined in the SDK, and it worked.

I hope this helps!

-Matt

Matt,

 

 

I know that I need to use lists. I created a virtual server with name tcpvserver. Then changed protocol to 'UDP' from GUI.

 

 

Then I tried to do the following in a row. If I set the protocol to the current value ('udp'), it works. Which proves the synmtax I used was correct. As soon as I change it to other protocol, it fails. I ran into same issue last week. I was not able to change the protocol.

 

 

vs.set_protocol(virtual_servers=['tcpvserver'], protocols=['PROTOCOL_UDP']) passes

 

vs.set_protocol(virtual_servers=['tcpvserver'], protocols=['PROTOCOL_TCP']) crashes.

 

 

vs.set_protocol(virtual_servers=['tcpvserver'], protocols=['PROTOCOL_SCTP'])

 

 

Linda

 

I try to write responses in a way that may help others out as well, sorry if this was redundant information for you. Pasting code helps.

 

 

I would turn on debugging so you can see if an error is thrown on the BigIP side - I can't replicate this (what version are you running?). Here is some info on enabling debugging on the system. Do this on a non-prod system if at all possible, as it's verbose.

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=1&postid=2695&view=topic

 

 

-Matt