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lizhuh_55036
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Jun 25, 2009

virtual server set_protocol doesn't work

Hi,     From GUI, when protocol changes, the client profile changes accordingly.     However, if I do it through pyControl, no mattrer how I change the profiles first, set_prot...
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L4L7_53191
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Jun 25, 2009
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