PowerShell module for the F5 LTM REST API

Can this module be used to return the state of the "Source Address Translation" property on a VIP? (e.g., return whether it is set to SNAT, AutoMap, or none).

Thank you.

EDIT:

Turns out this property is accessible on a virtual server object:

$virtualserver = Get-VirtualServer | where-object {$_.name -eq "virtualservername" }

$virtualserver.sourceAddressTranslation

Correct. Not all available properties, such as sourceAddressTranslation, gtmScore and mobileAppTunnel, are defined in the VirtualServer LTM object type, but they are still accessible via the object.

When using a try catch block with Get-Virtualserver the error terminates in the try block

EXAMPLE:

try
 {
    get-VirtualServer -F5Session  -Name |select rules
 }
 catch [System.Exception]
 {
    Write-Host "NOPE $_.Exception.Message" -ForegroundColor Cyan
 }

It returns:

Invoke-F5RestMethod : "404 Not Found: 01020036:3: The requested Virtual Server (/Common/EnterSomethingFalse) was not found. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\F5-LTM\1.4.196\Public\Get-VirtualServer.ps1:42 char:21 + ... $JSON = Invoke-F5RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $URI -F5Session $F5S ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException

INSTEAD OF in the catch block

NOPE. ERROR MESSAGE

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Hi, This is a PowerShell thing, not something specific to this module. The error thrown is non-terminating, so PowerShell doesn't go into the Catch block. If you set $ErrorActionPreference to 'Stop', then it will be caught.

Hi,

I'm trying to automate virtual server deployment from top to bottom, an currently am failing on Add-PoolMember.

PS C:\Windows\system32> Add-PoolMember -Address 10.18.2.22 -PoolName iCPRF02BO.pool_80 -PortNumber 80 -Status Enabled -F5Session $SessionToken -Name ICPRF02-BO1 Invoke-F5RestMethod : "400 Bad Request: 01070734:3: Configuration error: Cannot assign (/Common/ICPRF02-BO1-10.18.2.22) as a pool member. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\f5-ltm\Public\Add-PoolMember.ps1:88 char:33 + Invoke-F5RestMethod -Method POST -Uri "$MembersL ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorExceptio n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,I nvoke-F5RestMethod

I can add it manually through GUI, but this function returns an error.

Any help would be appreciated.

Br, Igor

Hi, Igor,

I tested this, and I can successfully execute basically the same Add-PoolMember command you used against 11.5, 11.6 and 12.1. What version LTM are you working with (including hotfixes) and do you have the latest version of the PS module from github? Matan's issue was with searching different partitions. Are you using other than the Common partition?

Cheers, Joel

Hi Joel,

I'm working on BIG-IP 13.0.0 Build 0.0.1645 Final. I downloaded PS module a week ago from https://github.com/joel74/POSH-LTM-Rest I'm using the Common partition. As you can see from the error, it sees the node, but fails to join it to the pool.

Configuration error: Cannot assign (/Common/ICPRF02-BO1-10.18.2.22) as a pool member.

Br, Igor

Hi, Igor, I tested this morning with 13.0.0 Build 2.0.1671 Hotfix HF2 and couldn't repro the error. A couple questions, that may or may not shed some light:

• Do all calls to Add-PoolMember fail?
• Did it work initially and then started failing?
• Does the user creating the iControlRest session have admin privs?
• Is the pool member (ICPRF02-BO1-10.18.2.22) listed as a node ( https://{BIGIP}/mgmt/tm/ltm/node/ )

Cheers, Joel

Hi Joel,

Thank you for the quick responses.

First the answer to all questions: 1) yes...but, 2) no, 3) yes, 4) yes

Now but:

My plan is to add nodes using FQDN and I was testing using nodes created manually/or trough script using FQDN and all tests on may BIGIPs failed (i have two in HA). Then I tried creating nodes using IP, and it turns out nodes created that way can be added to the pool using the Add-PoolMember. So my question changes to: Why can't I use Add-PoolMember to add FQDN nodes? Did you test the command with FQDN nodes?

And I have two additional questions, since I wasn't able to find it in the module: 1) Is there a way to add SSL Profile (client) to virtual server? 2) Is there a way to add HTTP profile to virtual server?

Br, Igor

Hi, Igor, Answering in reverse order, yes, you can use Set-VirtualServer to add SSL and HTTP (and other server and client) profiles to virtual servers. Check out the examples for that function on how to do this.

Currently, Add-PoolMember does not support the creation of new FQDN nodes. There are a number of additional params that Add-PoolMember would need to accept, so it could pass them on to New-Node. My recommendation for the time-being would be to call New-Node to create your FQDN nodes, and then add the existing nodes with Add-PoolMember. Please let me know if you have any issue accomplishing that.

All the best, Joel