Update/modify an iApp instance with iControlREST

[S__233_bastien2]

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.

[Satoshi_Toyosa1]

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"}'