f5-vserver-tool

Functions:

• list all virtual server its pools and their members of a device group
• print out the sync status of a device group
• assign pools to specfied virtual server

Getting Started

Dependencies

Python F5 SDK (>= 3.0.20)

Python F5 icontrol-rest (>= 1.3.9)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/FalcoSuessgott/f5-vserver-tool.git 

or download the rpm under releases and then run:

sudo yum localinstall f5-server-tool

Prerequisites

In order to use this tool you either need to set up /etc/loadbalancer.conf:

/etc/loadbalancer.conf

[AUTH]
user      = 
password	 = 

[BASIC]
devicegroup	 =
loadbalancer = 

Or you pass the parameter as commandline arguments. You can override the configfile parameter with commandline arguments.

Note:

• If no configfile parameter is specified, default location /etc/loadbalancer.conf is used.
• If no user and password values are specified in the configfile or passes as commandline arguments, the current user will be used and prompted for authentication.

Example

Print out information

List virtual server and their assigned pools and their respective nodes

[user@host ~]$ f5-vserver-tool.py -l
Password:
Virtual Server               Pool               Pool member
xxx-8010                     xxxx               1.1.1.1:100, 1.1.1.1:200
xxx-8020                     xxxx               1.1.1.1:100, 1.1.1.1:200
....

List all virtual server

[user@host ~]$ f5-vserver-tool.py --list-vserver
Password:
vserver-1
vserver-2
vserver-3
....

List all pools

[user@host ~]$ f5-vserver-tool.py --list-pools
Password:
pool-1
pool-2
pool-3
....

List all nodes

[user@host ~]$ f5-vserver-tool.py --list-nodes
Password:
node1
node2
node3
....

List all virtual server

[user@host ~]$ f5-vserver-tool.py --list-vserver
Password:
vserver-1
vserver-2
vserver-3
....

Print out sync-status

[user@host ~]$ f5-vserver-tool.py --show-sync-status
Password: 
deviceGroup is currently In Sync

Configure vserver and their assigend pool

[user@host ~]$ f5-vserver-tool.py --set vserver1 pool1
Password: 
Changing pool for "vserver1" to "pool1"
Synchronizing new configuration to device group "devicegroup"
devicegroup is In Sync

Print out sample config file

[user@host ~]$ f5-vserver-tool.py -m
[AUTH]
user		= "user"
password	= "password"

[BASIC]
devicegroup	= "devicegroup"
loadbalancer	= "fqdn"