Managing an F5 through the web interface is a bummer. Why not wrap the API in a CLI for easier management!
Pull requests welcome!
Some F5 operations take 10 seconds to complete.
- The default node monitoring is ICMP, this monitor should be in /Common/icmp ⋅⋅* Nodes should be created with their FQDN, and should have a valid A record
- The default pool monitor is HTTP, this monitor should be in /Common/icmp ⋅⋅* Specified nodes should be referenced with their FQDN & should use the same format as they were created above.
- Virtual servers are assumed to balance HTTP traffic.
- Virtual servers have the following profiles automatically assigned. ⋅⋅* tcp ⋅⋅* http ⋅⋅* oneconnect
- Creating a VS with a SSL profile, the CA should be available in the partition.
python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops node listpython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops node create --nodes "web-n01.chicken.net, web-n02.chicken.net"python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops node delete --nodes "web-n01.chicken.net, web-n02.chicken.net"python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops pool listpython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops pool create \
--nodes "web-n01.chicken.net:80, web-n02.chicken.net:80" --pool\_name "web.chicken.net.net"python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops pool delete --pool\_name "web.chicken.net.net"python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_file listpython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_file create \
--name web.chicken.net.net --key sample.key --certificate sample.certpython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_file delete --name web.chicken.net.netpython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_profile listpython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_profile create --name web.chicken.net.net --certificate chicken.net.net --key chicken.net.netThe chain fiile should be uploaded before hand.
python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_profile create --name web.chicken.net.net --certificate chicken.net.net --key chicken.net.net --chain chicken\_capython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_profile delete --name web.chicken.net.netpython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops virtual\_server listpython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops virtual\_server create \
--vip\_name "web.chicken.net.net" --vip\_address "10.1.1.25" \
--port 80 --protocol TCP --pool chicken.net.net --type httppython f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops virtual\_server create \
--vip\_name "web.chicken.net.net" --vip\_address "10.1.1.25" \
--port 443 --protocol TCP --pool chicken.net.net --ssl\_profile chicken.net.net --type https --http\_profile ci\_http--snat - Secure network translation, available options: automap|none --protocol_profile - Specified TCP & UDP profile --http_profile -Specified HTTP profile, defaults to the default http profile.
python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops virtual\_server delete --vip\_name "web.chicken.net.net"