Help! Java iControl API puts F5 in an unknown state.

Hi.

 

 

We are trying to initiate F5 objects in particular VLANs, SelfIPs, Nodes, Pools, and Virtual Servers via the F5 BIG-IP iControl SOAP API. We are coding this solution in Java.

 

 

We authenticate properly and are successful in calling the appropriate create methods:

 

 

For example for Self IPs, we are successfully executing the following abbreviated code:

 

 

NetworkingSelfIPBindingStub networkingSelfIPBindingStub = (NetworkingSelfIPBindingStub)new NetworkingSelfIPLocator().getNetworkingSelfIPPort(url);

 

...

 

networkingSelfIPBindingStub.create(selfIPs,vlanNames,netmasks,unitIDs,floatingStateList);

 

 

 

The API returns without throwing exceptions. The problem is two fold, though.

 

 

Problem 1

 

Some of these newly created objects do not show up in the BIG-IP's admin console.

 

 

Problem 2

 

Changes are not reflected in the /config dir of the BIG-IP. We verify this by sshing into the load balancer, changing directories to /config and grepping for the objects we have created. (e/g creating a selfip 123.123.123.123 and grepping for 123 in /config).

 

 

If we create the same object through the BIG-IP's admin console with the same parameters, the objects appear in the UI and in the /config directory.

 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.