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jasvinder_singh
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Need help on F5 automation to read the irules attached t all the virtual servers

HI team,

 

I am new tp F5 automation. I am working on script to check irules attached on all of my vips. output should be as below irules

 

vip_name irule1 irule2 vip1_name irule1 irule2

 

application delivery
iControl
iRules
  • Hannes_Rapp_162's avatar
    Hannes_Rapp_162
    Aug 20, 2017

    This is tested with Python 3.4.3 and BigIP 12.1. Did not have 12.0 installation readily available, but it should work the same for you

    from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot

 Optional: omit unsecure certificate warnings from output
import requests
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)

API_ROOT = ManagementRoot("bip-01", "admin", "admin")
VSERVER_COLLECTION = API_ROOT.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection()

for vserver in VSERVER_COLLECTION:
    print(vserver.name)
     Catch an error to avoid a VS with no iRules breaking the script prematurely
    try:
        irules = vserver.rules
    except AttributeError:
        print('- No iRules on this Virtual Server!')
    else:
        for rule in vserver.rules:
            print('-', rule)

    Output in test env:

    $ python list_irules.py

vs_0.0.0.0_any
- No iRules on this Virtual Server!
vs_test_80
- /Common/ir_do_nothing
- /Common/ir_do_nothing_again
vs_test_443
- /Common/ir_do_nothing
- /Common/ir_do_nothing_again

    As you can see from the script above, this takes a bit of testing to get the iRules listed. Ofcourse, ideally either the API or SDK should return an empty list if there are no iRules on a Virtual Server, rather than a script-breaking "AttributeError: 'f5.bigip.tm.ltm.virtual.Virtual'>' object has no attribute 'rules'". SDK is a build up on top of a problematic API, so eventually this problem should be addressed by the API developers.

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  • Hannes_Rapp_162's avatar
    Hannes_Rapp_162
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    Aug 20, 2017

    This is tested with Python 3.4.3 and BigIP 12.1. Did not have 12.0 installation readily available, but it should work the same for you

    from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot

 Optional: omit unsecure certificate warnings from output
import requests
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)

API_ROOT = ManagementRoot("bip-01", "admin", "admin")
VSERVER_COLLECTION = API_ROOT.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection()

for vserver in VSERVER_COLLECTION:
    print(vserver.name)
     Catch an error to avoid a VS with no iRules breaking the script prematurely
    try:
        irules = vserver.rules
    except AttributeError:
        print('- No iRules on this Virtual Server!')
    else:
        for rule in vserver.rules:
            print('-', rule)

    Output in test env:

    $ python list_irules.py

vs_0.0.0.0_any
- No iRules on this Virtual Server!
vs_test_80
- /Common/ir_do_nothing
- /Common/ir_do_nothing_again
vs_test_443
- /Common/ir_do_nothing
- /Common/ir_do_nothing_again

    As you can see from the script above, this takes a bit of testing to get the iRules listed. Ofcourse, ideally either the API or SDK should return an empty list if there are no iRules on a Virtual Server, rather than a script-breaking "AttributeError: 'f5.bigip.tm.ltm.virtual.Virtual'>' object has no attribute 'rules'". SDK is a build up on top of a problematic API, so eventually this problem should be addressed by the API developers.

    • Hannes_Rapp_162's avatar
      Hannes_Rapp_162
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      Aug 21, 2017

      I see you already marked it as an accepted answer. Thx but normally you should do it after your question/problem has a working solution. If it just contributes to discussion and is useful, but not the actual solution, use the UP vote.

       

      Anyway. Forgot to ask what is your BigIP version? I'll provide a working solution for 11.5.4 (most popular now) if you do not specify otherwise some time later today

       

  • Hannes_Rapp's avatar
    Hannes_Rapp
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    Aug 20, 2017

    This is tested with Python 3.4.3 and BigIP 12.1. Did not have 12.0 installation readily available, but it should work the same for you

    from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot

 Optional: omit unsecure certificate warnings from output
import requests
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)

API_ROOT = ManagementRoot("bip-01", "admin", "admin")
VSERVER_COLLECTION = API_ROOT.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection()

for vserver in VSERVER_COLLECTION:
    print(vserver.name)
     Catch an error to avoid a VS with no iRules breaking the script prematurely
    try:
        irules = vserver.rules
    except AttributeError:
        print('- No iRules on this Virtual Server!')
    else:
        for rule in vserver.rules:
            print('-', rule)

    Output in test env:

    $ python list_irules.py

vs_0.0.0.0_any
- No iRules on this Virtual Server!
vs_test_80
- /Common/ir_do_nothing
- /Common/ir_do_nothing_again
vs_test_443
- /Common/ir_do_nothing
- /Common/ir_do_nothing_again

    As you can see from the script above, this takes a bit of testing to get the iRules listed. Ofcourse, ideally either the API or SDK should return an empty list if there are no iRules on a Virtual Server, rather than a script-breaking "AttributeError: 'f5.bigip.tm.ltm.virtual.Virtual'>' object has no attribute 'rules'". SDK is a build up on top of a problematic API, so eventually this problem should be addressed by the API developers.

    • Hannes_Rapp's avatar
      Hannes_Rapp
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      Aug 21, 2017

      I see you already marked it as an accepted answer. Thx but normally you should do it after your question/problem has a working solution. If it just contributes to discussion and is useful, but not the actual solution, use the UP vote.

       

      Anyway. Forgot to ask what is your BigIP version? I'll provide a working solution for 11.5.4 (most popular now) if you do not specify otherwise some time later today

       

  • jaikumar_f5's avatar
    jaikumar_f5
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    Aug 21, 2017

    A simple tmsh script should give you the output,

    tmsh list ltm virtual all rules

    Output will be like below,

    ltm virtual VIP1 {
    rules {
        Irule1
        Irule2
    }
}
ltm virtual VIP2 {
    rules {
        Irule3
    }
}
ltm virtual VIP3 {
    rules none
}
ltm virtual VIP4 {
    rules {
        http2https
    }
}
    • jaikumar_f5's avatar
      jaikumar_f5
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      Aug 21, 2017

      I had provided a bash script, which is to be run inside the F5 console itself. If you are looking for python sdk, other folks can help you out.

       

      If your intention is to get the output, why not use a simple BASH, is there any specific reason you're looking for python sdk.

       

  • jasvinder_singh's avatar
    jasvinder_singh
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    Aug 21, 2017

    @jaykumar_f5 i tried this. It seems to give input but not the exact output like

     

    vip1 - irule1 irule2

     

    vip2 irule1 irule2

     

    my exact requirements is to know how many vip's have one particular vip attached {code}

     

    !/usr/bin/python

    from import BigIP import requests from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)

     

    Connect to the BigIP

    bigip = BigIP("hostname", "username", "password")

     

    Get a list of all pools on the BigIP and print their name and their members' name

    for virtual in bigip.ltm.virtuals.get_collection(): virt = bigip.ltm.virtuals.virtual.load(partition=virtual.partition, name=virtual.name) rule=virt.rules for rule in rules: print "Partition: %s Virtual: %s rule: %s" % (virtual.partition, virtual.name, rule.name) {code}

     

    • Joel_Breton's avatar
      Joel_Breton
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      Aug 22, 2017

      Hi

       

      You mentioned "my exact requirements is to know how many vip's have one particular vip attached {code}"

       

      Do you mean you need to know how many vip's are using a particular iRule? If so you can add a for loop with the code provided earlier to accomplish this

       

      from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot

 Optional: omit unsecure certificate warnings from output
import requests
from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)

API_ROOT = ManagementRoot("bip-01", "admin", "admin")
VSERVER_COLLECTION = API_ROOT.tm.ltm.virtuals.get_collection()
IRULE_COLLECTION = API_ROOT.tm.ltm.rules.get_collection()

for rule in IRULE_COLLECTION:
    count = 0
    print('iRule Evaluated: ', rule.name)
    for vserver in VSERVER_COLLECTION:
        print(vserver.name)
         Catch an error to avoid a VS with no iRules breaking the script prematurely
        try:
            irules = vserver.rules
        except AttributeError:
            print('- No iRules on this Virtual Server!')
        else:
            for vs_rule in vserver.rules:
                if vs_rule == rule.fullPath:
                    print('  ', virtual.name)
                    count += 1
    print('iRule: ', rule.name)
    print('Used: ', count)

      Output should look similar to this

       

      iRule Evaluated: _sys_https_redirect
    app1_vs virtual server using the irule
    app2_vs virtual server using the irule
iRule:  _sys_https_redirect iRule with count 
Used:  2

      Hope this helps