CLI interface into F5.

Managing an F5 through the web interface is a bummer. Why not wrap the API in a CLI for easier management!

Pull requests welcome!

Assumptions

Some F5 operations take 10 seconds to complete.

1. 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
2. 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.
3. Virtual servers are assumed to balance HTTP traffic.
4. Virtual servers have the following profiles automatically assigned. ⋅⋅* tcp ⋅⋅* http ⋅⋅* oneconnect
5. Creating a VS with a SSL profile, the CA should be available in the partition.

Usage examples

Add some Nodes

list

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops node list

Create

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops node create --nodes "web-n01.chicken.net, web-n02.chicken.net"

Delete Node

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops node delete --nodes "web-n01.chicken.net, web-n02.chicken.net"

Pool

list

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops pool list

Create

python 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"

Delete Pool

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops pool delete --pool\_name "web.chicken.net.net"

Upload SSL Files

list

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_file list

Create/import SSL key & Cert

python 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.cert

Delete SSL key & Cert

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_file delete --name web.chicken.net.net

SSL profiles

list

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_profile list

Create

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

Create SSL profile with CA

The 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\_ca

Delete

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops ssl\_profile delete --name web.chicken.net.net

Virtual servers

list

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops virtual\_server list

Create

python 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 http

Create Virtual server with SSL profile

python 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

Additional profiles to be applied at virtual server creation

--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.

Delete

python f5_cli.py --user john --host f5-1b.chicken.net --partition ops virtual\_server delete --vip\_name "web.chicken.net.net"

python deps

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