f5.bigip.tm.auth

Module Contents

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/

GUI Path

System --> Users

REST Kind

tm:auth:*

Submodule List

cert_ldap	BIG-IP® auth module
ldap	BIG-IP® auth module
partition	BIG-IP® system folder (partition) module
password_policy	BIG-IP® auth module
radius	BIG-IP® auth module
radius_server	BIG-IP® auth module
remote_role	BIG-IP® auth module
remote_user	BIG-IP® auth module
source	BIG-IP® auth module
tacacs	BIG-IP® auth module
user	BIG-IP® user module

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.Auth(tm)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.OrganizingCollection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Call to obtain a list of the reference dicts in the instance items

Returns:

list: List of self.items

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

Submodules

cert_ldap

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/cert-ldap

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Authentication

REST Kind

tm:auth:cert-ldap:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.cert_ldap.Cert_Ldaps(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® ldap server collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete_collection(**kwargs)

One can not simply delete a collection.

This is to support odata usage via the options request parameter:

requests_params={'params': 'options=glob_pattern'}

where glob_pattern can be used to delete one or all of a particular collection. Not submitting the requests params will fail, and specifying patterns that match default resources will fail as well.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Get an iterator of Python Resource objects that represent URIs.

The returned objects are Pythonic Resource`s that map to the most recently `refreshed state of uris-resources published by the device. In order to instantiate the correct types, the concrete subclass must populate its registry with acceptable types, based on the kind field returned by the REST server.

Note

This method implies a single REST transaction with the Collection subclass URI.

Raises:UnregisteredKind Returns:list of reference dicts and Python Resource objects

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.cert_ldap.Cert_Ldap(cert_ldaps)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® ldap server resource

create(**kwargs)

name has to be system-auth, raise error if not named correctly

delete(**kwargs)

Delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP DELETE to delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

After this method is called, and status_code 200 response is received instance.__dict__ is replace with {'deleted': True}

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

The only current use is to pass kwargs to the requests API.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.delete method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

exists(**kwargs)

Check for the existence of the named object on the BIG-IP

Sends an HTTP GET to the URI of the named object and if it fails with a :exc:~requests.HTTPError` exception it checks the exception for status code of 404 and returns False in that case.

If the GET is successful it returns True.

For any other errors are raised as-is.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

Returns:

bool: True is the object exists. False otherwise.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError: Any HTTP error that was not status code 404.

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

This method uses HTTP GET to obtain a resource from the BIG-IP®.

The URI of the target service is constructed from the instance’s container and **kwargs.

kwargs typically requires the keys name and partition. this may, or may not, be true for a specific service.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args

Returns:

Resource: A Resource Instance with a populated _meta_data['uri']

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

ldap

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/ldap

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Authentication

REST Kind

tm:auth:ldap:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.ldap.Ldaps(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® ldap server collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete_collection(**kwargs)

One can not simply delete a collection.

This is to support odata usage via the options request parameter:

requests_params={'params': 'options=glob_pattern'}

where glob_pattern can be used to delete one or all of a particular collection. Not submitting the requests params will fail, and specifying patterns that match default resources will fail as well.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Get an iterator of Python Resource objects that represent URIs.

The returned objects are Pythonic Resource`s that map to the most recently `refreshed state of uris-resources published by the device. In order to instantiate the correct types, the concrete subclass must populate its registry with acceptable types, based on the kind field returned by the REST server.

Note

This method implies a single REST transaction with the Collection subclass URI.

Raises:UnregisteredKind Returns:list of reference dicts and Python Resource objects

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.ldap.Ldap(ldaps)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® ldap server resource

create(**kwargs)

name has to be system-auth, raise error if not named correctly

delete(**kwargs)

Delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP DELETE to delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

After this method is called, and status_code 200 response is received instance.__dict__ is replace with {'deleted': True}

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

The only current use is to pass kwargs to the requests API.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.delete method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

exists(**kwargs)

Check for the existence of the named object on the BIG-IP

Sends an HTTP GET to the URI of the named object and if it fails with a :exc:~requests.HTTPError` exception it checks the exception for status code of 404 and returns False in that case.

If the GET is successful it returns True.

For any other errors are raised as-is.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

Returns:

bool: True is the object exists. False otherwise.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError: Any HTTP error that was not status code 404.

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

This method uses HTTP GET to obtain a resource from the BIG-IP®.

The URI of the target service is constructed from the instance’s container and **kwargs.

kwargs typically requires the keys name and partition. this may, or may not, be true for a specific service.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args

Returns:

Resource: A Resource Instance with a populated _meta_data['uri']

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

partition

BIG-IP® system folder (partition) module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/folder

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Partition List

REST Kind

tm:auth:partition:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.partition.Partitions(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete_collection(**kwargs)

One can not simply delete a collection.

This is to support odata usage via the options request parameter:

requests_params={'params': 'options=glob_pattern'}

where glob_pattern can be used to delete one or all of a particular collection. Not submitting the requests params will fail, and specifying patterns that match default resources will fail as well.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Get an iterator of Python Resource objects that represent URIs.

The returned objects are Pythonic Resource`s that map to the most recently `refreshed state of uris-resources published by the device. In order to instantiate the correct types, the concrete subclass must populate its registry with acceptable types, based on the kind field returned by the REST server.

Note

This method implies a single REST transaction with the Collection subclass URI.

Raises:UnregisteredKind Returns:list of reference dicts and Python Resource objects

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.partition.Partition(users)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

create(**kwargs)

Create the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP POST to the collection URI to create a resource associated with a new unique URI on the device.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

All the key-values needed to create the resource.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.post method where it will be handled according to that API.

Returns:

Resource: A python object that represents the object’s configuration

and state on the BIG-IP®.

delete(**kwargs)

Delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP DELETE to delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

After this method is called, and status_code 200 response is received instance.__dict__ is replace with {'deleted': True}

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

The only current use is to pass kwargs to the requests API.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.delete method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

exists(**kwargs)

Check for the existence of the named object on the BIG-IP

Sends an HTTP GET to the URI of the named object and if it fails with a :exc:~requests.HTTPError` exception it checks the exception for status code of 404 and returns False in that case.

If the GET is successful it returns True.

For any other errors are raised as-is.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

Returns:

bool: True is the object exists. False otherwise.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError: Any HTTP error that was not status code 404.

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

This method uses HTTP GET to obtain a resource from the BIG-IP®.

The URI of the target service is constructed from the instance’s container and **kwargs.

kwargs typically requires the keys name and partition. this may, or may not, be true for a specific service.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args

Returns:

Resource: A Resource Instance with a populated _meta_data['uri']

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

password_policy

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/password_policy

tmsh Path

auth --> password_policy --> all-properties

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Authentication

REST Kind

tm:auth:password-policy:password-policystate

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.password_policy.Password_Policy(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.UnnamedResource

BIG-IP® password policy unnamed resource

This is an unnamed resource so it has no ~Partition~Name pattern at the end of its URI.

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:

UnsupportedMethod: If the method is used

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:

UnsupportedMethod: If the method is used

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

radius

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/radius

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Authentication

REST Kind

tm:auth:radius:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.radius.Radius_s(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® tacacs server collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete_collection(**kwargs)

One can not simply delete a collection.

This is to support odata usage via the options request parameter:

requests_params={'params': 'options=glob_pattern'}

where glob_pattern can be used to delete one or all of a particular collection. Not submitting the requests params will fail, and specifying patterns that match default resources will fail as well.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Get an iterator of Python Resource objects that represent URIs.

The returned objects are Pythonic Resource`s that map to the most recently `refreshed state of uris-resources published by the device. In order to instantiate the correct types, the concrete subclass must populate its registry with acceptable types, based on the kind field returned by the REST server.

Note

This method implies a single REST transaction with the Collection subclass URI.

Raises:UnregisteredKind Returns:list of reference dicts and Python Resource objects

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.radius.Radius(radius_s)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® tacacs server resource

create(**kwargs)

name has to be system-auth, raise error if not named correctly

delete(**kwargs)

Delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP DELETE to delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

After this method is called, and status_code 200 response is received instance.__dict__ is replace with {'deleted': True}

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

The only current use is to pass kwargs to the requests API.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.delete method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

exists(**kwargs)

Check for the existence of the named object on the BIG-IP

Sends an HTTP GET to the URI of the named object and if it fails with a :exc:~requests.HTTPError` exception it checks the exception for status code of 404 and returns False in that case.

If the GET is successful it returns True.

For any other errors are raised as-is.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

Returns:

bool: True is the object exists. False otherwise.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError: Any HTTP error that was not status code 404.

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

This method uses HTTP GET to obtain a resource from the BIG-IP®.

The URI of the target service is constructed from the instance’s container and **kwargs.

kwargs typically requires the keys name and partition. this may, or may not, be true for a specific service.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args

Returns:

Resource: A Resource Instance with a populated _meta_data['uri']

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

radius_server

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/radius-server

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Authentication

REST Kind

tm:auth:radius-server:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.radius_server.Radius_Servers(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® tacacs server collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete_collection(**kwargs)

One can not simply delete a collection.

This is to support odata usage via the options request parameter:

requests_params={'params': 'options=glob_pattern'}

where glob_pattern can be used to delete one or all of a particular collection. Not submitting the requests params will fail, and specifying patterns that match default resources will fail as well.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Get an iterator of Python Resource objects that represent URIs.

The returned objects are Pythonic Resource`s that map to the most recently `refreshed state of uris-resources published by the device. In order to instantiate the correct types, the concrete subclass must populate its registry with acceptable types, based on the kind field returned by the REST server.

Note

This method implies a single REST transaction with the Collection subclass URI.

Raises:UnregisteredKind Returns:list of reference dicts and Python Resource objects

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.radius_server.Radius_Server(radius_servers)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® tacacs server resource

create(**kwargs)

Create the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP POST to the collection URI to create a resource associated with a new unique URI on the device.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

All the key-values needed to create the resource.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.post method where it will be handled according to that API.

Returns:

Resource: A python object that represents the object’s configuration

and state on the BIG-IP®.

delete(**kwargs)

Delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP DELETE to delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

After this method is called, and status_code 200 response is received instance.__dict__ is replace with {'deleted': True}

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

The only current use is to pass kwargs to the requests API.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.delete method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

exists(**kwargs)

Check for the existence of the named object on the BIG-IP

Sends an HTTP GET to the URI of the named object and if it fails with a :exc:~requests.HTTPError` exception it checks the exception for status code of 404 and returns False in that case.

If the GET is successful it returns True.

For any other errors are raised as-is.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

Returns:

bool: True is the object exists. False otherwise.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError: Any HTTP error that was not status code 404.

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

This method uses HTTP GET to obtain a resource from the BIG-IP®.

The URI of the target service is constructed from the instance’s container and **kwargs.

kwargs typically requires the keys name and partition. this may, or may not, be true for a specific service.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args

Returns:

Resource: A Resource Instance with a populated _meta_data['uri']

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

remote_role

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/remote-role

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Remote Role Groups

REST Kind

tm:auth:remote-role:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.remote_role.Remote_Role(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.UnnamedResource

BIG-IP® auth remote role resource

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:

UnsupportedMethod: If the method is used

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:

UnsupportedMethod: If the method is used

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.remote_role.Role_Infos(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® remote role role-info collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete_collection(**kwargs)

One can not simply delete a collection.

This is to support odata usage via the options request parameter:

requests_params={'params': 'options=glob_pattern'}

where glob_pattern can be used to delete one or all of a particular collection. Not submitting the requests params will fail, and specifying patterns that match default resources will fail as well.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Get an iterator of Python Resource objects that represent URIs.

The returned objects are Pythonic Resource`s that map to the most recently `refreshed state of uris-resources published by the device. In order to instantiate the correct types, the concrete subclass must populate its registry with acceptable types, based on the kind field returned by the REST server.

Note

This method implies a single REST transaction with the Collection subclass URI.

Raises:UnregisteredKind Returns:list of reference dicts and Python Resource objects

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.remote_role.Role_Info(role_infos)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® remote role role-info resource

update(**kwargs)

Update is not supported for Auth Remote Role - Role Info Objects

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

create(**kwargs)

Create the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP POST to the collection URI to create a resource associated with a new unique URI on the device.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

All the key-values needed to create the resource.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.post method where it will be handled according to that API.

Returns:

Resource: A python object that represents the object’s configuration

and state on the BIG-IP®.

delete(**kwargs)

Delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP DELETE to delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

After this method is called, and status_code 200 response is received instance.__dict__ is replace with {'deleted': True}

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

The only current use is to pass kwargs to the requests API.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.delete method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

exists(**kwargs)

Check for the existence of the named object on the BIG-IP

Sends an HTTP GET to the URI of the named object and if it fails with a :exc:~requests.HTTPError` exception it checks the exception for status code of 404 and returns False in that case.

If the GET is successful it returns True.

For any other errors are raised as-is.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

Returns:

bool: True is the object exists. False otherwise.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError: Any HTTP error that was not status code 404.

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

This method uses HTTP GET to obtain a resource from the BIG-IP®.

The URI of the target service is constructed from the instance’s container and **kwargs.

kwargs typically requires the keys name and partition. this may, or may not, be true for a specific service.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args

Returns:

Resource: A Resource Instance with a populated _meta_data['uri']

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

remote_user

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/remote-user

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Authentication

REST Kind

tm:auth:remote-user:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.remote_user.Remote_User(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.UnnamedResource

BIG-IP® auth source resource

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:

UnsupportedMethod: If the method is used

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:

UnsupportedMethod: If the method is used

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

source

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/source

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Authentication

REST Kind

tm:auth:source:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.source.Source(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.UnnamedResource

BIG-IP® auth source resource

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:

UnsupportedMethod: If the method is used

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:

UnsupportedMethod: If the method is used

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

tacacs

BIG-IP® auth module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/auth/tacacs

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Authentication

REST Kind

tm:auth:tacacs:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.tacacs.Tacacs_s(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® tacacs server collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete_collection(**kwargs)

One can not simply delete a collection.

This is to support odata usage via the options request parameter:

requests_params={'params': 'options=glob_pattern'}

where glob_pattern can be used to delete one or all of a particular collection. Not submitting the requests params will fail, and specifying patterns that match default resources will fail as well.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Get an iterator of Python Resource objects that represent URIs.

The returned objects are Pythonic Resource`s that map to the most recently `refreshed state of uris-resources published by the device. In order to instantiate the correct types, the concrete subclass must populate its registry with acceptable types, based on the kind field returned by the REST server.

Note

This method implies a single REST transaction with the Collection subclass URI.

Raises:UnregisteredKind Returns:list of reference dicts and Python Resource objects

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.tacacs.Tacacs(tacacs_s)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® tacacs server resource

create(**kwargs)

name has to be system-auth, raise error if not named correctly

delete(**kwargs)

Delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP DELETE to delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

After this method is called, and status_code 200 response is received instance.__dict__ is replace with {'deleted': True}

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

The only current use is to pass kwargs to the requests API.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.delete method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

exists(**kwargs)

Check for the existence of the named object on the BIG-IP

Sends an HTTP GET to the URI of the named object and if it fails with a :exc:~requests.HTTPError` exception it checks the exception for status code of 404 and returns False in that case.

If the GET is successful it returns True.

For any other errors are raised as-is.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

Returns:

bool: True is the object exists. False otherwise.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError: Any HTTP error that was not status code 404.

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

This method uses HTTP GET to obtain a resource from the BIG-IP®.

The URI of the target service is constructed from the instance’s container and **kwargs.

kwargs typically requires the keys name and partition. this may, or may not, be true for a specific service.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args

Returns:

Resource: A Resource Instance with a populated _meta_data['uri']

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

user

BIG-IP® user module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/auth/user/

GUI Path

System --> Users

REST Kind

tm:auth:user:*

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.user.Users(auth)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® user collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:

InvalidResource: If method is used.

delete_collection(**kwargs)

One can not simply delete a collection.

This is to support odata usage via the options request parameter:

requests_params={'params': 'options=glob_pattern'}

where glob_pattern can be used to delete one or all of a particular collection. Not submitting the requests params will fail, and specifying patterns that match default resources will fail as well.

get_collection(**kwargs)

Get an iterator of Python Resource objects that represent URIs.

The returned objects are Pythonic Resource`s that map to the most recently `refreshed state of uris-resources published by the device. In order to instantiate the correct types, the concrete subclass must populate its registry with acceptable types, based on the kind field returned by the REST server.

Note

This method implies a single REST transaction with the Collection subclass URI.

Raises:UnregisteredKind Returns:list of reference dicts and Python Resource objects

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.

class f5.bigip.tm.auth.user.User(users)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® user resource

create(**kwargs)

Create the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP POST to the collection URI to create a resource associated with a new unique URI on the device.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

All the key-values needed to create the resource.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.post method where it will be handled according to that API.

Returns:

Resource: A python object that represents the object’s configuration

and state on the BIG-IP®.

delete(**kwargs)

Delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

Uses HTTP DELETE to delete the resource on the BIG-IP®.

After this method is called, and status_code 200 response is received instance.__dict__ is replace with {'deleted': True}

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

The only current use is to pass kwargs to the requests API.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.delete method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

exists(**kwargs)

Check for the existence of the named object on the BIG-IP

Sends an HTTP GET to the URI of the named object and if it fails with a :exc:~requests.HTTPError` exception it checks the exception for status code of 404 and returns False in that case.

If the GET is successful it returns True.

For any other errors are raised as-is.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args.

Returns:

bool: True is the object exists. False otherwise.

Raises:

requests.HTTPError: Any HTTP error that was not status code 404.

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

This method uses HTTP GET to obtain a resource from the BIG-IP®.

The URI of the target service is constructed from the instance’s container and **kwargs.

kwargs typically requires the keys name and partition. this may, or may not, be true for a specific service.

Args:

**kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.get method where it will be handled according to that API.

Use the method above to pass query args

Returns:

Resource: A Resource Instance with a populated _meta_data['uri']

modify(**patch)

Modify the configuration of the resource on device based on patch

raw

Display the attributes that the current object has and their values.

Returns:A dictionary of attributes and their values

refresh(**kwargs)

Use this to make the device resource be represented by self.

This method makes an HTTP GET query against the device service. This method is run for its side-effects on self. If successful the instance attribute __dict__ is replaced with the dict representing the device state. To figure out what that state is, run a subsequest query of the object like this: As with all CURDLE methods use a “requests_params” dict to pass parameters to requests.session.HTTPMETHOD. See test_requests_params.py for an example. >>> resource_obj.refresh() >>> print(resource_obj.raw)

update(**kwargs)

Update the configuration of the resource on the BIG-IP®.

This method uses HTTP PUT alter the resource state on the BIG-IP®.

The attributes of the instance will be packaged as a dictionary. That dictionary will be updated with kwargs. It is then submitted as JSON to the device.

Various edge cases are handled: * read-only attributes that are unchangeable are removed

Args:

kwargs (dict): Arbitrary number of keyword arguments.

Keys and associated values to alter on the device.

If kwargs has a requests_params key the corresponding dict will be passed to the underlying requests.session.put method where it will be handled according to that API.