f5.bigip.sys

Module Contents

BIG-IP® System (sys) module

REST URI

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

GUI Path

System

REST Kind

tm:sys:*

Submodule List

application	BIG-IP® iApp (application) module
db	BIG-IP® db module
failover	BIG-IP® system failover module
folder	BIG-IP® system folder (partition) module
global_settings	BIG-IP® system global-settings module
ntp	BIG-IP® system ntp module
performance	BIG-IP® system peformance stats module.

Submodules

application

BIG-IP® iApp (application) module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/sys/application/

GUI Path

iApps

REST Kind

tm:sys:application:*

Application Collections and Resources

Applications(sys)	BIG-IP® iApp collection.
Aplscripts(application)	BIG-IP® iApp script collection.
Aplscript(apl_script_s)	BIG-IP® iApp script resource.
Customstats(application)	BIG-IP® iApp custom stats sub-collection.
Customstat(custom_stat_s)	BIG-IP® iApp custom stats sub-collection resource.
Services(application)	BIG-IP® iApp service sub-collection.
Service(service_s)	BIG-IP® iApp service sub-collection resource
Templates(application)	BIG-IP® iApp template sub-collection
Template(template_s)	BIG-IP® iApp template sub-collection resource

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Applications(sys)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® iApp collection.

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Aplscripts(application)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® iApp script collection.

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Aplscript(apl_script_s)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® iApp script 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.

Parameters:kwargs – All the key-values needed to create the resource

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: self - 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}

Parameters:kwargs – 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. THIS IS HOW 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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :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®.

Parameters:kwargs – typically contains “name” and “partition”

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: a Resource Instance (with a populated _meta_data[‘uri’])

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

Parameters:kwargs – keys and associated values to alter on the device

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS!

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Customstats(application)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® iApp custom stats sub-collection.

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Customstat(custom_stat_s)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® iApp custom stats sub-collection 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.

Parameters:kwargs – All the key-values needed to create the resource

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: self - 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}

Parameters:kwargs – 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. THIS IS HOW 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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :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®.

Parameters:kwargs – typically contains “name” and “partition”

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: a Resource Instance (with a populated _meta_data[‘uri’])

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

Parameters:kwargs – keys and associated values to alter on the device

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS!

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Services(application)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® iApp service sub-collection.

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Service(service_s)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® iApp service sub-collection resource

update(**kwargs)

Push local updates to the object on the device.

Params kwargs:keyword arguments for accessing/modifying the object Returns:updated Python object

exists(**kwargs)

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

Override of resource.Resource exists() to build proper URI unique to service resources.

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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :raises: requests.HTTPError, Any HTTP error that was not status

code 404.

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.

Parameters:kwargs – All the key-values needed to create the resource

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: self - 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}

Parameters:kwargs – 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS!

load(**kwargs)

Load an already configured service into this instance.

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

Parameters:kwargs – typically contains “name” and “partition”

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: a Resource Instance (with a populated _meta_data[‘uri’])

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)

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Templates(application)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® iApp template sub-collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

class f5.bigip.sys.application.Template(template_s)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® iApp template sub-collection 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.

Parameters:kwargs – All the key-values needed to create the resource

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: self - 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}

Parameters:kwargs – 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. THIS IS HOW 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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :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®.

Parameters:kwargs – typically contains “name” and “partition”

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: a Resource Instance (with a populated _meta_data[‘uri’])

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

Parameters:kwargs – keys and associated values to alter on the device

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS!

db

BIG-IP® db module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/sys/db/

GUI Path

N/A

REST Kind

tm:sys:db:*

DB Collections and Resources

Dbs(sys)	BIG-IP® db collection
Db(dbs)	BIG-IP® db resource

class f5.bigip.sys.db.Dbs(sys)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® db collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

class f5.bigip.sys.db.Db(dbs)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® db resource

Note

db objects are read-only.

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for db resources.

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for db resources.

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :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®.

Parameters:kwargs – typically contains “name” and “partition”

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: a Resource Instance (with a populated _meta_data[‘uri’])

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

Parameters:kwargs – keys and associated values to alter on the device

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS!

failover

BIG-IP® system failover module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/failover

GUI Path

System --> Failover

REST Kind

tm:sys:failover:*

Failover Resources

Failover(sys)

BIG-IP® Failover stats and state change.

class f5.bigip.sys.failover.Failover(sys)

Bases: f5.bigip.mixins.UnnamedResourceMixin, f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® Failover stats and state change.

The failover object only supports load, update, and refresh because it is

an unnamed resource.

To force the unit to standby call the update() method as follows:

Note

This is an unnamed resource so it has not ~Partition~Name pattern at the end of its URI.

update(**kwargs)

Update is not supported for Failover

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

toggle_standby(**kwargs)

Toggle the standby status of a traffic group.

WARNING: This method which used POST obtains json keys from the device that are not available in the response to a GET against the same URI.

Unique to refresh/GET: u”apiRawValues” u”selfLink” Unique to toggle_standby/POST: u”command” u”standby” u”traffic-group”

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :raises: requests.HTTPError, Any HTTP error that was not status

code 404.

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)

folder

BIG-IP® system folder (partition) module

REST URI

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

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Partition List

REST Kind

tm:sys:folder:*

Folder Collections and Resources

Folders(sys)	BIG-IP® system folder collection.
Folder(folder_s)

class f5.bigip.sys.folder.Folders(sys)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® system folder collection.

These are what we refer to as partition in the SDK.

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

global_settings

BIG-IP® system global-settings module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/global-settings

GUI Path

System --> Configuration --> Device

REST Kind

tm:sys:global-settings:*

Global_Settings Resources

Global_Settings(sys)

BIG-IP® system global-settings resource

class f5.bigip.sys.global_settings.Global_Settings(sys)

Bases: f5.bigip.mixins.UnnamedResourceMixin, f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® system global-settings resource

The global_settings object only supports load and update because it is an unnamed resource.

Note

This is an unnamed resource so it has not ~Partition~Name pattern at the end of its URI.

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :raises: requests.HTTPError, Any HTTP error that was not status

code 404.

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

Parameters:kwargs – keys and associated values to alter on the device

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS!

ntp

BIG-IP® system ntp module

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/ntp

GUI Path

System --> Configuration --> Device --> NTP

REST Kind

tm:sys:ntp:*

NTP Resources and Subcollections

Ntp(sys)	BIG-IP® system NTP unnamed resource
Restricts(ntp)	BIG-IP® system NTP restrict sub-collection
Restrict(restricts)	BIG-IP® system NTP restrict sub-collection resource

class f5.bigip.sys.ntp.Ntp(sys)

Bases: f5.bigip.mixins.UnnamedResourceMixin, f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® system NTP unnamed resource

This is an unnamed resource so it has not ~Partition~Name pattern at the end of its URI.

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :raises: requests.HTTPError, Any HTTP error that was not status

code 404.

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

Parameters:kwargs – keys and associated values to alter on the device

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS!

class f5.bigip.sys.ntp.Restricts(ntp)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® system NTP restrict sub-collection

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

class f5.bigip.sys.ntp.Restrict(restricts)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® system NTP restrict sub-collection 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.

Parameters:kwargs – All the key-values needed to create the resource

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: self - 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}

Parameters:kwargs – 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. THIS IS HOW 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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :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®.

Parameters:kwargs – typically contains “name” and “partition”

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: a Resource Instance (with a populated _meta_data[‘uri’])

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

Parameters:kwargs – keys and associated values to alter on the device

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS!

performance

BIG-IP® system peformance stats module.

REST URI

http://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/performance

GUI Path

System --> Users --> Partition List

REST Kind

tm:sys:performance:*

Performance Resources and Subcollections

Performance(sys)	BIG-IP® system performace stats collection
All_Stats(performance)	BIG-IP® system performace stats unnamed resource

class f5.bigip.sys.performance.Performance(sys)

Bases: f5.bigip.resource.Collection

BIG-IP® system performace stats collection

get_collection()

Performance collections are not proper BIG-IP® collection objects.

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

create(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

delete(**kwargs)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

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)

Implement this by overriding it in a subclass of Resource

Raises:InvalidResource

class f5.bigip.sys.performance.All_Stats(performance)

Bases: f5.bigip.mixins.UnnamedResourceMixin, f5.bigip.resource.Resource

BIG-IP® system performace stats unnamed resource

update(**kwargs)

Update is not supported for statistics.

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

create(**kwargs)

Create is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

delete(**kwargs)

Delete is not supported for unnamed resources

Raises:UnsupportedOperation

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.

Parameters:kwargs – Keyword arguments required to get objects

NOTE: 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. THIS IS HOW TO PASS QUERY-ARGS! :returns: bool – The objects exists on BIG-IP® or not. :raises: requests.HTTPError, Any HTTP error that was not status

code 404.

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)