Icontrol

Gem used to wrap iControl API REST calls to an F5. The intent of this client is to match the iControl API methods and pass the response without modification. It does not contain business logic to scrub a response or prevent certain methods. This logic is to be in your orchestration layer, not in the client.

This has been tested against 11.5.4, but should be compatible with future versions. If this gem isn't compatible with a newer version of BIG-IP, or doesn't have the functionality required to access a certain method, feel free to follow the guidelines for contributing and provide an enhancement. When doing so, please follow semantic versioning when considering changes.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'icontrol_rest'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself:

$ gem install icontrol_rest

Usage

require 'icontrol_rest'

api = IcontrolRest::Client.new(host: '1.2.3.4', user: 'user', pass: 'pass', verify_cert: false)
# => <IcontrolRest::Client:0x007fb953ab7750 @options={ ... }>

api.get_sys_dns
# => {"kind"=>"tm:sys:dns:dnsstate",
      "selfLink"=>"https://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/dns?ver=11.5.4",
      "description"=>"configured-by-dhcp",
      "nameServers"=>["1.2.3.72", "1.2.3.73"],
      "search"=>["domain.com"]}

# Or you can manually do it:
api.get('/mgmt/tm/sys/dns')
# => {"kind"=>"tm:sys:dns:dnsstate",
      "selfLink"=>"https://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/dns?ver=11.5.4",
      "description"=>"configured-by-dhcp",
      "nameServers"=>["1.2.3.72", "1.2.3.73"],
      "search"=>["domain.com"]}

# post/put/patch will allow you to specify a body and header with your request
api.post_transaction(body: {})
# => {"transId"=>1526674837169915,
      "state"=>"STARTED",
      "timeoutSeconds"=>120,
      "asyncExecution"=>false,
      "validateOnly"=>false,
      "executionTimeout"=>300,
      "executionTime"=>0,
      "failureReason"=>"",
      "kind"=>"tm:transactionstate",
      "selfLink"=>"https://localhost/mgmt/tm/transaction/1526674837169915?ver=12.1.2"}

api.put_sys_dns(body: { nameServers: ['1.2.3.69'] }, headers: { 'X-F5-REST-Coordination-Id' => '1526674837169915' })
# => {"method": "PUT",
      "uri": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/sys/dns",
      "body": {
          "nameServers": ["1.2.3.69"]
      },
      "evalOrder": 1,
      "commandId": 1,
      "kind": "tm:transaction:commandsstate",
      "selfLink": "https://localhost/mgmt/tm/transaction/1526674837169915/commands/1?ver=12.1.2"

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bundle exec rspec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

Contributing

Please review the guidelines for contributing to this repository.