node-icontrol

Overview

Convience methods for making calls to the BIG-IP iControl REST API,
mimicking the command style of TMSH.

Requires BIG-IP >= 11.4.0 and an enabled ircd service:

``
(tmos) # modify sys service ircd add
`

See F5 iControl REST API documentation for detail:

https://devcentral.f5.com/d/icontrol-rest-user-guide

Installation

`
npm install icontrol
`

Usage

$3

All default options shown below -- override where desired.

`
var iControl = require('icontrol');

var bigip = new iControl({
host: '192.168.1.245',
proto: 'https',
port: 443,
user: 'admin',
pass: 'admin',
strict: true,
debug: false
});
`

$3

`
bigip.list('/sys/software/image', function(err, res) {
// do something with result
});
`

or alternatively with options:

`
bigip.list('/sys/software/image', {
expandAll: true,
includeStats: true
},
function(err, res) {
// do something with result
});
`

$3

`
bigip.create('/ltm/pool', {
'name': 'test-pool',
'members': [
{ 'name': '192.168.100.1:80', 'description': 'test-member-1' },
{ 'name': '192.168.100.2:80', 'description': 'test-member-2' },
{ 'name': '192.168.100.3:80', 'description': 'test-member-3' },
]
},
function(err, res) {
// newly-created object
});
``

$3

`
bigip.modify('/ltm/pool/test-pool', {
'description': 'This pool should now have a description'
},
function(err, res) {
// updated JSON object
});
`

$3

`
bigip.delete('/ltm/pool/test-pool', function(err, res) {
// res should be undefined
});
``

TODO

* Test against BIG-IQ iControl proxy