@itentialopensource/f5-member-creation NPM

F5 Member Creation

Overview
- Operations Manager and JSON-Form
Installation Prerequisites
Requirements
Features
How to Install
How to Run
- Input Variables
Additional Information

Overview

This Pre-Built uses the Ansible Big IP Pool Member module to configure an F5 BigIP Load Balancer to create Pool Members.

Operations Manager and JSON-Form

This workflow has an Operations Manager item that calls a workflow. The Operations Manager item uses a JSON-Form to specify common fields populated when a pool member is added. The workflow the Operations Manager item calls queries data from the formData job variable.

Installation Prerequisites

Users must satisfy the following pre-requisites:

Itential Automation Platform
- ^2022.1
Itential Automation Gateway

Requirements

This Pre-Built requires the following:

IAG Adapter Configured
Existing F5 Pool
F5 BigIP Load Balancer on-boarded in Ansible

Features

The main benefits and features of the Pre-Built are outlined below.

Allows user to create one or multiple members to add to an existing F5 Pool leveraging a simple form
Leverages F5 Ansible modules

How to Install

To install the Pre-Built:

Verify you are running a supported version of the Itential Automation Platform (IAP) as listed above in the Requirements section in order to install the Pre-Built.
The Pre-Built can be installed from within App-Admin_Essential. Simply search for the name of your desired Pre-Built and click the install button.

How to Run

Use the following to run the Pre-Built:

Run the Automation Catalog item F5 Member Creation or call F5 Member Management from your workflow as a child job.

Input Variables

Example

{
  "device": "Target F5 host",
  "pool": "Pool name",
  "poolMembers": [{
    "name": "Pool member name",
    "state": "Pool member state",
    "port": "Pool member port (integer)",
    "address": "Pool member IP address"
  }]
}