Powershell Commandlets for A10

scott herrick

IS there any plan for A10 to create powershell commands/commandlets? I'm in a Microsoft shop with the VSTS devl platform and Python is not a good fit. I'd like to automate the deployment process to include the A10.

diederik

The AXAPI is not strictly linked to Python.
Although there are some Python examples, they are not as such really A10 sanctioned/created packages, they merely function as examples.

The great thing is that the API calls are all basically (REST) WebRequests that return JSON structured data.

our documentation shows "curl" as a method. But Invoking powershell webRequests will of course also work.

Here is an example of an upgrade script using powershell:
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/upgrade-file/1.0.0/Content/upgrade-file.ps1

Building powershell scripts using the same structure (authentication, header, request, body etc) should work perfectly well.

The above powershell script has exmaples of reading and setting parameters.

scott herrick

diederik, thanks for the link.

I'm making progress but I am having difficulty finding the "Current Connections" on any of the Servers inside the AXAPI. Any examples or recommendations?

Thanks
Scott

diederik

I haven't worked with this myself.
But I believe you need to query the:

server-list.sampling-enable

This should return a JSON list with all the servers and their statistics like "current connections"

You can also query:

server-list.port-list.sampling-enable

Which gives you a similar list, but per port.

scott herrick

Diedrick,
Again, thanks for the direction. I have the Stats and the Status of the servers working with the two statements:
$ServerStats = Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Headers $headers -Uri $prefix//$device/$axapi/slb/server/$server/stats
$ServerInfo = Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Headers $headers -Uri $prefix//$device/$axapi/slb/server/$server
The Status/Action (Enabled or Disabled) is in the variable $ServerInfo.server.action
The Connections is in the variable $ServerStats.server.stats.'curr-conn'

So far so good... But the format for a POST method is my current road block. What is the powershell format for a POST that will enable/Disable a server?