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Error with Partitions using ansible: 1023721472 Access Denied
Hi! We're moving to orchestrate our TH1040S using ansible. This started to work out very nicely! But now we're hitting an "Access Denied" when trying to handle partitions. Here are some details ACOS 4.1.4 a10.acos_axapi either 1.2.latest or 6.0.1 My user is in two partitions, but not the "shared" partition Here's an…
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[T&C] DNS over HTTPS (DoH) with certificate from Let's Encrypt
DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is a protocol for securing DNS communication by sending DNS queries and getting DNS responses over HTTPS. For details, refer to RFC 8484 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8484). This article shows you can deploy DNS over HTTPS (DoH) with automatic certificate enrollment and renewal from Let's Encrypt CA…
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[T&C] Use Postman for A10 aXAPI calls
Postman is well known test tool and very convenient when it comes to executing APIs. It provides not only variety of API functionality including authentication, setting headers, customizing the payload, but also collaboration functionality for the teams dealing with API projects. This article explains how you can use…
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[T&C] Getting started with Thunder ADC configuration using Terraform
In this article, we will see how you can use the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool Terraform to configure the Thunder ADC. The current configuration of the Thunder ADC is as follows: vThunder#sh runn !64-bit Advanced Core OS (ACOS) version 5.2.1-p2, build 117 (Jul-10-2021,17:40) ! ip dns primary 8.8.8.8 ! timezone…
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How to use the a10.acos_axapi.a10_file_aflex module in Ansible
Hello, I am trying to deploy aflex scripts to an a10 load balancer in Ansible with the a10_file_aflex python module in the a10.acos_axapi Ansible collection. However, everytime I run my script, there are some weird errors that appear about the syntax of the structure of my ansible task and some mistakes of the aflex…
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[T&C] Automate Application Delivery Operation Tasks with A10 and HashiCorp NIA
This article describes how you can use Thunder ADC integrating with HashiCorp Network Infrastructure Automation (NIA) solution which focuses on Day-2 networking tasks automation that can reduce the burden on operators caused by manual ticketing systems. This solution consists of four components including HashiCorp…
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Terraform Provider
I've been messing around with Terraform and seeing what it can do. I've built just a basic config file to create a server with a few settings. All runs great. Then I start to "manually" change settings on the newly formed server in the ADC. I change the weight to '10' from the values of '1' that my config gave it. I re-run…
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Monitor Application & Network using ACOS Prometheus Exporter
This article describes how to setup Prometheus and A10 Thunder running pre-ACOS 5.0 version (e.g., 3.2, 4.1.4 or 5.1) using a Prometheus Exporter to gain application network visibility and operational insights. Prometheus uses the HTTP PULL model to scrape such various data from network devices and store the received…
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Application Network Visibility using the Prometheus and A10 Thunder
This article describes how to set up Thunder ADC and Prometheus to gain application network visibility and operational insights using a visualization tool like Grafana. A10 Thunder supports a logging system to monitor resources like system (CPU, Memory usage), interface statistics, as well as service metrics and…
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Automated Service Discovery using HashiCorp Consul
This article describes how to use the Thunder ADC integration with HashiCorp Consul for automated application delivery. Thunder ADC directly polls associated services catalog from Consul periodically while serving user traffic for load balancing and application security. When service status changes are detected on the…
