Unfortunately due to various non-puppet bigip upgrade issues I haven't been able to back to this yet. If I get anything useful working I will post.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 03:32:56AM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Chris, > How did you go with trying to use the Puppet F5 module with v11.3.0? I > think I am having the same issue as you were. > The puppet output would say that the resource was created but the iControl > debug logs shows that it is being sent an empty SOAP create message. > I've tried running a simple ruby script using the 10.2.0.2 f5 gem and was > able to create the node successfully so it looks the Puppet is doing > something funny. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > Jeff > > On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 8:31:04 AM UTC+11, Christopher Wood wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:40:12PM -0800, Nan Liu wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Christopher Wood > > <[1][1][email protected]> wrote: > > > > (Following up to my own post for posterity's sake, see > [2][2]xkcd.com/979.) > > > > Short form: for me this isn't yet as easy as a file resource but > the > > puppetized management payoff will be worth the work. My issues > are most > > likely a reflection of my own puppet/ruby/iControl/SOAP skill. > > > > I am going to explore a personalized set of F5 types/providers > that I > > can use without first loading up the wsdl file for every involved > > iControl interface, version, and hotfix. > > > > Points from my various BigIP/puppet experimentations: > > > > a) The f5-icontrol-10.2.0.2.gem doesn't necessarily work with LTM > > 11.1.0. (Or I haven't figured it out, also quite likely.) This > could be > > because the gem ships different wsdl files but I couldn't get it > to work > > with later iControl wsdl files anyway. > > > > b) In LTM 11, F5 deprecated some interfaces so puppet f5 module > > providers like f5_node are suddenly using deprecated interfaces. > > > > c) Some parts of the iControl api are being updated/fixed over > time, for > > instance the hotfix id 388590 reading "Certificates can now > successfully > > be updated using the iControl Management::KeyCertificate > interface", > > see: > > > > > > [3][3]http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14175.html > > > > d) Judging by my soap-newbie eye the soap4r package appears > abandonware, > > savon isn't up to complicated data structures and I have yet to > dive > > into handsoap (the starter page says to start with a wsdl, see my > > wsdl-tracking issues). Picking the right soap package to use is > likely > > going to be job 1. > > > > (If the list has any feedback to the above, I'm very much all > ears.) > > > > Have you tried the v11 > > gem?�[4][4]https://devcentral.f5.com/internal-forums/aff/2306. The > module > > certainly needs to updates against v11 API, but seems like it would > be a > > better starting point. > > Nan� > > I might give that a go. That LTM 11 gem is for 11.1.0 and I'm already on > 11.3.0 in the lab due to a key/cert management issue, but the gem should > be fine if I rebuild it with the wsdl files from my lab device. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Puppet Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an > > email to [5][email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [6][email protected]. > > Visit this group at > [5][7]http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > For more options, visit > [6][8]https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > References > > > > Visible links > > 1. mailto:[9][email protected] > > 2. [10]http://xkcd.com/979 > > 3. > > [11]http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14175.html > > 4. [12]https://devcentral.f5.com/internal-forums/aff/2306 > > 5. [13]http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en > > 6. [14]https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out > > References > > Visible links > 1. javascript: > 2. http://xkcd.com/979 > 3. http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14175.html > 4. https://devcentral.f5.com/internal-forums/aff/2306 > 5. javascript: > 6. javascript: > 7. http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en > 8. https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out > 9. javascript: > 10. http://xkcd.com/979 > 11. http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14175.html > 12. https://devcentral.f5.com/internal-forums/aff/2306 > 13. http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en > 14. https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
