Alteon Config Converter

Problem this snippet solves:

This Python script will convert Alteon config files to F5 syntax configuration. This converts self-IPs, SSL certs, Nodes, Pools, Monitors, HTTP and ClientSSL profiles and Virtual Servers.

If you have any specific requirements then feel free to PM me.

How to use this snippet:

Install the script using pip:

pip install alteon2f5

Or download it here or from the site at https://pypi.org/project/alteon2f5/1.4/

Run it using:

alteon2f5.py <name of input file> [partition name]

Options:

$ ./alteon2f5.py -h
usage: alteon2f5.py [-h] [--csv CSV] [--disable DISABLE] [--virtual VIRTUAL]
                    inputfile [partition]

Alteon Config Converter to F5 Syntax

positional arguments:
  inputfile          File containing Alteon Configuration
  partition          Optional partition name eg MyPartition

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --csv CSV          CSV-formatted modification file
  --disable DISABLE  Set all Virtual Addresses to disabled
  --virtual VIRTUAL  Output a single virtual server

It will output the config to the screen:

$ ./alteon2f5.py alteon.txt|more
# Configuration created on Tue Jan  8 14:01:26 2019
# Input filename: alteon.txt
# Partition: /Common/

# -- Number of objects --
# Type                  Number
# ----------------------------
# SSL certs             8
# Self-IPs              2
# Floating Self-IPs     2
# Nodes                 16
# Monitors - HTTP       8
# Pools                 12
# Virtual Addresses     3
# Virtual Servers       3
# ----------------------------

# -- Creating SSL certs --
<snipped>
#-------------------------------------------------------
#----- Configuration below this line   -----------------

net self IP_1.2.3.4 {
    address 1.2.3.4/24
    traffic-group traffic-group-local-only
    vlan VLAN-1234
}
...

It will also write the SSL certificates to the current directory. Copy the certs to the /var/tmp directory on the target BIG-IP and run the load_certs.sh script on the BIG-IP. This will install the SSL certs.

Copy the output text to the big-ip and load it using

tmsh load sys config merge from-file /var/tmp/<config filename> verify

.

If there are no errors then load the config using

tmsh load sys config merge from-file /var/tmp/<config filename>

This should work with Python 2 and 3 and TMOS v11+.

There is also a bash script alteon2f5.sh which will read all of the txt files in the current directory and output all of the files into a new directory based on the name of the file

Code :

92405

Tested this on version:

11.0