Perl Local Traffic Map

Problem this snippet solves:

This application will replicate the network map functionality found in the BIG-IP management GUI with a perl console application.

The BIG-IP Management GUI has a feature called the Network Map that includes a hierarchical summary of the objects on the system and their current statuses. This tech tip will take that GUI component and break it down into the underlying iControl method calls and present an alternative implementation from within perl.

Code :

#!/usr/bin/perl
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#use SOAP::Lite + trace => qw(method debug);
use SOAP::Lite;
use MIME::Base64;

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Validate Arguments
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
my $sHost = $ARGV[0];
my $sPort = 443;
my $sUID = $ARGV[1];
my $sPWD = $ARGV[2];
my $sProtocol = "https";

$ENV{'PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME'} = 0;

my @g_vs_list;
my @g_vs_destination_list;
my @g_vs_pool_list;
my @g_vs_rule_list;

if ( ("80" eq $sPort) or ("8080" eq $sPort) )
{
$sProtocol = "http";
}

if ( ($sHost eq "") or ($sPort eq "") or ($sUID eq "") or ($sPWD eq "") )
{
&usage();
}

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# usage
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub usage()
{
print "Usage: LocalTrafficMap.pl host uid pwd\n";
exit();
}

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Transport Information
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::get_basic_credentials
{
return "$sUID" => "$sPWD";
}

$VirtualServer = SOAP::Lite
-> uri('urn:iControl:LocalLB/VirtualServer')
-> proxy("$sProtocol://$sHost:$sPort/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi");
eval {$VirtualServer->transport->http_request->header
(
'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . MIME::Base64::encode("$sUID:$sPWD", '')
); };
$Pool = SOAP::Lite
-> uri('urn:iControl:LocalLB/Pool')
-> proxy("$sProtocol://$sHost:$sPort/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi");
eval {$Pool->transport->http_request->header
(
'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . MIME::Base64::encode("$sUID:$sPWD", '')
); };
$PoolMember = SOAP::Lite
-> uri('urn:iControl:LocalLB/PoolMember')
-> proxy("$sProtocol://$sHost:$sPort/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi");
eval {$PoolMember->transport->http_request->header
(
'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . MIME::Base64::encode("$sUID:$sPWD", '')
); };

sub SOAP::Deserializer::typecast
{
my ($self, $value, $name, $attrs, $children, $type) = @_;
my $retval = undef;
if ( $type eq "{urn:iControl}LocalLB.AvailabilityStatus" )
{ $retval = $value; }
elsif ( $type eq "{urn:iControl}LocalLB.EnabledStatus" )
{ $retval = $value; }
return $retval;
}


&PrintLocalTrafficMap();

sub PrintLocalTrafficMap()
{
my @vs_list = GetVSList();
my @destination_list = GetVSDestinationList();
my @pool_list = GetVSPoolList();
my @vs_statuses = GetVSStatus();
my @pool_statuses = GetPoolStatus();
my @MemberStatAofA = GetPoolMemberStatus();
my @VSRuleAofA = GetVSRuleList();

print "***** SITE MAP FOR BIG-IP $sHOST ******\n";

for $i (0 .. scalar(@vs_list)-1)
{
$vs = @vs_list[$i];
$AddressPort = @destination_list[$i];
$address = $AddressPort->{"address"};
$port = $AddressPort->{"port"};

$stat_str = GetObjectStatus(@vs_statuses[$i]);
print "$vs (VS) ${address}:${port}\n";
print "|    $stat_str\n";
if ( length(@pool_list[$i]) > 0 )
{
$pool = @pool_list[$i];
$stat_str = GetObjectStatus(@pool_statuses[$i]);
print "+-> $pool (P)\n";
print "    | $stat_str\n";

@MemberStatA = @{$MemberStatAofA[$i]};
for $j (0 .. scalar(@MemberStatA)-1)
{
$MemberStat = @MemberStatA[$j];
$member = $MemberStat->{"member"};
$addr = $member->{"address"};
$port = $member->{"port"};
$stat_str = GetObjectStatus($MemberStat->{"object_status"});
print "    +-> $addr:$port (PM)\n";
print "        | $stat_str\n";
}
}
if ( scalar(@VSRuleAofA[$i]) > 0 )
{
@VSRuleA = @{$VSRuleAofA[$i]};
for $j (0 .. scalar(@VSRuleA)-1 )
{
$RuleDef = @VSRuleA[$j];
$rule_name = $RuleDef->{"rule_name"};
print "+-> $rule_name (R)\n";
}
}
}
}

sub GetVSStatus()
{
my $soapResponse = $VirtualServer->get_object_status (
SOAP::Data->name(virtual_servers => [&GetVSList()])
);
my @VS_statuses = @{$soapResponse->result};
return @VS_statuses;
}

sub GetPoolStatus()
{
my $soapResponse = $Pool->get_object_status (
SOAP::Data->name(pool_names => [&GetVSPoolList()])
);
my @pool_statuses = @{$soapResponse->result};
return @pool_statuses;
}

sub GetPoolMemberStatus()
{
my $soapResponse = $PoolMember->get_object_status (
SOAP::Data->name(pool_names => [&GetVSPoolList()])
);
my @poolmember_statuses = @{$soapResponse->result};
return @poolmember_statuses;
}

sub GetVSList()
{
$len = scalar(@g_vs_list);
if ( 0 == scalar(@g_vs_list) )
{
$soapResponse = $VirtualServer->get_list();
@g_vs_list = @{$soapResponse->result};
}
return @g_vs_list;
}

sub GetVSDestinationList()
{
if ( 0 == scalar(@g_vs_destination_list) )
{
$soapResponse = $VirtualServer->get_destination (
SOAP::Data->name(virtual_servers => [&GetVSList()])
);
@g_vs_destination_list = @{$soapResponse->result};
}
return @g_vs_destination_list;
}

sub GetVSPoolList()
{
if ( 0 == scalar(@g_vs_pool_list) )
{
$soapResponse = $VirtualServer->get_default_pool_name (
SOAP::Data->name(virtual_servers => [&GetVSList()])
);
@g_vs_pool_list = @{$soapResponse->result};
}
return @g_vs_pool_list;
}

sub GetVSRuleList()
{
if ( 0 == scalar(@g_vs_rule_list) )
{
$soapResponse = $VirtualServer->get_rule(
SOAP::Data->name(virtual_servers => [&GetVSList()])
);
@g_vs_rule_list = @{$soapResponse->result};
}
return @g_vs_rule_list;
}

sub GetObjectStatus()
{
my ($object_status) = (@_);

$avail = $object_status->{"availability_status"};
$enabled = $object_status->{"enabled_status"};

$s_avail = "";
$s_enabled = "";
$s_desc = $object_status->{"status_description"};

if ( $avail eq "AVAILABILITY_STATUS_GREEN" ) {
$s_avail = "Available";
} elsif ( $avail eq "AVAILABILITY_STATUS_YELLOW" ) {
$s_avail = "Unvailable";
} elsif ( $avail eq "AVAILABILITY_STATUS_RED" ) {
$s_avail = "Unvailable";
} elsif ( $avail eq "AVAILABILITY_STATUS_BLUE" ) {
$s_avail = "Unknown";
} elsif ( $avail eq "AVAILABILITY_STATUS_GRAY" ) {
$s_avail = "Unvailable";
} else {
$s_avail = "Unknown";
}

if ( $enabled eq "ENABLED_STATUS_ENABLED" ) {
$s_enabled = "Enabled";
} elsif ( $enabled eq "ENABLED_STATUS_DISABLED" ) {
$s_enabled = "Disabled";
} elsif ( $enabled eq "ENABLED_STATUS_DISABLED_BY_PARENT" ) {
$s_enabled = "Disabled";
}

return "$s_avail ($s_enabled) $s_desc";
}
Published Mar 08, 2015
Version 1.0

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7 Comments

  • I'm getting "500 Can't connect to 10.51.170.108:443 (certificate verify failed) at perl-traffic-map.pl line 195."
  • Hi Paul, you can fix this by changing the three lines that contain the proxy setting to: -> proxy("$sProtocol://$sHost:$sPort/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi", ssl_opts => [ SSL_verify_mode => 0 ]);
  • Hi Paul , could you please past here update script and just checking if we can get output using VIP address ?
  • Interesting but coud you add irules with host header link to pools and members, please /