Set Virtual Default Pool

Problem this snippet solves:

This sample applications allows for modification of a Virtual Servers default pool

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 = $ARGV[1];
my $sUID = $ARGV[2];
my $sPWD = $ARGV[3];
my $sVirtual = $ARGV[4];
my $sPool = $ARGV[5];
my $sProtocol = "https";

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

if ( ($sHost eq "") or ($sPort eq "") or ($sUID eq "") or ($sPWD eq "") )
{
die ("Usage: SetVirtualDefaultPool.pl host port uid pwd virtual_name pool_name\n");
}

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

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

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

if ( $sVirtual eq "" )
{
&getVirtualList();
}
elsif ( $sPool eq "" )
{
&getDefaultPool($sVirtual);
&getPoolList();
}
else
{
setDefaultPool($sVirtual, $sPool)
}

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# sub getVirtualList()
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub getVirtualList()
{
$soapResponse = $VirtualServer->get_list();
&checkResponse($soapResponse);
@vs_list = @{$soapResponse->result};
print "Available Virtual Servers:\n";
foreach $vs (@vs_list)
{
print "  $vs\n";
}
}

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# sub getPoolList()
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub getPoolList()
{
$soapResponse = $Pool->get_list();
&checkResponse($soapResponse);
@pool_list = @{$soapResponse->result};
print "Available Pools:\n";
foreach $pool (@pool_list)
{
print "  $pool\n";
}
}

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# sub getDefaultPool()
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub getDefaultPool()
{
my ($virtual_name) = (@_);
$soapResponse = $VirtualServer->get_default_pool_name
(
SOAP::Data->name(virtual_servers => [$virtual_name])
);
&checkResponse($soapResponse);
@pool_list = @{$soapResponse->result};
$def_pool = @pool_list[0];
print "Virtual Server '$virtual_name' default pool: $def_pool\n";
}

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# sub setDefaultPool()
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub setDefaultPool()
{
my ($virtual_name, $pool_name) = (@_);
$soapResponse = $VirtualServer->set_default_pool_name
(
SOAP::Data->name(virtual_servers => [$virtual_name]),
SOAP::Data->name(default_pools => [$pool_name])
);
&checkResponse($soapResponse);
print "Virtual Server '$virtual_name' default pool changed to '$pool_name'\n";
}

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# checkResponse
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub checkResponse()
{
my ($soapResponse) = (@_);
if ( $soapResponse->fault )
{
print $soapResponse->faultcode, " ", $soapResponse->faultstring, "\n";
exit();
}
}
Published Mar 09, 2015
Version 1.0

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  • Hey gus, could please help me of how to set the default pool using a simple curl rest call? I tried to use this script but I'm facing SSL certificate verfication problems.