[python]Working with F5 iControl API on listing the virtual servers and pools

I am extending my demo script to demonstrate the viability to use iControl with our orchestrator for automatic F5 load balancer server provisioning.

I need to write a function to enumerate the pools and virtual servers, and here is how it is done. See the basic concept of F5 SDK here: https://f5-sdk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide/basics.html

The collection has a method call get_collection() using this can easily enumerate existing pools and virtual server names.

Here’s the sample code:

from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot


try:
    ltm = ManagementRoot("192.168.1.11", "admin", "121278").tm.ltm
except Exception as e:
    print(e)
    exit(1)

# Collect the names of available pools and virtual servers.
pools = ltm.pools.get_collection()
vses = ltm.virtuals.get_collection()

# list the collections
for pool in pools:
    print(pool.name)

for vs in vses:
    print(vs.name)