Python connect F5 load balancing device

F5 load balancing equipment is a critical infrastructure component in enterprise networks, responsible for distributing traffic to ensure network availability, performance, and security. As a powerful programming language, Python, combined with the f5-sdk module, provides a convenient way to automate the management and monitoring of F5 equipment.

F5 provides REST API for automation scripts, but scripts written using REST API are lengthy and have low readability. To compensate for this, the Python community has a large number of modules that encapsulate REST API, among which the f5-sdk module is the most widely used.

Installation and configuration

Before using Python to connect to F5 devices, you need to install the f5-sdk module first. You can install the f5-sdk module through Python’s package management tool pip and ensure that the network connection is normal to connect to the F5 device.

• pip install f5-sdk

Virtual Server (VS) Management

The virtual server is an important component on the F5 device, responsible for delivering incoming traffic to the backend server. Through the f5-sdk module, it is easy to obtain, create, modify, and delete the configuration information of the virtual server to meet different business needs.

from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot
# F5
mgmt = ManagementRoot("F5_IP", "username", "password")
# 
vs =…