Upload a file to F5 BIGIP using bigsuds

create_external_datagroup_file_bigip_f5_bigsuds.py

"""
This script will create an external file datagroup.
This is the same of creating the data group from the web interface at:
System -> File Management -> Data Group File List

Create on your computer a file called datagroup.txt with the following content:

"name1" := "value1",
"name2" := "value2",
"name3" := "value3",

"""



import bigsuds
import base64

def uploadfile(bigip,filename):
    fileobj = open(filename,'r')
    DF_CHUNK_SIZE = 1024
    done = False
    first = True
    while not done:
        text = base64.b64encode(fileobj.read(DF_CHUNK_SIZE))

        if first:
            if len(text) < DF_CHUNK_SIZE:
                chain_type = 'FILE_FIRST_AND_LAST'
            else:
                chain_type = 'FILE_FIRST'
            first = False
        else:
            if len(text) < DF_CHUNK_SIZE:
                chain_type = 'FILE_LAST'
                done = True
            else:
                chain_type = 'FILE_MIDDLE'

       
        bigip.System.ConfigSync.upload_file(file_name="/tmp/"+filename,file_context=dict(file_data=text,chain_type=chain_type))
        
        
b = bigsuds.BIGIP(hostname="192.168.1.1", debug=True, username="", password="")
uploadfile(b,'datagroup.txt')
b.LocalLB.DataGroupFile.create(['datagroup_myname'],['/tmp/datagroup.txt'],['DATA_GROUP_STRING'])

'''
if later you want to update the file, just edit the new version of datagroup.txt and then use:
'''

#uploadfile(b,'datagroup.txt')
#b.LocalLB.DataGroupFile.set_local_path(['datagroup_myname'],['/tmp/datagroup.txt'])

uploadfile_bigip_f5_bigsuds.py

import bigsuds
import base64

def uploadfile(bigip,filename):
    fileobj = open(filename,'r')
    DF_CHUNK_SIZE = 1024
    done = False
    first = True
    while not done:
        text = base64.b64encode(fileobj.read(DF_CHUNK_SIZE))

        if first:
            if len(text) < DF_CHUNK_SIZE:
                chain_type = 'FILE_FIRST_AND_LAST'
            else:
                chain_type = 'FILE_FIRST'
            first = False
        else:
            if len(text) < DF_CHUNK_SIZE:
                chain_type = 'FILE_LAST'
                done = True
            else:
                chain_type = 'FILE_MIDDLE'

       
        bigip.System.ConfigSync.upload_file(file_name="/tmp/"+filename,file_context=dict(file_data=text,chain_type=chain_type))
        
        
b = bigsuds.BIGIP(hostname="192.168.1.1", debug=True, username="", password="")
uploadfile(b,'class.txt')