pyats-f5-ltm

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F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM operations via pyATS iControl REST — virtual servers, pools, nodes, monitors, profiles, iRules, persistence, GTM wide IPs, DNS, data groups. Use when checking F5 virtual server status, auditing pool members, reviewing iRules, or inspecting GTM wide IP health.

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F5 BIG-IP LTM/GTM Operations via pyATS

Testbed Requirements

F5 BIG-IP devices in the pyATS testbed:

devices:
  bigip-01:
    os: bigip
    type: load-balancer
    connections:
      rest:
        class: rest
        ip: 10.0.0.20
        port: 443
        protocol: https
    credentials:
      default:
        username: "%ENV{F5_USERNAME}"
        password: "%ENV{F5_PASSWORD}"

How to Call

Use pyats_run_show_command with iControl REST API paths:

PYATS_TESTBED_PATH=$PYATS_TESTBED_PATH python3 $MCP_CALL "${PYATS_PYTHON:-python3} -u $PYATS_MCP_SCRIPT" pyats_run_show_command '{"device_name":"bigip-01","command":"show ltm virtual"}'

Or for direct REST endpoints, the pyATS F5 connection maps these to iControl REST GETs.

LTM Endpoints

Virtual Servers

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual`	All virtual servers — name, destination, pool, profiles, status
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual-address`	Virtual server IP addresses and availability
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/traffic-matching-criteria`	Traffic matching rules for virtual servers
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/traffic-class`	Traffic classification rules

Pools & Nodes

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/pool`	All pools — name, members, monitor, load balancing method
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/node`	All nodes — address, state (enabled/disabled), monitor status
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/default-node-monitor`	Default monitor for nodes

Monitors

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/http`	HTTP health monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/https`	HTTPS health monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/tcp`	TCP health monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/tcp-half-open`	TCP half-open monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/tcp-echo`	TCP echo monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/udp`	UDP health monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/icmp`	ICMP (ping) monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/gateway-icmp`	Gateway ICMP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/dns`	DNS monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/ftp`	FTP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/sip`	SIP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/smtp`	SMTP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/pop3`	POP3 monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/imap`	IMAP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/ldap`	LDAP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/mysql`	MySQL monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/mssql`	MSSQL monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/oracle`	Oracle monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/postgresql`	PostgreSQL monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/radius`	RADIUS monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/radius-accounting`	RADIUS accounting monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/snmp-dca`	SNMP DCA monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/snmp-dca-base`	SNMP DCA base monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/external`	External (script-based) monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/scripted`	Scripted monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/inband`	Inband (passive) monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/real-server`	Real server monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/firepass`	FirePass monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/wmi`	WMI monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/wap`	WAP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/soap`	SOAP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/nntp`	NNTP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/smb`	SMB monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/rpc`	RPC monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/sasp`	SASP monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/diameter`	Diameter monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/mqtt`	MQTT monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/module-score`	Module score monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/virtual-location`	Virtual location monitors
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/monitor/none`	No monitor (placeholder)

Profiles

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/http`	HTTP profiles (X-Forwarded-For, compression, pipelining)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/http2`	HTTP/2 profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/http-compression`	HTTP compression profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/http-proxy-connect`	HTTP proxy connect profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/httprouter`	HTTP router profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/tcp`	TCP profiles (congestion, timeouts, MSS)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/tcp-analytics`	TCP analytics profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/udp`	UDP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/fastl4`	FastL4 profiles (layer 4 acceleration)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/fasthttp`	FastHTTP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/client-ssl`	Client SSL profiles (certs, ciphers, TLS versions)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/server-ssl`	Server SSL profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/one-connect`	OneConnect profiles (connection pooling)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/web-acceleration`	Web acceleration / caching profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/dns`	DNS profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/dns-logging`	DNS logging profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/ftp`	FTP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/sip`	SIP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/diameter`	Diameter profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/fix`	FIX protocol profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/mqtt`	MQTT profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/rtsp`	RTSP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/sctp`	SCTP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/socks`	SOCKS proxy profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/pptp`	PPTP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/tftp`	TFTP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/gtp`	GTP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/html`	HTML profiles (content modification)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/xml`	XML profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/rewrite`	URL rewrite profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/stream`	Stream profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/websocket`	WebSocket profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/icap`	ICAP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/ipother`	IP-other profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/ipsecalg`	IPsec ALG profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/request-adapt`	Request adapt profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/response-adapt`	Response adapt profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/request-log`	Request logging profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/statistics`	Statistics profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/smtps`	SMTPS profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/pop3`	POP3 profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/imap`	IMAP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/ntlm`	NTLM profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/radius`	RADIUS profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/client-ldap`	Client LDAP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/server-ldap`	Server LDAP profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/dhcpv4`	DHCPv4 profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/dhcpv6`	DHCPv6 profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/netflow`	NetFlow profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/ocsp-stapling-params`	OCSP stapling profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/certificate-authority`	CA profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/connector`	Connector profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/qoe`	Quality of Experience profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/mblb`	Message-based load balancing profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/service`	Service profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/splitsessionclient`	Split session client profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/splitsessionserver`	Split session server profiles

Persistence

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/cookie`	Cookie persistence
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/source-addr`	Source address persistence
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/dest-addr`	Destination address persistence
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/ssl`	SSL session ID persistence
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/sip`	SIP call-ID persistence
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/hash`	Hash persistence
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/host`	Host persistence
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/msrdp`	MS RDP persistence
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/universal`	Universal persistence (iRule-based)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/persist-records`	Active persistence records
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/global-settings`	Persistence global settings

iRules, Policies & Data Groups

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/rule`	iRules — custom traffic management logic
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/rule-profiler`	iRule profiler (performance stats)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/policy`	LTM policies (L7 routing decisions)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/policy-strategy`	Policy strategies
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/data-group/internal`	Internal data groups (key-value lists)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/data-group/external`	External data groups (file-based)
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/ifile`	iFiles (iRule-accessible files)

SNAT & NAT

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/snat`	SNAT configurations
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/snat-translation`	SNAT translation addresses
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/snatpool`	SNAT pools
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/nat`	NAT configurations

Authentication (LTM-specific)

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/profile`	LTM auth profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/ldap`	LTM LDAP auth
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/radius`	LTM RADIUS auth
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/radius-server`	LTM RADIUS servers
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/tacacs`	LTM TACACS auth
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/ssl-cc-ldap`	SSL client cert LDAP auth
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/ssl-crldp`	SSL CRLDP auth
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/ssl-ocsp`	SSL OCSP auth
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/crldp-server`	CRLDP server
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/kerberos-delegation`	Kerberos delegation
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/auth/ocsp-responder`	OCSP responder

Cipher & Eviction

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/cipher/group`	Cipher groups
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/cipher/rule`	Cipher rules
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/eviction-policy`	Cache eviction policies

DNS (LTM)

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/dns/analytics/global-settings`	DNS analytics settings
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/dns/cache/resolver`	DNS resolver cache
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/dns/cache/transparent`	DNS transparent cache
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/dns/cache/validating-resolver`	DNSSEC validating resolver cache
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/dns/dnssec/key`	DNSSEC keys
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/dns/nameserver`	DNS nameservers
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/dns/tsig-key`	TSIG keys
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/dns/zone`	DNS zones

Message Routing

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/message-routing/diameter/peer`	Diameter peers
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/message-routing/diameter/profile`	Diameter routing profiles
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/message-routing/generic/protocol`	Generic message protocol
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/message-routing/generic/route`	Generic message routes
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/message-routing/generic/transport-config`	Generic transport config
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/message-routing/sip`	SIP message routing
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/message-routing/mqtt/profile/router`	MQTT router profile
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/message-routing/mqtt/profile/session`	MQTT session profile

HTML Rules & TACDB

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/html-rule/tag-append-html`	HTML tag append rules
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/html-rule/tag-prepend-html`	HTML tag prepend rules
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/html-rule/tag-remove`	HTML tag remove rules
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/html-rule/tag-remove-attribute`	HTML tag attribute remove
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/html-rule/tag-raise-event`	HTML tag raise event
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/html-rule/comment-raise-event`	HTML comment raise event
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/html-rule/comment-remove`	HTML comment remove
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/tacdb/customdb`	Custom TACDB
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/tacdb/licenseddb`	Licensed TACDB
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/tacdb/query`	TACDB query

Global Settings

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/global-settings/connection`	Connection global settings
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/global-settings/general`	General global settings
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/global-settings/rule`	iRule global settings
`/mgmt/tm/ltm/global-settings/traffic-control`	Traffic control global settings

GTM Endpoints

Wide IPs (GSLB)

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/wideip/a`	A record wide IPs
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/wideip/aaaa`	AAAA record wide IPs
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/wideip/cname`	CNAME record wide IPs
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/wideip/mx`	MX record wide IPs
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/wideip/naptr`	NAPTR record wide IPs
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/wideip/srv`	SRV record wide IPs

GTM Pools

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/pool/a`	A record pools
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/pool/aaaa`	AAAA record pools
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/pool/cname`	CNAME record pools
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/pool/mx`	MX record pools
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/pool/naptr`	NAPTR record pools
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/pool/srv`	SRV record pools

GTM Infrastructure

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/datacenter`	GTM data centers
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/server`	GTM servers (virtual server discovery)
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/prober-pool`	Prober pools
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/listener`	GTM listeners
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/link`	GTM links (ISP connections)
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/distributed-app`	Distributed applications
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/iquery`	iQuery connections between GTM devices
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/ldns`	LDNS probes
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/path`	GTM paths
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/region`	GTM regions (topology-based routing)
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/topology`	GTM topology records
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/rule`	GTM iRules
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/persist`	GTM persistence
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/traffic`	GTM traffic statistics
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/sync-status`	GTM sync status

GTM Monitors

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/bigip`	BIG-IP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/bigip-link`	BIG-IP link monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/http`	GTM HTTP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/https`	GTM HTTPS monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/gateway-icmp`	GTM ICMP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/tcp`	GTM TCP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/tcp-half-open`	GTM TCP half-open monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/udp`	GTM UDP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/external`	GTM external monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/firepass`	GTM FirePass monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/ftp`	GTM FTP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/gtp`	GTM GTP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/imap`	GTM IMAP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/ldap`	GTM LDAP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/mssql`	GTM MSSQL monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/mysql`	GTM MySQL monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/nntp`	GTM NNTP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/oracle`	GTM Oracle monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/pop3`	GTM POP3 monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/postgresql`	GTM PostgreSQL monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/radius`	GTM RADIUS monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/radius-accounting`	GTM RADIUS accounting monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/real-server`	GTM real server monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/scripted`	GTM scripted monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/sip`	GTM SIP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/smtp`	GTM SMTP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/snmp`	GTM SNMP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/snmp-link`	GTM SNMP link monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/soap`	GTM SOAP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/wap`	GTM WAP monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/wmi`	GTM WMI monitor
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/monitor/none`	GTM no monitor

GTM Global Settings

Endpoint	Description
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/global-settings/general`	GTM general settings
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/global-settings/load-balancing`	GTM LB settings
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/global-settings/metrics`	GTM metrics settings
`/mgmt/tm/gtm/global-settings/metrics-exclusions`	GTM metrics exclusions

Workflows

1. LTM Application Health Check

/mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual → list all virtual servers, status
→ /mgmt/tm/ltm/pool → pool status, member states
→ /mgmt/tm/ltm/node → node availability
→ /mgmt/tm/ltm/persistence/persist-records → active sessions
→ Flag: virtuals down, pools with no available members, nodes offline
→ GAIT

2. SSL/TLS Certificate Audit

/mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/client-ssl → client SSL profiles
→ /mgmt/tm/ltm/profile/server-ssl → server SSL profiles
→ /mgmt/tm/ltm/cipher/group → cipher groups in use
→ /mgmt/tm/ltm/cipher/rule → cipher rules
→ Flag: weak ciphers, TLS 1.0/1.1 enabled, expiring certs
→ GAIT

3. GTM/GSLB Audit

/mgmt/tm/gtm/wideip/a → all A-record wide IPs
→ /mgmt/tm/gtm/pool/a → GTM pool health
→ /mgmt/tm/gtm/datacenter → datacenter status
→ /mgmt/tm/gtm/server → server availability
→ /mgmt/tm/gtm/sync-status → GTM sync state
→ Flag: wide IPs with no available pools, datacenters offline
→ GAIT

4. iRule Review

/mgmt/tm/ltm/rule → list all iRules
→ /mgmt/tm/ltm/rule-profiler → iRule performance stats
→ /mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual → which virtuals use which iRules
→ Flag: iRules with high CPU, unused iRules, deprecated commands
→ GAIT

Integration with Other Skills

Skill	Integration
f5-health-check	F5 MCP for operational monitoring; pyATS REST for full object inventory
f5-config-mgmt	F5 MCP for safe config changes; pyATS REST for pre/post audit
f5-troubleshoot	F5 MCP for troubleshooting; pyATS REST for deep object inspection
pyats-f5-platform	Platform/system endpoints complement LTM/GTM traffic management view
nvd-cve	Scan F5 software version against NVD
gait-session-tracking	Every REST query logged in GAIT

Guardrails

All queries are read-only — GET requests to iControl REST API only
No configuration changes — never POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE via this skill
Gate changes behind ServiceNow — any config changes go through f5-config-mgmt with CR
Record in GAIT — every API query must be logged