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.

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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 |

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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 |

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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

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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 |

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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