F5

F5 Application Management API

The Application Management API from F5 — 3 operation(s) for application management.

Operations 8

GET /applications Fetch List of FAST Applications #
POST /applications Create one or more Applications from Templates #
PUT /applications Create or update Applications from Templates #
DELETE /applications Delete FAST Applications #
GET /applications/{tenantName}/{appName} Fetch an individual Application #
PATCH /applications/{tenantName}/{appName} Update Application parameters #
DELETE /applications/{tenantName}/{appName} Delete Application #
POST /render Render one or more Applications from Templates #

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OpenAPI Specification

f5-application-management-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.26.0
  title: F5 BIG-IP Application Services Templates Application…
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
  description: '# F5 BIG-IP Application Services Templates (FAST)


    This is the documentation for the FAST templating extension.'
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8100/mgmt/shared/fast
tags:
- name: Application Management
paths:
  /applications:
    get:
      tags:
      - Application Management
      summary: Fetch List of FAST Applications
      description: Responds with a list of Applications that are currently deployed in the system.
      operationId: getFASTApplications
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of FAST Applications.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationList'
        '500':
          description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse500'
    post:
      tags:
      - Application Management
      summary: Create one or more Applications from Templates
      description: This is the main method to deploy a templated Application. The parameters posted will be used to render a Template, and that Template will get posted to AS3. The call to AS3 may be async, so this endpoint must also be async. A Task will be returned upon successful parameter submission that can track the progress of the deployment.
      operationId: postFASTApplications
      requestBody:
        description: An application definition, including the name of the template to run and the parameters needed to render and post the output.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationRequest'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Template Job Submitted Successfully, check the provided Task ID to get the status of the deployment.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationResponse'
        '400':
          description: AS3 errors (e.g., invalid schema) are forwarded as 400-level errors. See AS3 documentation for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse400'
        '500':
          description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse500'
    put:
      tags:
      - Application Management
      summary: Create or update Applications from Templates
      description: This is method to deploy a templated Application. This will be used to render a Template, and that Template will get posted to AS3. The call to AS3 may be async, so this endpoint must also be async. A Task will be returned upon successful parameter submission that can track the progress of the deployment.
      operationId: putFASTApplications
      requestBody:
        description: An application definition, including the name of the template to run and the parameters needed to render and post the output.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationRequest'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Template Job Submitted Successfully, check the provided Task ID to get the status of the deployment.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationResponse'
        '400':
          description: AS3 errors (e.g., invalid schema) are forwarded as 400-level errors. See AS3 documentation for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse400'
        '500':
          description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse500'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Application Management
      summary: Delete FAST Applications
      description: Delete multiple FAST managed Applications (all if no body is provided).
      operationId: deleteFASTApplications
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
                description: Application paths (e.g., 'tenant/app')
              example:
              - tenant/app
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Delete job submitted successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationDeleteResponse'
        '404':
          description: Tenant or Application not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse404'
        '500':
          description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse500'
  /applications/{tenantName}/{appName}:
    parameters:
    - name: appName
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The name of the app to retrieve.
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: .*
    - name: tenantName
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The tenant the app belongs to.
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: .*
    get:
      summary: Fetch an individual Application
      description: Fetches the AS3 Application class for the given FAST Application.
      operationId: getFASTApplication
      tags:
      - Application Management
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The specified Application.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastAs3App'
        '404':
          description: Application or Tenant was not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse404'
        '500':
          description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse500'
    patch:
      summary: Update Application parameters
      description: Update an existing, deployed FAST Application with the supplied parameters. Existing parameter values from the deployed Application will be used as defaults for any missing parameter values.
      operationId: updateFASTApplication
      tags:
      - Application Management
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                parameters:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParametersDefinition'
              required:
              - parameters
            example:
              virtualAddresses:
              - 10.0.0.1
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Template Job Submitted Successfully, check the provided Task ID to get the status of the deployment.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationResponse'
        '400':
          description: AS3 errors (e.g., invalid schema) are forwarded as 400-level errors. See AS3 documentation for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse400'
        '500':
          description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse500'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Application Management
      summary: Delete Application
      description: Delete an individual Application.
      operationId: deleteFASTApplication
      responses:
        '202':
          description: The Application was deleted successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationDeleteResponse'
        '404':
          description: Tenant or Application not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse404'
        '500':
          description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse500'
  /render:
    post:
      tags:
      - Application Management
      summary: Render one or more Applications from Templates
      description: Render Application Templates without posting them to AS3 NOTE - The rendered Template results are not stitched with other AS3 Applications on the box. In other words, posting these results to AS3 directly can result in data loss.
      operationId: postFASTRender
      requestBody:
        description: An Application definition, including the name of the Template to render and the Template parameters.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The rendered Templates as an array of JSON objects
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationRenderedResponse'
        '400':
          description: An improper Application definition was submitted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse400'
        '404':
          description: The specified Template could not be found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse404'
        '500':
          description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastResponse500'
components:
  schemas:
    FastApplicationDeleteResponse:
      type: object
      title: Application Delete Response
      description: The response message when deleting Applications.
      required:
      - code
      - message
      additionalProperties: true
      properties:
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinksDefinition'
        requestId:
          type: integer
          example: 3
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 4294967295
        code:
          type: integer
          minimum: 202
          maximum: 599
          example: 202
        message:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                description: The Task ID which can be used to query Task state.
                example: ff70c2c0-af21-44c8-8fec-18e2d82eabf0
    FastAs3App:
      type: object
      title: AS3 Application
      description: The resulting AS3 Application.
      properties:
        class:
          type: string
          title: Application class
          example: application
        constants:
          type: object
          properties:
            fast:
              type: object
              properties:
                template:
                  description: must be valid Template in the system
                  type: string
                  example: examples/simple_udp_defaults
                setHash:
                  type: string
                  description: the hash of the Template Set used to deploy this Application
                  example: b4e574f5692532a03deb40b78599a7913ff63b2a31897a7b0168d99246d64715
                view:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParametersDefinition'
                templateType:
                  type: string
                  description: Template type, e.g., local, GitHub or GitLab
                  example: local
                lastModified:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  description: timestamp of when the Application was last modified
                ipamAddrs:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectDefinition'
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinksDefinition'
    FastApplicationList:
      title: Application List
      type: array
      description: FAST Application List.
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplication'
    FastApplicationDefinition:
      type: object
      title: Application Definition
      description: Application Definition.
      required:
      - name
      - parameters
      properties:
        name:
          description: Must be valid Template in the system.
          type: string
        parameters:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParametersDefinition'
        allowOverwrite:
          description: Do not error if an Application with the same name already exists in the tenant.
          type: boolean
          default: true
      example:
        name: examples/simple_udp_defaults
        parameters: {}
        allowOverwrite: true
    FastApplicationResponse:
      type: object
      title: Application Response
      description: The response message when performing Application operations.
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinksDefinition'
        code:
          type: integer
          minimum: 202
          maximum: 599
          example: 202
        requestId:
          type: integer
          example: 3
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 4294967295
        message:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
                description: The Task ID which can be used to query Task state.
                example: ff70c2c0-af21-44c8-8fec-18e2d82eabf0
              name:
                description: The name of the Template used.
                type: string
                example: examples/simple_udp_defaults
              parameters:
                description: The parameters used to create/update the Application.
                type: object
                example:
                  tenant_name: tenant
                  application_name: app
    FastResponse400:
      title: Response 400
      type: object
      description: Bad Request
      required:
      - code
      - message
      - errors
      properties:
        code:
          enum:
          - 400
        message:
          type: string
          example: the request was not successful
        errors:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorsArray'
        requestId:
          type: integer
          example: 3
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 4294967295
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinksDefinition'
    ErrorsArray:
      type: array
      minItems: 1
      items:
        type: object
        required:
        - summary
        properties:
          summary:
            type: string
            description: brief message describing the error
          details:
            type: string
            description: extra information about the error
    FastApplication:
      type: object
      title: Application
      description: FAST Application.
      required:
      - template
      - tenant
      - name
      properties:
        template:
          description: must be valid Template in the system
          type: string
          example: examples/simple_udp_defaults
        setHash:
          type: string
          description: the hash of the Template Set used to deploy this Application
          example: b4e574f5692532a03deb40b78599a7913ff63b2a31897a7b0168d99246d64715
        view:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParametersDefinition'
        templateType:
          type: string
          description: Template type, e.g., local, GitHub or GitLab
          example: local
        lastModified:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: timestamp of when the Application was last modified
        ipamAddrs:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectDefinition'
        tenant:
          type: string
          description: the tenant the Application belongs to
          example: tenant
        name:
          type: string
          description: the name of the Application
          example: app
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinksDefinition'
    FastApplicationRequest:
      title: Application Request
      description: An application request.
      type: array
      items:
        oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationDefinition'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationDefinitionList'
    FastResponse404:
      title: Response 404
      type: object
      description: Not Found
      required:
      - code
      - message
      - errors
      properties:
        code:
          enum:
          - 404
        message:
          type: string
          example: resource not found
        errors:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorsArray'
        requestId:
          type: integer
          example: 3
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 4294967295
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinksDefinition'
    FastResponse500:
      title: Response 500
      type: object
      description: Internal error. A bug report should be filed.
      required:
      - code
      - message
      - errors
      properties:
        code:
          enum:
          - 500
        message:
          type: string
          example: internal server error
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorsArray'
        requestId:
          type: integer
          example: 3
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 4294967295
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinksDefinition'
    ObjectDefinition:
      title: Object Definition
      type: object
      description: A generic definition for an object.
    LinksDefinition:
      type: object
      title: Links Definition
      description: An object containing link references.
      properties:
        self:
          type: string
          description: Self-link to endpoint
          example: /mgmt/shared/fast/applications
        task:
          type: string
          description: Self-link to task endpoint
          example: /mgmt/shared/fast/tasks/12345
    ParametersDefinition:
      type: object
      description: Object must conform to specified template's schema.
      example:
        tenant: foo
        application: bar
        virtualAddress: 192.0.2.11
    FastApplicationDefinitionList:
      type: array
      title: Application Definition List
      description: Application Definition List.
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/FastApplicationDefinition'
      example:
      - name: examples/simple_udp_defaults
        parameters: {}
        allowOverwrite: true
      - name: tenant/app
        parameters: {}
        allowOverwrite: true
    FastApplicationRenderedResponse:
      title: Application Rendered Response
      type: object
      description: Application Rendered Response.
      required:
      - code
      - message
      properties:
        _links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LinksDefinition'
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          minimum: 200
          maximum: 599
          example: 200
        message:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ObjectDefinition'
          example:
          - appDef:
              class: ADC
              schemaVersion: 3.0.0
              tenant:
                class: Tenant
                bar:
                  class: Application
                  template: udp
                  serviceMain:
                    class: Service_UDP
                    virtualAddresses:
                    - 192.0.2.11
                    virtualPort: 5555
                    pool: bar_Pool1
                  bar_Pool1:
                    class: Pool
                    monitors:
                    - icmp
                    members:
                    - serverAddresses:
                      - 192.0.2.22
                      servicePort: 5555
            metaData:
              template: examples/simple_udp_defaults
              setHash: b4e574f5692532a03deb40b78599a7913ff63b2a31897a7b0168d99246d64715
              view:
                tenant_name: tenant
                app_name: app
              lastModified: '2022-03-26T23:34:23.873Z'
              ipamAddrs: {}