BigIP Report Old
Problem this snippet solves: This codeshare has been deprecated due to a hosting platform corruption. I have movedcode and conversation to a new record (on the same original URL) https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/bigip-report can be Overview This is a script which will generate a report of the BigIP LTM configuration on all your load balancers making it easy to find information and get a comprehensive overview of virtual servers and pools connected to them. This information is used to relay information to our NOC and developers to give them insight in where things are located and to be able to plan patching and deploys. I also use it myself as a quick way get information or gather data used as a foundation for RFC's, ie get a list of all external virtual servers without compression profiles. The script has been running on 13 pairs of load balancers, indexing over 1200 virtual servers for several years now and the report is widely used across the company and by many companies and governments across the world. It's easy to setup and use and only requires guest permissions on your devices. Demo/Preview Please note that it takes time to make these so sometimes they're a bit outdated and they only cover one HA pair. However, they still serve the purpose of showing what you can expect from the report. Interactive demo http://loadbalancing.se/bigipreportdemo/ Screen shots The main report: The device overview: Certificate details: How to use this snippet: This codeshare has been deprecated due to a hosting platform corruption. I have movedcode and conversation to a new record (on the same original URL) https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/bigip-report Installation instructions BigipReport REST This is the only branch we're updating since middle of 2020 and it supports 12.x and upwards (maybe even 11.6). Download:https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.5.4.zip Documentation, installation instructions and troubleshooting:https://loadbalancing.se/bigipreport-rest/ Docker support This will be the recommended way of running bigipreport in the near future. It's still undergoing testing but it's looking really good so far. https://loadbalancing.se/2021/01/05/running-bigipreport-on-docker/ BigipReport (Legacy) Older version of the report that only runs on Windows and is depending on a Powershell plugin originally written by Joe Pruitt (F5). BigipReport (Stable): https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-5.3.1.zip BigipReport (BETA): https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-5.4.0-beta.zip iControl Snapin: https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/f5-icontrol.zip Documentation and installation instructions: https://loadbalancing.se/bigip-report/ Upgrade instructions Protect the report using APM and active directory Written by DevCentral member Shann_P: https://loadbalancing.se/2018/04/08/protecting-bigip-report-behind-an-apm-by-shannon-poole/ Got issues/problems/feedback? Still have issues? Drop a comment below. We usually reply quite fast. Any bugs found, issues detected or ideas contributed makes the report better for everyone, so it's always appreciated. --- Also trying out a Discord channel now. You're welcome to hang out with us there: https://discord.gg/7JJvPMYahA Code : 85931,86647,90730 Tested this on version: 13.0BIG-IP Report
Problem this snippet solves: Overview This is a script which will generate a report of the BIG-IP LTM configuration on all your load balancers making it easy to find information and get a comprehensive overview of virtual servers and pools connected to them. This information is used to relay information to NOC and developers to give them insight in where things are located and to be able to plan patching and deploys. I also use it myself as a quick way get information or gather data used as a foundation for RFC's, ie get a list of all external virtual servers without compression profiles. The script has been running on 13 pairs of load balancers, indexing over 1200 virtual servers for several years now and the report is widely used across the company and by many companies and governments across the world. It's easy to setup and use and only requires auditor (read-only) permissions on your devices. Demo/Preview Interactive demo http://loadbalancing.se/bigipreportdemo/ Screen shots The main report: The device overview: Certificate details: How to use this snippet: Installation instructions BigipReport REST This is the only branch we're updating since middle of 2020 and it supports 12.x and upwards (maybe even 11.6). Downloads (two latest versions): https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.7.11.zip https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-v5.7.10.zip Documentation, installation instructions and troubleshooting:https://loadbalancing.se/bigipreport-rest/ Docker support https://loadbalancing.se/2021/01/05/running-bigipreport-on-docker/ Kubernetes support https://loadbalancing.se/2021/04/16/bigipreport-on-kubernetes/ BIG-IP Report (Legacy) Older version of the report that only runs on Windows and is depending on a Powershell plugin originally written by Joe Pruitt (F5) BIG-IP Report (only download this if you have v10 devices): https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/bigipreport-5.4.0-beta.zip iControl Snapin https://loadbalancing.se/downloads/f5-icontrol.zip Documentation and Installation Instructions https://loadbalancing.se/bigip-report/ Upgrade instructions Protect the report using APM and active directory Written by DevCentral member Shann_P: https://loadbalancing.se/2018/04/08/protecting-bigip-report-behind-an-apm-by-shannon-poole/ Got issues/problems/feedback? Still have issues? Drop a comment below. We usually reply quite fast. Any bugs found, issues detected or ideas contributed makes the report better for everyone, so it's always appreciated. --- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/7JJvPMYahA Code : BigIP Report Tested this on version: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16Generate private key w/ CSR via iControl REST
Problem this snippet solves: Generate a private key w/ CSR How to use this snippet: To create a private key with a CSR via iControl REST: POST URL:https://10.1.1.165/mgmt/tm/sys/crypto/key Use the data below as your payload. For the name field, it must end in .key or you will get a false 404! Code : { "name":"www.testing.com.key", "commonName":"www.testing.com", "keySize":"4096", "keyType":"rsa-private", "options":[{"gen-csr":"www.testing.com"}], "organization":"Let It Snow Corp.", "ou":"Ice Engineering", "city":"Calhoun", "state":"AZ", "admin-email-address":"jerry@letit.snow", "email-address":"beth@letit.snow", "subject-alternative-name":"DNS:www.testing.com", "challenge-password":"myP4ssword" } Tested this on version: 13.0
Automate F5 Initial Setup - iControl & Ansible
Problem this snippet solves: While everyone loves F5, we all know the initial system setup, networking components and device service cluster is a tedious process. This simple Ansible playbook will allow you to automate the entire F5 initial setup by reading a CSV file and leave you with a ready to go active/standby pair. This does include setting up - NTP, DNS, Hostname, LACP, dot1q, Self-IPs, device trust, configuration sync, etc How to use this snippet: How to Use Required Items Ansible (tested on version 2.1) Blank pair of F5s with management IP configured (version 12.0 & 12.1) Install Ansible if Needed Official Ansible Install Guide Great 3rd Party Install Guide Download and Run F5 Ansible Setup Playbook - f5_ansible_setup.yml Please run the following Ansible Playbook. This will download the required modules, playbook for F5 Initial Setup and example CSV file. Be sure to run this playbook from ~/ansible/playbooks/ F5 Ansible Setup Playbook Fill Out CSV File - f5_initial_setup.csv Use the example CSV file as an example to fit to your environment. Using the CSV file allows you to not have to edit the actual F5 Initial Setup Playbook. This was tested on a pair of 5200v's with so adjust interfaces as needed. The CSV file will be automatically downloaded from GitHub when you run the F5 Ansible Install Playbook. Run F5 Initial Setup Playbook - f5_initial_setup.yml Once you have edited the CSV file to your needs, run the F5 Initial Setup Playbook. This playbook will read the CSV file and configure the two F5 devices from scratch. When everything completes, you should be left with an active/standby pair of devices ready to go! If you want to manually install the Ansible Playbook & Modules, please check out - GitHub Code : https://github.com/mwallco/f5_ansible Tested this on version: 12.0
Go library to manage BIG-IP iControl REST API
Problem this snippet solves: This library provides necessary structs and functions to manage the whole REST API. Some REST Calls may require BIG-IP v12.1.x to work properly. How to use this snippet: f5-rest-client implements a REST client to query the F5 BIG-IP iControl REST API. Installation go get -u github.com/e-XpertSolutions/f5-rest-client/f5 Available authentication methods Basic authentication f5Client, err := f5.NewBasicClient(base_url, username, password) Token based authentication f5Client, err := f5.NewTokenClient(base_url, username, password, login_provider_name, skip_ssl_verification) Usage // Copyright 2017 e-Xpert Solutions SA. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package main import ( "encoding/json" "log" "github.com/e-XpertSolutions/f5-rest-client/f5" "github.com/e-XpertSolutions/f5-rest-client/f5/net" ) func sexyPrint(label string, a interface{}) { j, err := json.MarshalIndent(a, "", " ") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } log.Print("DEBUG ", label, ":\n", string(j)) } func main() { // 1) Basic Authentication f5Client, err := f5.NewBasicClient("https://127.0.0.1", "admin", "admin") // 2) Token Based Authentication // f5Client, err := f5.NewTokenClient("https://127.0.0.1", "admin", "admin", "tmos", true) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } f5Client.DisableCertCheck() netClient := net.New(f5Client) self, err := netClient.Self().ListAll() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } sexyPrint("SelfIP List:", self) } FEATURES Basic authentication Token based authentication Manage Virtual Server, pool, node, irules, monitors Manage Cluster Management Manage interfaces, vlan, trunk, self ip, route, route domains Manage virtualization features (/vcmp) Manage system related stuffs Add Helper functions to enable, disable or force a node offline Add Helper functions to enable or disable a Virtual Server List expiring certificates List expired certificates Transaction support [new] Manage DNS and global load balancing servers (/gtm) [new] Add support for Stats retrieval on node, pool, virtual and profiles ROADMAP Add support for authentication through external providers Manage access policies (/apm) Manage security (/security) Manage analytics configuration (/analytics) Add support for results pagination Add support for API versioning Add support for new API endpoints coming in v13 Examples Transactions - Create a simple HTTP service f5Client, err := f5.NewBasicClient("https://127.0.0.1", "admin", "admin") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } f5Client.DisableCertCheck() // Start new transaction. tx, err := f5Client.Begin() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } ltmClient := ltm.New(tx) // Create a HTTP monitor log.Print("Create a HTTP monitor") monitorConfig := ltm.MonitorHTTPConfig{ Name: "http_monitor_" + tx.TransactionID(), Send: "GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n", Recv: "Hello", } if err := ltmClient.MonitorHTTP().Create(monitorConfig); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Create a Pool log.Print("Create a pool") poolConfig := ltm.PoolConfig{ Name: "pool_" + tx.TransactionID(), Monitor: "/Common/http_monitor_" + tx.TransactionID(), Members: []string{"10.1.10.10:80", "10.1.10.11:80"}, } if err := ltmClient.Pool().Create(poolConfig); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Create a Virtual Server log.Print("Create a Virtual Server") vsConfig := ltm.VirtualServerConfig{ Name: "vs_http_" + tx.TransactionID(), Destination: "10.1.20.130:80", IPProtocol: "tcp", Pool: "pool_" + tx.TransactionID(), SourceAddressTranslation: ltm.SourceAddressTranslation{ Type: "automap", }, Profiles: []string{ "tcp-mobile-optimized", "http", }, } if err := ltmClient.Virtual().Create(vsConfig); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } // Commit to make the changes persistent. if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } List SSL Certificates sysClient := sys.New(f5Client) certs, err := sysClient.FileSSLCert().ListAll() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } sexyPrint("Certificates", certs) List expired SSL Certificates sysClient := sys.New(f5Client) certs, err := sysClient.FileSSLCert().ListExpired() if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } sexyPrint("Expired Certificates", certs) List expiring SSL Certificates sysClient := sys.New(f5Client) // ListExpiring(number_of_seconds) certs, err := sysClient.FileSSLCert().ListExpiring(60 * 60 * 24 * 15) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } sexyPrint("Expiring Certificates", certs) Contributing We appreciate any form of contribution (feature request, bug report, pull request, ...). We have no special requirements for Pull Request, just follow the standard GitHub way. License The sources are release under a BSD 3-Clause License. The full terms of that license can be found in LICENSE file of this repository. Code : https://github.com/e-XpertSolutions/f5-rest-client Tested this on version: 11.5
Suds Python Example
Problem this snippet solves: This script will pull a list of virtual servers, then fetch any default pools associated with it. Edit your particular settings as needed (url, username, password, etc.) How to use this snippet: Script Suds-sample.py Code : #!/bin/env python # Small example of how to use the Python suds library with iControl. # See comments for a description of each section. # **Note: this requires suds version 0.3.6 # Use at your own discretion; for example purposes ONLY! import sys import logging from urllib import pathname2url from suds.client import Client try: from suds.xsd.doctor import Import, ImportDoctor except: print "Requires suds 0.3.6 or higher!" sys.exit() # Setup a log to see details on what is going on. #logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO) #logging.getLogger('suds.client').setLevel(logging.DEBUG) # Create the URL. Note that you can point to the BigIP or the filesystem. # On windows, something like this works: # url = 'file:' + pathname2url('c:\\tmp') + '/LocalLB.VirtualServer.wsdl' # Here, I'm grabbing it from a lab box and snagging the LocalLB.VirtualServer # wsdl. url = 'https://192.168.1.245/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi?WSDL=LocalLB.VirtualServer' # Fix the missing import on our WSDLS. imp = Import('http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/') doctor = ImportDoctor(imp) # Create the 'client' object. Call against this object for your methods. c = Client(url, doctor = doctor, username = 'admin', password = 'admin') # Suds sets up a file cache that stores some common content, like your wsdl # and any other basic GET style info. Uncomment to disable the cache. #c.set_options(cache=None) # Setup your endpoint, username, password, etc. against the object. Very # pythonic! Do this by setting options attributes. c.options.username = 'admin' c.options.password = 'admin' c.options.location = 'https://192.168.1.245/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi' # set the separator so we can create types. Python doesn't like using dot # notations inside of the WSDLS, which are valid according to the spec. This accomodates dot # notation. Special thanks to Jeff Ortel for adding this feature. c.factory.separator('_') # Call a basic method to get a list of pools on the box. virtuals = c.service.get_list() # Print the returned list. Your list is contained in the 'item' attribute of # the returned object. #for x in virtuals.item: # print x # Now, we'll create a type and pass it in as a keyword argument to a call. It # gets way more complex than this but we'll start slow...this part is a little painful, very java like ;). # The point is that suds isvery explicit with its typing. Overall, this is a very good thing but it # makes for some challenges with more type-heavy calls (like Virtual Server # create, for example). # Create a type of 'StringSequence'. We'll set attributes here and pass this # object into the keyword arguments. To create types, use the 'factory' object. vs_name_list = c.factory.create('Common.StringSequence') vs_name_list.item = virtuals.item # Now let's call a method that allows us to pass in the type. default_pools = c.service.get_default_pool_name(virtual_servers = vs_name_list) # Now we'll print them after we zip() them together. combined = zip(virtuals.item, default_pools.item) for x in combined: print "%s => %s" % (x[0], x[1])PowerShell Setup Snapin
Problem this snippet solves: This PowerShell script will register the iControl Snapin on 32 and 64 bit platforms. Code : param([switch]$force) function Is-SnapinRegistered() { $registered = $false; if ( $null -ne (Get-PSSnapIn -Registered | where { $_.Name -eq "iControlSnapIn" } ) ) { $registered = $true; } $registered; } function Install-Snapin() { param( [string]$assembly = $null ); foreach ($platform in ("", "64") ) { Write-Host "Registering $assembly on platform '$platform'"; $installUtil = "$env:windir\Microsoft.Net\Framework${platform}\v2.0.50727\installUtil.exe"; if ( [System.IO.File]::Exists($installUtil) ) { Set-Alias installUtil $installUtil; installUtil $assembly /LogToConsole=false /LogFile=; } } } function Remove-Snapin() { param( [string]$assembly = $null ); foreach ($platform in ("", "64") ) { Write-Host "Unregistering $assembly on platform '$platform'"; $installUtil = "$env:windir\Microsoft.Net\Framework${platform}\v2.0.50727\installUtil.exe"; if ( [System.IO.File]::Exists($installUtil) ) { Set-Alias installUtil $installUtil; installUtil /u $assembly /LogToConsole=false /LogFile=; } } } if ( ($force) -or !(Is-SnapinRegistered) ) { Install-Snapin -assembly iControlSnapin.dll; } else { Write-Host "iControlSnapIn already registered..." }Adding or deleting a pool member
Problem this snippet solves: The script you need for this task must:. Identify the Enterprise Manager through which you will access the necessary BIG-IP devices. Authenticate your client to the Enterprise Manager. Retrieve a list of the BIG-IP devices managed by Enterprise Manager. For each managed BIG-IP device, retrieve a list of pools and pool members. For each managed BIG-IP device, specify the operation you want to perform (add/delete). How to use this snippet: To add/delete pool members: Create a script similar to the code sample shown below. Use either the add or delete parameter to produce the required outcome. From a command prompt, run your script. When the code finishes running, the specified pool member is enabled or disabled in each pool and on each device on which it resides. Code : #!/usr/bin/perl use SOAP::Lite; use UNIVERSAL 'isa'; $ENV{'PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME'} = 0; # Description: Adds/removes a pool member to/from all the pools on all BIG-IP devices managed by EM. # Usage: test-icontrolproxy-pool-member-operation.pl host uid pwd pool_member add|remove #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Validate Arguments #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- my $sHost = $ARGV[0]; # EM Host my $sUID = $ARGV[1]; # EM User (administrator role) my $sPWD = $ARGV[2]; # EM Password my $sPoolMember = $ARGV[3]; # BIG-IP Pool Member my $sOperation = $ARGV[4]; # BIG-IP Pool Member operation: add/remove my $proxy_uri = sprintf("https://%s:443/iControl/iControlPortal.cgi", $sHost); my $soap = SOAP::Lite->proxy($proxy_uri); sub SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::get_basic_credentials { return $sUID => $sPWD; } sub checkResponse { my ($resp) = (@_); die "$resp->faultcode $resp->faultstring\n" if $resp->fault; if (@{$resp->result}) { print "\tItem: $_\n" foreach (@{$resp->result}); } else { printf "\tResult: %s\n", $resp->result; } } sub getPoolList() { $soapResponse = $soap->uri("urn:iControl:LocalLB/Pool")->get_list(); &checkResponse($soapResponse); my @pool_list = @{$soapResponse->result}; return @pool_list; } sub getMemberLists() { my (@pool_list) = (@_); # Get the list of pool members for all the pools. $soapResponse = $soap->uri("urn:iControl:LocalLB/Pool")->get_member ( SOAP::Data->name(pool_names => [@pool_list]) ); &checkResponse($soapResponse); @member_lists = @{$soapResponse->result}; return @member_lists; } sub findPoolsFromMember() { my ($node_addr_port) = (@_); my ($node_addr, $node_port) = split(/:/, $node_addr_port, 2); my @pool_match_list; my @pool_list = &getPoolList(); my @member_lists = &getMemberLists(@pool_list); for $i (0 .. $#pool_list) { $pool = @pool_list[$i]; foreach $member (@{@member_lists[$i]}) { $addr = $member->{"address"}; $port = $member->{"port"}; if ( ($node_addr eq $addr) && ($node_port eq $port) ) { push @pool_match_list, $pool; } } } return @pool_match_list; } #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Adds or removes a pool member to/from all pools. #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub performPoolMemberOperation() { my ($node_addr_port, $operation) = (@_); my ($node_addr, $node_port) = split(/:/, $node_addr_port, 2); my $member = { address => $node_addr, port => $node_port }; # Validate operation. if (($operation ne "add") and ($operation ne "remove")) { print "Invalid operation: $operation..."; return; } my @pool_list; # Depending on the operation, get the appropraite pool list. if ($operation eq "add") { @pool_list = &getPoolList(); } else { @pool_list = &findPoolsFromMember($node_addr_port); } # memberList is the 1st dimension of the array, we need one for each pool push @memberList, $member; # memberLists is the 2nd dimension. push pool members for each pool here. for $i (0 .. $#pool_list) { push @memberLists, [@memberList]; } # Perform pool member operation. if ($operation eq "add") { $resp = $soap->uri("urn:iControl:LocalLB/Pool")->add_member( SOAP::Data->name(pool_names => [@pool_list]), SOAP::Data->name(members => [@memberLists])); } else { $resp = $soap->uri("urn:iControl:LocalLB/Pool")->remove_member( SOAP::Data->name(pool_names => [@pool_list]), SOAP::Data->name(members => [@memberLists])); } &checkResponse($soapResponse); print "Pool member: $node_addr_port. Operation: $operation. Affected pools: "; foreach $pool (@pool_list) { print "$pool, "; } print "\n"; } #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Main application entry point. #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # EM: get devices. print "\nGet devices...\n"; my $resp = $soap->uri('urn:iControl:Management/EM')->get_devices(); my $device_list = $resp->result; # EM: generate a context ID. print "\nGenerate context ID...\n"; $resp = $soap->uri("urn:iControl:Management/EM")->get_context_id(); my $context_id = $resp->result; # Append context ID to SOAP URI. $proxy_uri = sprintf("%s?context_id=%s", $proxy_uri, $context_id); $soap = SOAP::Lite->proxy($proxy_uri); # Iterate through the device list. foreach (@{$device_list}) { # Get current device address. my $device = $_; # EM: set device context (to proxy to). print "\nSet device context...\n"; $resp = $soap->uri("urn:iControl:Management/EM")->set_device_context(SOAP::Data->name("ip_address" => $device)); &checkResponse($resp); # Perform pool member operation. &performPoolMemberOperation($sPoolMember, $sOperation); }
Perl Ltm Config To Xml/Excel (version 3.1)
Problem this snippet solves: This code is an improvement of "Perl Ltm Config To Xml (version 2)" published on previous DevCentral (https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/perl-ltm-config-to-xml-version-2-1009) queries the components of a virtual servers configuration and prints it out in an XML format. Is recursive through partitions and prints the following data: VS_name VS_IP: IP and port RD (route domain) VS_state: status (ex. green) and state (ex. enabled) Profiles: name, type, context. If SSL profile aditional info: certificate, chain, key, cipher list Persistence iRules: order and name Pool_name LB-method: method, minimum active members Member: name, IP, port, ratio, priority, status and state Monitors: name, interval, timeout. If HTTP/HTTPS monitors additional info: Send and Receive strings SNAT_name SNAT_members Has a new option "-s" or "-simplified" which outputs multiple values like the profile list or pool members into a unique XML field. Purpose of simplified mode is to be able to have one Virtual Server per row on Excel, with lists showing on a single cell. This code has been tested on BIG-IP version 12.1 and 14.1. How to use this snippet: Default mode: ./LTM-to-XML.pl bigip uid pwd > result.xml Example for simplified mode and removal of partition information: ./LTM-to-XML.pl -s 127.0.0.1 uid pwd | sed "s/\/.*app\///g" | sed "s/\/Common\///g" > result.xml The XML can be dragged and dropped on MS Excel and opened as an XML table. Code : (see ZIP file) Tested this on version: 12.1, 14.1
BIG-IP Configuration Visualizer
Problem this snippet solves: This is a script utilizing the Graphviz package that will create graphs of the relationships of configuration objects of a virtual server. How to use this snippet: Requirements Perl SOAP::Lite Net::Netmask Graphviz Note: There are other required packages, but the remainder are default in Ubuntu 10.10 perl distribution. This may not be the case with your configuration. Install dependent libraries via apt-get - depending on your distribution you may have all of these as packages: libssl-dev libcrypt-ssleay-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl libsoap-lite-perl libnet-netmask-perl For any which aren't available, open a CPAN shell (perl -MCPAN -e shell) and install them with commands such as: install SOAP::Lite install Net::Netmask Grab the archive below, extract the perl script file, and make it executable Minimal command-line invocation is: ./f5-gl.pl -t bigip-host-name.your.domain -u userid -p password The output by default goes into a subdirectory img, but you might want to add the option -d output-directory to keep output files separate from successive runs, particularly if you will run the utility against different BIG-IP systems for different operational environments. You can also use these: -c partition -v vs to run for only a particular VS (the partition must also be given) -e to change the output file type - default is JPG, but there are the options of SVG or PNG Run it! Put it in /etc/crontab to run every night, perhaps, and output the files to a directory served by Apache? The files are predictably named, so you could link directly to them from other tools. If you are averse to command-line parameters (perhaps you don't want the password to appear in a process listing) you can instead update these variables in the script: my $ltm_host my $user_id my $user_password
