Management::ResourceRecord::add_a¶

 add_a(
    in Management__ViewZone [] view_zones,
    in Management__ARecord [] [] a_records,
    in boolean [] sync_ptrs
);

#!/bin/env python

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'''

import sys
import pycontrol.pycontrol as pc
import time

#######################################################################################
# Example of how to create a Resource Record in Zone Runner (ex. in this case an A record)
# This example passes in the  'fromurl' keyword as True (default is False), which tells pycontrol
# to fetch the WSDL from the remote BigIP.
#
# https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControl.Management__ResourceRecord__add_a.ashx
#
# Majority of this code is borrowed from
#
# https://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/iControl.Management__ResourceRecord__add_cname.ashx
#
#######################################################################################

if pc.__version__.startswith('2.0'):
    pass
else:
    print "Requires pycontrol version 2.x!"
    sys.exit()

if len(sys.argv) < 4:
    print "Usage %s ip_address username password" % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit()

a = sys.argv[1:]

b = pc.BIGIP(
        hostname = a[0],
        username = a[1],
        password = a[2],
        fromurl = True,
        wsdls = ['Management.ResourceRecord','Management.Zone', 'Management.View'])

# create short cut
r = b.Management.ResourceRecord

# Variables for USER to fill in
view = "external"
zone_name = "example.com."
domain_name = "test.example.com."
ip_address = "1.1.1.1"
ttl = 60

#Start creating required objects
viewzone_obj = r.typefactory.create('Management.ViewZone')
viewzone_obj.view_name = view
viewzone_obj.zone_name = zone_name

view_zone_seq = r.typefactory.create('Management.ViewZoneSequence')
view_zone_seq.item = viewzone_obj

# struct Management.ARecord
a_object = r.typefactory.create('Management.ARecord')
a_object.domain_name = domain_name
a_object.ip_address = ip_address
a_object.ttl = ttl

a_object_seq = r.typefactory.create('Management.ARecordSequence')
a_object_seq.item = a_object
a_object_seq_seq = r.typefactory.create('Management.ARecordSequenceSequence')
a_object_seq_seq.item = a_object_seq


print "Creating A RECORD: "
print "     \"" + domain_name + "     " + str(ttl) + "     IN      " + ip_address + "\"\n"

try:
    r.add_a(
                view_zones = view_zone_seq,
                a_records = a_object_seq_seq,
                sync_ptrs=['false']
                )
except Exception, e:
    print "Error adding Record %s" % a_object
    print e


print "Retrieving Resource Records for zone \"" + zone_name + "\":\n"
get_rrs_output = []

try:
    get_rrs_output = r.get_rrs(
                        view_zones = view_zone_seq
                        )

except Exception, e:
    print "Error retrieving resource records %s" % zone_name
    print e

for element in get_rrs_output:
    for resource_record in element:
        print resource_record