How to: Update and Redeploy a Service ChainΒΆ

You can update a service chain that has already been deployed and redeploy the service chain from the respective Policy page in SSL Orchestrator.

  1. Log in to BIG-IP Next Central Manager as admin, click the Workspace icon, click Security, and then click SSL Orchestrator.

  2. Click Service Chains from the left navigation panel.

  3. Update the service chain with required changes.

  4. Click Save.

  5. Click Deploy.

    Note: The Deploy button appears on a service chain screen only when you modify a service chain that has already been deployed through an association with a policy. You can click the Deploy button only after you save the changes.

  6. Click Yes, Continue to deploy the changes to all applications attached with this service chain.

    The policy associated with the service chain is successfully deployed to the application.

Prerequisites

You need the id of the service chain that you want to update and redeploy. You must have received this id in the response when you created the service chain.

You can use GET http://{{cm_mgmt_ip}}//api/v1/spaces/default/security/service-chains to retrieve the list of services that you created in BIG-IP Next Central Manager.

Procedure

  1. To update an existing service chain, send a PUT request to the endpoint /api/v1/spaces/default/security/service-chains/{id}

    PUT http://{{cm_mgmt_ip}}//api/v1/spaces/default/security/service-chains/{id}
    

    For {id}, specify the id of the the service chain that you want to update.

    The service chain is updated.

  2. To redeploy a service chain, send a POST request to the endpoint /api/v1/spaces/default/security/service-chains/{id}/deployments

    POST http://{{cm_mgmt_ip}}//api/v1/spaces/default/security/service-chains/{id}/deployments
    

    For {id}, specify the id of the the service chain that you want to redeploy.

    The service chain is redeployed to the instances to which it was deployed before.