F5 BIG-IP Create

F5 BIG-IP Create

Certified
Enterprise Edition

Create a BIG-IP LTM virtual server

Creates a public-facing listener via POST /mgmt/tm/ltm/virtual. The destination must be in ip: port format (e.g. 10.0.0.100: 80).

yaml
type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.f5.virtualserver.Create

Create a pool and bind a virtual server

yaml
id: setup_load_balancer
namespace: company.team

tasks:
  - id: create_pool
    type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.f5.pool.Create
    host: "{{ secret('F5_HOST') }}"
    username: "{{ secret('F5_USERNAME') }}"
    password: "{{ secret('F5_PASSWORD') }}"
    name: my-app-pool
    loadBalancingMode: round-robin
    monitor: /Common/http

  - id: create_virtual_server
    type: io.kestra.plugin.ee.f5.virtualserver.Create
    host: "{{ secret('F5_HOST') }}"
    username: "{{ secret('F5_USERNAME') }}"
    password: "{{ secret('F5_PASSWORD') }}"
    name: my-app-vs
    destination: "10.0.0.100:80"
    pool: "{{ outputs.create_pool.name }}"
    ipProtocol: tcp
Properties

Destination in ip: port format

For example: 10.0.0.100: 80 or 10.0.0.100: 443.

BIG-IP hostname or IP address

Virtual server name

BIG-IP password

BIG-IP username

Assets this task consumes as inputs or produces as outputs, for lineage tracking and the asset graph (Enterprise Edition). A flow declaring this property on a task is rejected in the open-source edition.

Definitions
assetFailureBehaviorstring
Possible Values
IGNOREFAILWARN

Asset failure behavior

Behavior applied to the task state when a declared asset fails to render, emit, or be persisted (e.g. a lock conflict): FAIL escalates it to FAILED, WARN (default) warns it if it would otherwise succeed, IGNORE leaves the state untouched.

enableAutobooleanstring

Whether to auto-register assets referenced dynamically at runtime that are not statically declared in inputs or outputs.

inputsarray

The assets consumed as inputs.

id*string
Min length1
typestring
outputs

The assets produced as outputs.

id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*object
descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
id*string
Min length1
Max length150
type*string
Min length1

Custom asset type

descriptionstring
displayNamestring
metadataobject
Default{}
namespacestring
Min length1
Max length150
Defaultfalse

Trust all SSL certificates

Set to true to disable TLS certificate validation. Use only in development or when targeting BIG-IP appliances with self-signed certificates.

Defaulttcp

IP protocol

Accepted values: tcp, udp, any. Defaults to tcp.

DefaultCommon

Administrative partition to target

Defaults to Common when not set.

Default pool to forward traffic to

Virtual server resource description

Destination address: port

Full path of the virtual server

IP protocol

Virtual server name