Hi Chris, I think I've narrowed the issue down.
I'm able to use the 10.2.0.2 f5 gem in a simple script with F5 v11.3.0 to create an f5_node so it looks like the F5 is keeping some backwards-compatibility. The problem is only occurring when the F5 gem is used within puppet. The f5 gem is using the ruby 1.8.7's built-in SOAP library that clashes with a monkey-patch in Puppet to override the instance_variables method of the basic Ruby Object class. The patch was introduced in this commit: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/1f4e44c26a0d703d1192d26ef8ab555e4508e338 *lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb*: class Object alias :puppet_original_instance_variables :instance_variables def instance_variables puppet_original_instance_variables.map(&:to_sym) end end This in turn clashes with the SOAP class in Ruby 1.8.7: lib/soap/mapping/mapping.rb: def self.get_attribute(obj, attr_name) if obj.is_a?(::Hash) obj[attr_name] || obj[attr_name.intern] else name = XSD::CodeGen::GenSupport.safevarname(attr_name) if obj.instance_variables.include?('@' + name) obj.instance_variable_get('@' + name) elsif ((obj.is_a?(::Struct) or obj.is_a?(Marshallable)) and obj.respond_to?(name)) obj.__send__(name) end end end Since Puppet has overridden the instance_variable method to return an Array of Symbols, this breaks the obj.instance_variables.include?('@' + name) line because it is trying to compare a Symbol with a String which will always be false. This in turn causes the F5 gem to send SOAP requests to the F5 with nil values so the nodes are never created on the F5. This is a pretty strange issue as I thought that there would have been other users of the puppetlabs-f5 module with Ruby 1.8.7 and so would have hit the same issue, or am I missing something? Anyway, it looks like to fix the problem we'll either need to patch the F5 gem to override the above method within Ruby or somehow revert the monkeypatch in Puppet for the F5 puppet module, unless you can think of a cleaner and better solution? Jeff On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 3:34:02 PM UTC+10, Christopher Wood wrote: > > Unfortunately due to various non-puppet bigip upgrade issues I haven't > been able to back to this yet. If I get anything useful working I will > post. > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 03:32:56AM -0700, jgm...@gmail.com > <javascript:>wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > How did you go with trying to use the Puppet F5 module with v11.3.0? > I > > think I am having the same issue as you were. > > The puppet output would say that the resource was created but the > iControl > > debug logs shows that it is being sent an empty SOAP create message. > > I've tried running a simple ruby script using the 10.2.0.2 f5 gem and > was > > able to create the node successfully so it looks the Puppet is doing > > something funny. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > > On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 8:31:04 AM UTC+11, Christopher Wood > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:40:12PM -0800, Nan Liu wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Christopher Wood > > > <[1][1]christop...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > (Following up to my own post for posterity's sake, see > > [2][2]xkcd.com/979.) > > > > > > Short form: for me this isn't yet as easy as a file resource > but > > the > > > puppetized management payoff will be worth the work. My > issues > > are most > > > likely a reflection of my own puppet/ruby/iControl/SOAP > skill. > > > > > > I am going to explore a personalized set of F5 > types/providers > > that I > > > can use without first loading up the wsdl file for every > involved > > > iControl interface, version, and hotfix. > > > > > > Points from my various BigIP/puppet experimentations: > > > > > > a) The f5-icontrol-10.2.0.2.gem doesn't necessarily work > with LTM > > > 11.1.0. (Or I haven't figured it out, also quite likely.) > This > > could be > > > because the gem ships different wsdl files but I couldn't > get it > > to work > > > with later iControl wsdl files anyway. > > > > > > b) In LTM 11, F5 deprecated some interfaces so puppet f5 > module > > > providers like f5_node are suddenly using deprecated > interfaces. > > > > > > c) Some parts of the iControl api are being updated/fixed > over > > time, for > > > instance the hotfix id 388590 reading "Certificates can now > > successfully > > > be updated using the iControl Management::KeyCertificate > > interface", > > > see: > > > > > > > > [3][3] > http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14175.html > > > > > > d) Judging by my soap-newbie eye the soap4r package appears > > abandonware, > > > savon isn't up to complicated data structures and I have yet > to > > dive > > > into handsoap (the starter page says to start with a wsdl, > see my > > > wsdl-tracking issues). Picking the right soap package to use > is > > likely > > > going to be job 1. > > > > > > (If the list has any feedback to the above, I'm very much > all > > ears.) > > > > > > Have you tried the v11 > > > gem?�[4][4]https://devcentral.f5.com/internal-forums/aff/2306. > The > > module > > > certainly needs to updates against v11 API, but seems like it > would > > be a > > > better starting point. > > > Nan� > > > > I might give that a go. That LTM 11 gem is for 11.1.0 and I'm > already on > > 11.3.0 in the lab due to a key/cert management issue, but the gem > should > > be fine if I rebuild it with the wsdl files from my lab device. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > Groups > > > "Puppet Users" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > it, > > send an > > > email to [5]puppet-users...@googlegroups.com. > > > To post to this group, send email to [6] > puppet...@googlegroups.com. > > > Visit this group at > > [5][7]http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > > For more options, visit > > [6][8]https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > > > > > References > > > > > > Visible links > > > 1. mailto:[9]christop...@pobox.com > > > 2. [10]http://xkcd.com/979 > > > 3. > > [11] > http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14175.html > > > 4. 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