updating system syslog parameters on BIG-IP

bigip_syslog.py

import sys
from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
from urllib3 import disable_warnings

disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)

from bigrest.bigip import BIGIP

syslog_include = """
filter f_remote_loghost {
level(warn..emerg);
};

destination d_remote_loghost {
tcp("10.7.3.11" port(1468));
udp("10.7.3.11" port(514));
};

log {
source(s_syslog_pipe);
filter(f_remote_loghost);
destination(d_remote_loghost);
};
"""


def instantiate_bigip(host, user, password):
    try:
        obj = BIGIP(host, user, password, session_verify=False)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Failed to connect to {host} due to {type(e).__name__}:\n")
        print(f"{e}")
        sys.exit()
    return obj


def update_syslog(obj, syslog_include):
    try:
        sl = obj.load("/mgmt/tm/sys/syslog")
        sl.properties["include"] = syslog_include
        obj.save(sl)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Failed to update syslog due to {type(e).__name__}:\n")
        print(f"{e}")
        sys.exit()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    hosts = ['ltm3.test.local']
    user = 'admin'
    pw = 'admin'

    for host in hosts:
        print(f"\nInstantiating {host}")
        bigip = instantiate_bigip(host, user, pw)
        print(f"\n\tUpdating {host} syslog details")
        update_syslog(bigip, syslog_include)

    print("\n\n---syslog update complete---\n\n")

pip install requests and then you should be good to go. The bigrest module isn't handling dependencies properly, I'll talk to the author about that.

FYI @Ronnie110755: leonardobdes/BIGREST#21 (comment)