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F5 Configuration API

The Configuration API from F5 — 7 operation(s) for configuration.

F5 Configuration API is one of 51 APIs that F5 publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Configuration. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and a changelog.

This API exposes 14 operations across 7 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: /mgmt/shared/appsvcs, https://192.0.2.1:443/mgmt/shared/declarative-onboarding.

14 operations 7 paths 7 schemas 3 DELETE6 GET1 PATCH4 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://{bigip}/mgmt
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 14

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 3 DELETE, 6 GET, 1 PATCH, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Configuration 14
POST
/declare
Apply BIG-IP AS3 configuration
postDeclare 8 params body → 200202422500503
GET
/declare
Read current BIG-IP AS3 configuration
getDeclare 3 params → 200204500
PATCH
/declare
Update current BIG-IP AS3 configuration
patchDeclare 2 params → 200202422500503
DELETE
/declare
Remove current BIG-IP AS3 configuration
deleteDeclare 1 param → 200202500503
POST
/declare/{tenant}
Apply BIG-IP AS3 configuration for a specific tenant or tenants
postDeclareByTenant 9 params body → 200
POST
/declare/{tenant}/applications
Apply BIG-IP AS3 configuration on a per-application basis
postDeclareByTenantApplications 9 params body → 200
GET
/declare/{tenant}/applications
Read all current BIG-IP AS3 application configurations
getDeclareByTenantApplications → 200500503
GET
/declare/{tenant}/applications/{application}
Read current BIG-IP AS3 application configuration
getDeclareByTenantApplicationsByApplication → 200500503
DELETE
/declare/{tenant}/applications/{application}
Delete current BIG-IP AS3 application configuration
deleteDeclareByTenantApplicationsByApplication 10 params → 200
GET
/
Get status of configuration request
getMostRecentTask 2 params → 200500
POST
/
Apply BIG-IP DO configuration
postDeclaration body → 200202422500
GET
/config
Return all original configurations
getAllConfigs → 200500
GET
/config/{machineId}
Return original configuration by machine ID
getConfig 1 param → 200404500
DELETE
/config/{machineId}
Delete the stored original configuration by config ID
deleteConfig 1 param → 200404500

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are task (8 properties), result (6 properties), result_2 (5 properties), configObject (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

result
object
6 properties
declaration
object
result_2
object
Standard result object in responses.
5 properties
task
object
The configuration status and associated declaration.
8 properties
device
configObject
object
1 property
config
object
The original configuration of a device.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

f5-configuration-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs F5 publishes across the network.

F5 BIG-IP
F5 NGINX
F5 Distributed Cloud Services
F5 BIG-IP iControl REST (Mgmt)
F5 NGINX Management Suite API
F5 Essential App Protect API
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management API
F5 BIG-IP Application Services 3 Extension API
F5 Declarative Onboarding API
F5 Telemetry Streaming API
F5 NGINX Plus API
F5 NGINX One Console API
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