F5 Networks Pools API
Manage pools of backend servers for load distribution and health monitoring.
F5 Networks Pools API is one of 14 APIs that F5 Networks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include Pools. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, authentication docs, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes 6 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 15.1.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{bigip_host}/mgmt/tm.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
F5 Networks Pools API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).
An API key is passed in the header as X-F5-Auth-Token (tokenAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
basicAuth— HTTP Basic authentication using BIG-IP admin credentials. The username and password are sent base64-encoded in the Authorization header.tokenAuth— Token-based authentication. Obtain a token by POSTing credentials to /mgmt/shared/authn/login, then pass the token value in the X-F5-Auth-Token header for subs…
Paths & Operations 6
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Manage pools of backend servers for load distribution and health monitoring.
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Pool (27 properties), PoolCreate (10 properties), PoolUpdate (8 properties), ErrorResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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