Example

#!/usr/bin/env python
import as3
t = as3.as3(host='1.1.1.1',username='admin',password='admin')
# Check whether AS3 is installed:
print (str(t.isInstalled()))
# Download the latest AS3 version from Github
print (str(t.retrieveVersion()))
# Install a specific version on a different host - if you leave out filename it will download the latest
t.installAS3(host='2.2.2.2',username='admin',password='admin',filename='f5-appsvcs-3.16.0-6.noarch.rpm')
# Uninstall it
t.uninstallAS3(host='2.2.2.2',username='admin',password='admin')

Methods

• as3([debug,host,username,password,port,usetoken]) - initialise an AS3 object

• isInstalled([version,host,username,password,usetoken,port]) - Checks whether AS3 is installed. Returns version dict, True or False

• retrieveVersion([release]) - Downloads a specific release or the latest release of the RPM package

• installAS3([version,filename,host,username,password,usetoken,port]) - Installs AS3 as a package. Returns True or False

• uninstallAS3([version,filename,host,username,password,usetoken,port]) - Uninstalls current AS3 package. Returns True or False

• github(url, [method,data,useragent,stream]) - this is a helper to retrieve from github F5 repository. Return True or False

• versionToId(version) - Returns a Github object ID related to a version number. eg version is ‘v3.16.0’ and ID is 22093972