CDN Load Balancer

CDN Load Balancer provides tools for creating, listing, retrieving, updating, and deleting resources in F5 Distributed Cloud.

Tools

Tool	Description
`f5xc-api-cdn-cdn-loadbalancer-create`	Create CDN Loadbalancer.
`f5xc-api-cdn-cdn-loadbalancer-get`	Get CDN Loadbalancer.
`f5xc-api-cdn-cdn-loadbalancer-list`	List CDN Loadbalancer.
`f5xc-api-cdn-cdn-loadbalancer-update`	Update CDN Loadbalancer.
`f5xc-api-cdn-cdn-loadbalancer-delete`	Delete CDN Loadbalancer.

Parameters

Path Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
`namespace`	Namespace This defines the workspace within which each the configuration object is to be created.	`system`
`name`	Name The name of the configuration object to be fetched.	`example-resource`

Query Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
`response_format`	The format in which the configuration object is to be fetched. This could be for example - in GetSpec form for the contents of object…	`GET_RSP_FORMAT_DEFAULT`
`label_filter`	A LabelSelectorType expression that every item in list response will satisfy.	`-`
`report_fields`	The report_fields parameter…	`-`
`report_status_fields`	The report_status_fields parameter…	`-`

Configuration Choices

This resource includes mutually exclusive configuration options:

api_definition_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.api_specification`	Api specification
`spec.disable_api_definition`	Disable api definition

api_discovery_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.disable_api_discovery`	Disable api discovery
`spec.enable_api_discovery`	Enable api discovery

bot_defense_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.bot_defense`	Bot defense

challenge_type

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.captcha_challenge`	Captcha challenge
`spec.enable_challenge`	Enable challenge
`spec.js_challenge`	Js challenge
`spec.no_challenge`	No challenge
`spec.policy_based_challenge`	Policy based challenge

client_side_defense_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.client_side_defense`	Client side defense
`spec.disable_client_side_defense`	Disable client side defense

ip_reputation_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.disable_ip_reputation`	Disable ip reputation
`spec.enable_ip_reputation`	Enable ip reputation

l7_ddos_auto_mitigation_action

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.l7_ddos_action_block`	L7 ddos action block
`spec.l7_ddos_action_default`	L7 ddos action default
`spec.l7_ddos_action_js_challenge`	L7 ddos action js challenge

loadbalancer_type

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.http`	Http
`spec.https`	Https
`spec.https_auto_cert`	Https auto cert

malicious_user_detection_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.disable_malicious_user_detection`	Disable malicious user detection
`spec.enable_malicious_user_detection`	Enable malicious user detection

rate_limit_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.api_rate_limit`	Api rate limit
`spec.disable_rate_limit`	Disable rate limit
`spec.rate_limit`	Rate limit

sensitive_data_policy_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.default_sensitive_data_policy`	Default sensitive data policy
`spec.sensitive_data_policy`	Sensitive data policy

service_policy_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.active_service_policies`	Active service policies
`spec.no_service_policies`	No service policies
`spec.service_policies_from_namespace`	Service policies from namespace

slow_ddos_mitigation_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.slow_ddos_mitigation`	Slow ddos mitigation
`spec.system_default_timeouts`	System default timeouts

threat_mesh_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.disable_threat_mesh`	Disable threat mesh
`spec.enable_threat_mesh`	Enable threat mesh

user_id_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.user_id_client_ip`	User id client ip
`spec.user_identification`	User identification

waf_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.app_firewall`	App firewall
`spec.disable_waf`	Disable waf

Example Usage

Ask Claude to help you work with CDN Load Balancer resources:

Create CDN Load Balancer

“Create a cdn-loadbalancer named ‘example’ in the ‘production’ namespace”

List CDN Load Balancers

“List all cdn-loadbalancers in the ‘production’ namespace”

Get CDN Load Balancer Details

“Get details of the cdn-loadbalancer named ‘example’ in namespace ‘production‘“

CURL Examples

# List resources
curl -X GET "https://${TENANT}.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/$${PARAM}/cdn_loadbalancers" \
  -H "Authorization: APIToken ${F5XC_API_TOKEN}"

# Get specific resource
curl -X GET "https://${TENANT}.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/$${PARAM}/cdn_loadbalancers/$${PARAM}" \
  -H "Authorization: APIToken ${F5XC_API_TOKEN}"

# Create resource
curl -X POST "https://${TENANT}.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/$${PARAM}/cdn_loadbalancers" \
  -H "Authorization: APIToken ${F5XC_API_TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @cdn_loadbalancer.json

# Delete resource
curl -X DELETE "https://${TENANT}.console.ves.volterra.io/api/config/namespaces/$${PARAM}/cdn_loadbalancers/$${PARAM}" \
  -H "Authorization: APIToken ${F5XC_API_TOKEN}"