Forwarding Class

Forwarding Class provides tools for creating, listing, retrieving, updating, and deleting resources in F5 Distributed Cloud.

Tools

Tool	Description
`f5xc-api-network-forwarding-class-create`	Create Forwarding Class.
`f5xc-api-network-forwarding-class-get`	Get Forwarding Class.
`f5xc-api-network-forwarding-class-list`	List Forwarding Class.
`f5xc-api-network-forwarding-class-update`	Update Forwarding Class.
`f5xc-api-network-forwarding-class-delete`	Delete Forwarding Class.

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:

marking_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.dscp`	Dscp
`spec.no_marking`	No marking
`spec.tos_value`	Tos value

policer_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.no_policer`	No policer
`spec.policer`	Policer

queueing_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.dscp_based_queue`	Dscp based queue
`spec.queue_id_to_use`	Queue id to use

Example Usage

Ask Claude to help you work with Forwarding Class resources:

Create Forwarding Class

“Create a forwarding-class named ‘example’ in the ‘production’ namespace”

List Forwarding Classs

“List all forwarding-classs in the ‘production’ namespace”

Get Forwarding Class Details

“Get details of the forwarding-class named ‘example’ in namespace ‘production‘“

CURL Examples

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

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

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

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