Origin Pool

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

Tools

Tool	Description
`f5xc-api-virtual-origin-pool-create`	Create Origin Pool.
`f5xc-api-virtual-origin-pool-get`	Get Origin Pool.
`f5xc-api-virtual-origin-pool-list`	List Origin Pool.
`f5xc-api-virtual-origin-pool-update`	Update Origin Pool.
`f5xc-api-virtual-origin-pool-delete`	Delete Origin Pool.

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:

health_check_port_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.health_check_port`	Health check port
`spec.same_as_endpoint_port`	Same as endpoint port	✅ Yes

port_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.automatic_port`	Automatic port
`spec.lb_port`	Lb port
`spec.port`	Port

tls_choice

Option	Description	Recommended
`spec.no_tls`	No tls	✅ Yes
`spec.use_tls`	Use tls

Example Usage

Ask Claude to help you work with Origin Pool resources:

Create Origin Pool

“Create a origin-pool named ‘example’ in the ‘production’ namespace”

List Origin Pools

“List all origin-pools in the ‘production’ namespace”

Get Origin Pool Details

“Get details of the origin-pool named ‘example’ in namespace ‘production‘“

CURL Examples

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

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

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

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