April 21, 2022


Working with Vlans

A collection of CLI Examples on how to interact with Vlans.

Read up on the Perl article for information on how to setup the CLI Framework to get this code to run easily.

Placing Vlan order

This script makes a paginated API call to SoftLayer_Product_Order::verifyOrder().

use lib '/softlayer-api-perl-client-master/';
use SoftLayer::API::SOAP;
use Data::Dumper;

# Your SoftLayer API username and key.
my $username = 'set me';
my $apikey = 'set me';

# Building a skeleton SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Vlan object
# to model the order for the new VLAN
my $order_template = bless({
	'orderContainerType' => 'SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Vlan',
	'location' => 'AMSTERDAM',
	'packageId' => 571,		# ADDITIONAL_SERVICES_NETWORK_VLAN
	'prices' => [
		{
			'complexType' => 'SoftLayer_Product_Item_Price',
			'id' => 51775	# The pice for PUBLIC_NETWORK_VLAN
		} 
	],
	'quantity' => 1, 
	'sendQuoteEmailFlag' => True,
	'name' => 'A Vlan Name'
},'slapi:SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order_Network_Vlan');

# Creating a SoftLayer API client object
my $product_order = SoftLayer::API::SOAP->new('SoftLayer_Product_Order', undef, $username, $apikey);

# verifyOrder() will check your order for errors. Replace this with a call to
# placeOrder() when you're ready to order. 
my $receipt = $product_order->verifyOrder($order_template);
if ($receipt->fault) {
	die 'Unable to create the vlan. ' . $receipt->faultstring;
}
print Dumper($receipt->result);
print ("The order was verified successfully");

Canceling Vlan

This script makes a paginated API call to SoftLayer_Billing_Item::cancelService().

# Example to cancel a VLAN
#
# The script will get the Billing_Item id of the VLAN service
# then it will cancel the VLAN service
# 
# Important manual pages
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Network_Vlan
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Network_Vlan/getObject
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Billing_Item
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Billing_Item/cancelService
# 
# License: http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License
# Author: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>
use lib 'softlayer-api-perl-client-master/';
use SoftLayer::API::SOAP;
use JSON;
use Data::Dumper;

# Your SoftLayer API key username.
my $username = 'set me';
my $key = 'set me';

# The VLAN id you wish to cancel
my $vlan_id = 563298;

# Creating a SoftLayer API client object
my $network_vlan_service = SoftLayer::API::SOAP->new('SoftLayer_Network_Vlan', undef, $username, $key);
my $billing_item_service = SoftLayer::API::SOAP->new('SoftLayer_Billing_Item', undef, $username, $key);

$network_vlan_service->setInitParameter($vlan_id);

# Declaring an object mask to get the billing item information
my $object_mask = "mask[id,billingItem.id]";
$network_vlan_service->setObjectMask($object_mask);

# Getting the Billing Item to cancel the VLAN service.
my $vlan = $network_vlan_service->getObject();
if ($vlan->fault) {
	die 'Unable to retrieve the vlan. ' . $vlan->faultstring;
}

# Canceling the VLAN service.
$billing_item_service->setInitParameter($vlan->result->{'billingItem'}->{'id'});
$result = $billing_item_service->cancelService();
if ($result->fault) {
	die 'Unable to cancel the vlan. ' . $result->faultstring;
}

print Dumper($result->result);

Getting Vlan details

This script makes a paginated API call to SoftLayer_Network_Vlan::getObject().

# Retrieve VLAN details such as primary router and subnet.
#
# Retrieving the primary router and subnet for a determinate VLAN
# associated with a SoftLayer customer account 
# We do this with a call to the getObject() method in the 
# SoftLayer_Network_Vlan API service using an object mask to retrieve
# associated subnets and primary router records. See below for more details.
#
# Important manual pages:
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Network_Vlan
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Network_Vlan/getObject
#
# License: http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License
# Author: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>
use lib 'softlayer-api-perl-client-master/';
use SoftLayer::API::SOAP;
use JSON;
use Data::Dumper;

# Your SoftLayer API key and username.
my $username = 'set me';
my $key = 'set me';

# The VLAN id you wish to see its details
my $vlan_id = 557984;

# Creating a SoftLayer API client object
my $network_vlan_service = SoftLayer::API::SOAP->new('SoftLayer_Network_Vlan', undef, $username, $key);

$network_vlan_service->setInitParameter($vlan_id);

# Declaring an object mask to get more information about the VLANs
# such as the primaryRouter and the subnets
my $object_mask = "mask[primaryRouter, subnets[ipAddresses]]";
$network_vlan_service->setObjectMask($object_mask);

# Send the request to get the VLANs
my $result = $network_vlan_service->getObject();

if ($result->fault) {
	die 'Unable to retrieve the VLAN details ' . $result->faultstring;
}
print Dumper($result->result);

Listing Vlans

This script makes a paginated API call to SoftLayer_Account::getNetworkVlans().

# Retrieve account VLAN and subnet information.
#
# Retrieving a list of all VLANs associated with a SoftLayer customer account
# and print a simple report detailing these VLANs and the subnets assigned to
# them. We do this with a call to the getNetworkVlans() method in the
# SoftLayer_Account API service using an object mask to retrieve the VLANs'
# associated subnets and primary router records. See below for more details.
#
# Important manual pages:
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Account
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Network_Vlan
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Network_Subnet_IpAddress
# http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Account/getNetworkVlans
# 
# License: http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License
# Author: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>
use lib 'softlayer-api-perl-client-master/';
use SoftLayer::API::SOAP;
use JSON;
use Data::Dumper;

# Your SoftLayer API key and username.
my $username = 'set me';
my $key = 'set me';

# Creating a SoftLayer API client object
my $account_service = SoftLayer::API::SOAP->new('SoftLayer_Account', undef, $username, $key);

# Declaring an object mask to get more information about the vlans
# such as the primaryRouter and the subnets
my $object_mask = "mask[primaryRouter, subnets[ipAddresses]]";
$account_service->setObjectMask($object_mask);

# Sending the request to get the vlans
my $result = $account_service->getNetworkVlans();

if ($result->fault) {
	die 'Unable to retrieve the VLANs. ' . $result->faultstring;
}
print Dumper($result->result);

Getting available Vlans to order

This script makes a paginated API call to SoftLayer_Product_Order::getVlans().

# Get available VLANs for a new order
# 
# The script makes a single call to SoftLayer_Product_Order::getVlans
# method to call the available VLANs for the configuration of an order
# for more details please see below.
# 
# Important manual pages:
# https://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Product_Order/getVlans
# 
# License: http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License
# Author: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>

use lib 'softlayer-api-perl-client-master/';
use SoftLayer::API::SOAP;
use Data::Dumper;

# Your SoftLayer API username and key.
my $username = 'set me';
my $key = 'set me';

my $location = 37473
my $package = 46
my $selected_items = 'port_speed=100'
my @vlans = (424830)

# Creating a SoftLayer API client object
my $product_order_service = SoftLayer::API::SOAP->new('SoftLayer_Product_Order', undef, $username, $key);

my $result = $product_order_service->getVlans($location, $package, $selected_items, @vlans);

if ($result->fault) {
	die 'Unable to retrieve the VLANs. ' . $result->faultstring;
}

print Dumper($result->result);