Examples
Create a Load Balancer with two members and
wait for it to become ready
import time
from pprint import pprint
from libcloud.loadbalancer.base import Member, Algorithm
from libcloud.loadbalancer.types import State, Provider
from libcloud.loadbalancer.providers import get_driver
driver = get_driver(Provider.RACKSPACE_US)('username', 'api key')
name = 'test-lb'
members = (Member(None, '192.168.86.1', 8080),
Member(None, '192.168.86.2', 8080))
print 'Creating load balancer'
new_balancer = driver.create_balancer(name=name,
algorithm=Algorithm.ROUND_ROBIN,
port=80, protocol='http',
members=members)
print 'Waiting for load balancer to become ready...'
while True:
balancer = driver.get_balancer(balancer_id=new_balancer.id)
if balancer.state == State.RUNNING:
break
print 'Load balancer not ready yet, sleeping 20 seconds...'
time.sleep(20)
print 'Load balancer is ready'
pprint(balancer)
# fetch list of members
members = balancer.list_members()
pprint(members)