Merge branch 'master' of github.com:rantanplan/fapi

10 files changed, 188 insertions, 116 deletions

diff --git a/.version b/.version
index faef31a..f38fc53 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.0
+0.7.3
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0bc6d71..104db0c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ documentation:
 	./bin/fapi -h -n > ./docs/synopsis.txt
 # Build a debian package 
 deb: all
-	dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
+	dpkg-buildpackage # -us -uc
 dch: 
 	dch -i
 release: dch deb 
diff --git a/README.pod b/README.pod
index b5cfa9b..ca50e31 100644
--- a/README.pod
+++ b/README.pod
@@ -107,22 +107,12 @@ If you want to list all configured objects on your partition just run
 
 A simple nPath service can be created as follows.
 
-  # Create a nPath HTTP vserver, 'nPath' also auto disables NAT and PAT
-  # fapi auto resolves the IP address.
   fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 create PROTOCOL_TCP nPath
-
-  # Add the pool to the vserver. The vservers name inside of BigIP will be
-  # the FQDN followed by _PORT. In this case it would be:
-  #  myvserver.example.com_80 (or full: /Partition/myvserver.example.com_80)
-  # The reason is that : are not allowed in vserver names.
   fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set pool foopool
 
-  # Add a nPath HTTPS vserver
-  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 create PROTOCOL_TCP nPath
-  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 set pool foopool
-
-  # Restrict the vserver to a specific VLAN (IMPORTANT! security
+  # Restrict the vservers to a specific VLAN (IMPORTANT! security
   # hole otherwise!)
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set vlan VLANNAME
   fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 set vlan VLANNAME
 
   # Put the VirtualAddress of the vserver into a specific traffic group
@@ -140,13 +130,25 @@ And everything can be deleted as folows:
   fapi node fooserver1.example.com delete
   fapi node fooserver2.example.com delete
 
-=head2 Setting up simple NAT Services
+=head2 Setting up simple HTTP NAT Services
 
-  (Docu to be written)
+A simple HTTP NATed service can be created as follows.
+
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 create PROTOCOL_TCP /Common/http
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set vlan VLANNAME
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set pool foopool
+
+In order to make this work your application servers need to have setup a
+default route to the loadbalancers floating self IP.
 
 =head2 Setting up simple SNAT Services
 
-  (Docu to be written)
+Same as setting up a NATed services, but you don't need to configure default 
+routes from your application servers to the loadbalancers floating self IP.
+
+You need also to set the SNAT flag as follows:
+
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set snat automap
 
 =head2 About the NAME argument
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b8812bc..2d47e4f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
+fapi (0.7.3) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * Fixes documentation
+
+ -- Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>  Fri, 16 May 2014 20:13:29 +0200
+
+fapi (0.7.2) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * Fixes documentation
+
+ -- Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>  Fri, 16 May 2014 20:11:45 +0200
+
+fapi (0.7.1) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * Add example how to create a NATed VirtualServer...
+  * Add example how to create a SNATed VirtualServer...
+  ... to the manpage
+
+ -- Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>  Fri, 16 May 2014 20:01:48 +0200
+
 fapi (0.7.0) stable; urgency=low
 
   * Can also set and get the vlan of a vserver
   * Can also set SNAT to automap
   * Small updates in the documentation
 
- -- Paul Buetow <paul.buetow@1und1.de>  Fri, 16 May 2014 17:52:31 +0200
+ -- Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org>  Fri, 16 May 2014 17:52:31 +0200
 
 fapi (0.6.2) stable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/files b/debian/files
index 5a378c3..0d3edca 100644
--- a/debian/files
+++ b/debian/files
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fapi_0.7.0_all.deb utils optional
+fapi_0.7.3_all.deb utils optional
diff --git a/docs/fapi.1 b/docs/fapi.1
index 1dc317f..c47300d 100644
--- a/docs/fapi.1
+++ b/docs/fapi.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "FAPI 1"
-.TH FAPI 1 "2014-05-16" "fapi 0.7.0" "User Commands"
+.TH FAPI 1 "2014-05-16" "fapi 0.7.3" "User Commands"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
@@ -245,23 +245,13 @@ If you want to list all configured objects on your partition just run
 .IX Subsection "Setting up a simple nPath Service"
 A simple nPath service can be created as follows.
 .PP
-.Vb 3
-\&  # Create a nPath HTTP vserver, \*(AqnPath\*(Aq also auto disables NAT and PAT
-\&  # fapi auto resolves the IP address.
+.Vb 2
 \&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 create PROTOCOL_TCP nPath
-\&
-\&  # Add the pool to the vserver. The vservers name inside of BigIP will be
-\&  # the FQDN followed by _PORT. In this case it would be:
-\&  #  myvserver.example.com_80 (or full: /Partition/myvserver.example.com_80)
-\&  # The reason is that : are not allowed in vserver names.
 \&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set pool foopool
 \&
-\&  # Add a nPath HTTPS vserver
-\&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 create PROTOCOL_TCP nPath
-\&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 set pool foopool
-\&
-\&  # Restrict the vserver to a specific VLAN (IMPORTANT! security
+\&  # Restrict the vservers to a specific VLAN (IMPORTANT! security
 \&  # hole otherwise!)
+\&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set vlan VLANNAME
 \&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 set vlan VLANNAME
 \&
 \&  # Put the VirtualAddress of the vserver into a specific traffic group
@@ -281,15 +271,27 @@ And everything can be deleted as folows:
 \&  fapi node fooserver1.example.com delete
 \&  fapi node fooserver2.example.com delete
 .Ve
-.SS "Setting up simple \s-1NAT\s0 Services"
-.IX Subsection "Setting up simple NAT Services"
-.Vb 1
-\&  (Docu to be written)
+.SS "Setting up simple \s-1HTTP\s0 \s-1NAT\s0 Services"
+.IX Subsection "Setting up simple HTTP NAT Services"
+A simple \s-1HTTP\s0 NATed service can be created as follows.
+.PP
+.Vb 3
+\&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 create PROTOCOL_TCP /Common/http
+\&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set vlan VLANNAME
+\&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set pool foopool
 .Ve
+.PP
+In order to make this work your application servers need to have setup a
+default route to the loadbalancers floating self \s-1IP\s0.
 .SS "Setting up simple \s-1SNAT\s0 Services"
 .IX Subsection "Setting up simple SNAT Services"
+Same as setting up a NATed services, but you don't need to configure default 
+routes from your application servers to the loadbalancers floating self \s-1IP\s0.
+.PP
+You need also to set the \s-1SNAT\s0 flag as follows:
+.PP
 .Vb 1
-\&  (Docu to be written)
+\&  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set snat automap
 .Ve
 .SS "About the \s-1NAME\s0 argument"
 .IX Subsection "About the NAME argument"
diff --git a/docs/fapi.pod b/docs/fapi.pod
index b5cfa9b..ca50e31 100644
--- a/docs/fapi.pod
+++ b/docs/fapi.pod
@@ -107,22 +107,12 @@ If you want to list all configured objects on your partition just run
 
 A simple nPath service can be created as follows.
 
-  # Create a nPath HTTP vserver, 'nPath' also auto disables NAT and PAT
-  # fapi auto resolves the IP address.
   fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 create PROTOCOL_TCP nPath
-
-  # Add the pool to the vserver. The vservers name inside of BigIP will be
-  # the FQDN followed by _PORT. In this case it would be:
-  #  myvserver.example.com_80 (or full: /Partition/myvserver.example.com_80)
-  # The reason is that : are not allowed in vserver names.
   fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set pool foopool
 
-  # Add a nPath HTTPS vserver
-  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 create PROTOCOL_TCP nPath
-  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 set pool foopool
-
-  # Restrict the vserver to a specific VLAN (IMPORTANT! security
+  # Restrict the vservers to a specific VLAN (IMPORTANT! security
   # hole otherwise!)
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set vlan VLANNAME
   fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 set vlan VLANNAME
 
   # Put the VirtualAddress of the vserver into a specific traffic group
@@ -140,13 +130,25 @@ And everything can be deleted as folows:
   fapi node fooserver1.example.com delete
   fapi node fooserver2.example.com delete
 
-=head2 Setting up simple NAT Services
+=head2 Setting up simple HTTP NAT Services
 
-  (Docu to be written)
+A simple HTTP NATed service can be created as follows.
+
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 create PROTOCOL_TCP /Common/http
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set vlan VLANNAME
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set pool foopool
+
+In order to make this work your application servers need to have setup a
+default route to the loadbalancers floating self IP.
 
 =head2 Setting up simple SNAT Services
 
-  (Docu to be written)
+Same as setting up a NATed services, but you don't need to configure default 
+routes from your application servers to the loadbalancers floating self IP.
+
+You need also to set the SNAT flag as follows:
+
+  fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set snat automap
 
 =head2 About the NAME argument
 
diff --git a/docs/fapi.txt b/docs/fapi.txt
index 698a0cb..67fe651 100644
--- a/docs/fapi.txt
+++ b/docs/fapi.txt
@@ -95,22 +95,12 @@ EXAMPLES
   Setting up a simple nPath Service
     A simple nPath service can be created as follows.
 
-      # Create a nPath HTTP vserver, 'nPath' also auto disables NAT and PAT
-      # fapi auto resolves the IP address.
       fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 create PROTOCOL_TCP nPath
-
-      # Add the pool to the vserver. The vservers name inside of BigIP will be
-      # the FQDN followed by _PORT. In this case it would be:
-      #  myvserver.example.com_80 (or full: /Partition/myvserver.example.com_80)
-      # The reason is that : are not allowed in vserver names.
       fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set pool foopool
 
-      # Add a nPath HTTPS vserver
-      fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 create PROTOCOL_TCP nPath
-      fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 set pool foopool
-
-      # Restrict the vserver to a specific VLAN (IMPORTANT! security
+      # Restrict the vservers to a specific VLAN (IMPORTANT! security
       # hole otherwise!)
+      fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set vlan VLANNAME
       fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:443 set vlan VLANNAME
 
       # Put the VirtualAddress of the vserver into a specific traffic group
@@ -128,11 +118,24 @@ EXAMPLES
       fapi node fooserver1.example.com delete
       fapi node fooserver2.example.com delete
 
-  Setting up simple NAT Services
-      (Docu to be written)
+  Setting up simple HTTP NAT Services
+    A simple HTTP NATed service can be created as follows.
+
+      fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 create PROTOCOL_TCP /Common/http
+      fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set vlan VLANNAME
+      fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set pool foopool
+
+    In order to make this work your application servers need to have setup a
+    default route to the loadbalancers floating self IP.
 
   Setting up simple SNAT Services
-      (Docu to be written)
+    Same as setting up a NATed services, but you don't need to configure
+    default routes from your application servers to the loadbalancers
+    floating self IP.
+
+    You need also to set the SNAT flag as follows:
+
+      fapi vserver myvserver.example.com:80 set snat automap
 
   About the NAME argument
     In most cases NAME can be a hostname, FQDN or an IP address. Optionally
diff --git a/docs/synopsis.txt b/docs/synopsis.txt
index 054543f..8e7317c 100644
--- a/docs/synopsis.txt
+++ b/docs/synopsis.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-usage: fapi [-b B] [-e E] [-f F] [-h] [-i] [-l] [-n] [-v] [-V] [-C C]
+usage: fapi [-b B] [-d] [-e E] [-f F] [-h] [-i] [-l] [-n] [-v] [-V] [-C C]
             [what] [name] [sub] [sub2] [sub3] [sub4] [sub5]
 
 positional arguments:
@@ -12,19 +12,20 @@ positional arguments:
 
 optional arguments:
   -b B  Forces to use the secified loadbalancer (overwrites -e)
+  -d    Disable colorful output
   -e E  Env to use, e.g. dev,qa,live
   -f F  Overwrite partition/folder from fapi.conf
   -h    Print this help
   -i    Interactive shell
   -l    Use list output
-  -n    No color (disable colorful output)
+  -n    No-op (don't do actual stuff)
   -v    Verbose
   -V    Print program version
   -C C  Config file
 
 
 Synopsis:
-    monitor
+    monitor
     monitor NAME get desc|state
     node
     node NODENAME create|delete
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ Synopsis:
     vserver NAME set nat|pat disabled|enabled
     vserver NAME set pool POOLNAME
     vserver NAME set snat automap|none
-    vserver NAME set vlan [list,of,vlans,to,allow]
+    vserver NAME set vlan [list,of,vlans,to,allow]
 The following partially needs admininstrator privileges on / and /Common
-    -f Common -b balancer.example.com selfip
+    -f Common -b balancer.example.com selfip
     -f Common -b balancer.example.com selfip NAME create NETMASK VLANNAME [TGROUP]
     -f Common -b balancer.example.com selfip NAME delete
     -f Common -b balancer.example.com selfip NAME get detail|tgroup
@@ -72,5 +73,5 @@ The following partially needs admininstrator privileges on / and /Common
     -f / folder
     -f / folder NAME create|delete
     -f / folder NAME get detail|dgroup|tgroup
-    -f / folder NAME set dgroup|tgroup DGROUP|TGROUP
+    -f / folder NAME set dgroup|tgroup DGROUP|TGROUP
 Please consult the manpage for examples.
diff --git a/src/fapi b/src/fapi
index 9ae9989..c3bea93 100755
--- a/src/fapi
+++ b/src/fapi
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # 2014 (c) Paul C. Buetow
+# I'm sorry, but this is my first Python program to find out if it's worth
+# using it.  I'm more into Perl, and it will stay so.
 
 import argparse
 import base64
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ class FapiBase(object):
 
     def info(self, message, color=''):
         ''' Prints an informational message to stderr '''
-        if self._args.n:
+        if self._args.d:
             color = reset = ''
         else:
             reset = '' if color == '' else Style.RESET_ALL
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ class FapiBase(object):
 
     def print_synopsis(self):
         ''' Prints the full Synopsis string '''
-        if self._args.n:
+        if self._args.d:
             style = reset = ''
         else:
             style = Style.DIM
@@ -132,13 +134,14 @@ class ArgumentParser(FapiBase):
         self._parser = parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
         parser.add_argument('-b', action='store', 
                 help='Forces to use the secified loadbalancer (overwrites -e)')
+        parser.add_argument('-d', action='store_true', help='Disable colorful output')
         parser.add_argument('-e', action='store', help='Env to use, e.g. dev,qa,live',
             default='qa')
         parser.add_argument('-f', action='store', help='Overwrite partition/folder from fapi.conf')
         parser.add_argument('-h', action='store_true', help='Print this help')
         parser.add_argument('-i', action='store_true', help='Interactive shell')
         parser.add_argument('-l', action='store_true', help='Use list output')
-        parser.add_argument('-n', action='store_true', help='No color (disable colorful output)')
+        parser.add_argument('-n', action='store_true', help='No-op (don\'t do actual stuff)')
         parser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='Verbose')
         parser.add_argument('-V', action='store_true', help='Print program version')
         parser.add_argument('-C', action='store', help='Config file',
@@ -171,6 +174,8 @@ class ArgumentParser(FapiBase):
 class Fapi(FapiBase):
     ''' The main F5 API Tool Object '''
 
+    __loggedin = False
+
     def __init__(self, args):
         ''' Initialize the config file, username and password '''
         FapiBase.__init__(self, args)
@@ -183,6 +188,7 @@ class Fapi(FapiBase):
 
     def __login(self):
         ''' Logs into the F5 BigIP SOAP API and changes the folder/adm. partition'''
+        if __loggedin: return 
         c = self._config
         a = self._args
         if c.has_option('fapi', 'username'):
@@ -203,8 +209,8 @@ class Fapi(FapiBase):
             try:
                 self.verbose('Trying to login to \'%s\'' % loadbalancer)
                 self._f5 = bigsuds.BIGIP(hostname = loadbalancer,
-                                         username = username,
-                                         password = password)
+                    username = username,
+                    password = password)
                 self._f5.Management.Partition.set_active_partition(self._folder)
                 self.verbose('Set folder/adm. partition to \'%s\'' % self._folder)
                 err = None
@@ -214,6 +220,7 @@ class Fapi(FapiBase):
                 pass
         if err:
             raise Exception(err)
+        __loggedin = True
 
     def lookup(self, what):
         ''' Does a DNS lookup to fetch the name (mostly FQDN) and the IPs
@@ -258,6 +265,22 @@ class Fapi(FapiBase):
         self.verbose("Looked \'%s\' up to name:\'%s\', ip:\'%s\', port:\'%s\'" % (what, name, ip, port))
         return (name, ip, port)
 
+
+    def li(self, name):
+        ''' Checks if name is a list and returns a list if not. '''
+        return name if isinstance(name, list) else [name]
+
+
+    def pa(self, length, params):
+        ''' Checks if name is a list and returns a list of params if so '''
+        paramlist = []
+        if length > 1:
+            for _ in xrange(length): paramlist.append(params)
+        else:
+            paramlist.append(params)
+        return paramlist
+
+
     def __do_node(self, f5):
         ''' Do stuff concerning nodes '''
         a = self._args
@@ -267,24 +290,26 @@ class Fapi(FapiBase):
             if a.sub2 == 'detail':
                 def detail(f5):
                     d = {}
-                    d['connection_limit'] = f5().get_connection_limit([a.name])
+                    d['connection_limit'] = f5().get_connection_limit(li(a.name))
                     d['default_node_monitor'] = f5().get_default_node_monitor()
-                    d['description'] = f5().get_description([a.name])
-                    d['dynamic_ratio'] = f5().get_dynamic_ratio_v2([a.name])
-                    d['monitor_instance'] = f5().get_monitor_instance([a.name])
-                    d['monitor_rule'] = f5().get_monitor_rule([a.name])
-                    d['monitor_status'] = f5().get_monitor_status([a.name])
-                    d['object_status'] = f5().get_object_status([a.name])
-                    d['rate_limit'] = f5().get_rate_limit([a.name])
-                    d['ratio'] = f5().get_ratio([a.name])
-                    d['session_status'] = f5().get_session_status([a.name])
+                    d['description'] = f5().get_description(li(a.name))
+                    d['dynamic_ratio'] = f5().get_dynamic_ratio_v2(li(a.name))
+                    d['monitor_instance'] = f5().get_monitor_instance(li(a.name))
+                    d['monitor_rule'] = f5().get_monitor_rule(li(a.name))
+                    d['monitor_status'] = f5().get_monitor_status(li(a.name))
+                    d['object_status'] = f5().get_object_status(li(a.name))
+                    d['rate_limit'] = f5().get_rate_limit(li(a.name))
+                    d['ratio'] = f5().get_ratio(li(a.name))
+                    d['session_status'] = f5().get_session_status(li(a.name))
                     return d
                 return lambda: detail(f5)
             if a.sub2 == 'status':
-                return lambda: f5().get_monitor_status([a.name])
+                return lambda: f5().get_monitor_status(li(a.name))
         elif a.sub == 'create':
             fqdn_or_ip, ip, _ = self.lookup(a.name)
-            return lambda: f5().create([fqdn_or_ip],[ip],[0])
+            return lambda: f5().create(li(fqdn_or_ip), 
+                [ip],
+                pa(len(fqdn_or_ip),0))
         elif a.sub == 'delete':
             fqdn_or_ip, _, _ = self.lookup(a.name)
             return lambda: f5().delete_node_address([fqdn_or_ip])
@@ -452,8 +477,8 @@ class Fapi(FapiBase):
             resource = { 'type': 'RESOURCE_TYPE_POOL' }
             if poolname: resource['default_pool_name'] = poolname
             profile = {
-                    'profile_context': 'PROFILE_CONTEXT_TYPE_ALL',
-                    'profile_name': profile,
+                'profile_context': 'PROFILE_CONTEXT_TYPE_ALL',
+                'profile_name': profile,
             }
             self.verbose("vserver:%s netmask:%s resource:%s, profile:%s"
                     % (vserver, netmask, resource, profile))
@@ -506,7 +531,7 @@ class Fapi(FapiBase):
         else:
           _, ip, _ = self.lookup(a.name)
         name = ip
-
+        # Do the actual stuff
         if a.sub == 'get':
             if a.sub2 == 'detail':
                 def detail(f5):
@@ -666,41 +691,58 @@ class Fapi(FapiBase):
                 orders = { 'device': a.sub3, 'order': a.sub4 }
                 return lambda: f5().remove_all_ha_orders([a.name])
 
-    def run(self):
-        ''' Do the actual stuff.
-            We are doning some lazy evaluation stuff here. The command line
-            tool does not do anything with the slow F5 API until it is clear
-            what to do and that there is no semantic or syntax error. '''
+    def _lazy(self):
+        ''' Get the lazy code block to be executed '''
         a = self._args
-        lazy = None
-        if a.name:
+        def namify(name):
           # Remove the /partition/ prefix, setting default partition after 
           # login instead
-          a.name = re.sub(self._folder, '', a.name)
-          a.name = re.sub('^/+', '', a.name)
+          name = re.sub(self._folder, '', name)
+          name = re.sub('^/+', '', name)
+          return name
+        if a.name:
+            if isinstance(a.name, list):
+                a.name = map(namify, a.name)
+            else:
+                a.name = namify(a.name)
         if a.what == 'node':
-            lazy = self.__do_node(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.NodeAddressV2)
+            return self.__do_node(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.NodeAddressV2)
         elif a.what == 'monitor':
-            lazy = self.__do_monitor(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.Monitor)
+            return self.__do_monitor(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.Monitor)
         elif a.what == 'pool':
-            lazy = self.__do_pool(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.Pool)
+            return self.__do_pool(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.Pool)
         elif a.what == 'vserver':
-            lazy = self.__do_vserver(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.VirtualServer)
+            return self.__do_vserver(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.VirtualServer)
         elif a.what == 'vip':
-            lazy = self.__do_vip(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.VirtualAddressV2)
+            return self.__do_vip(lambda: self._f5.LocalLB.VirtualAddressV2)
         elif a.what == 'vlan':
-            lazy = self.__do_vlan(lambda: self._f5.Networking.VLAN)
+            return self.__do_vlan(lambda: self._f5.Networking.VLAN)
         elif a.what == 'selfip':
-            lazy = self.__do_selfip(lambda: self._f5.Networking.SelfIPV2)
+            return self.__do_selfip(lambda: self._f5.Networking.SelfIPV2)
         elif a.what == 'tgroup':
-            lazy = self.__do_tgroup(lambda: self._f5.Management.TrafficGroup)
+            return self.__do_tgroup(lambda: self._f5.Management.TrafficGroup)
         elif a.what == 'folder':
-            lazy = self.__do_folder(lambda: self._f5.Management.Folder)
+            return self.__do_folder(lambda: self._f5.Management.Folder)
+
+    def run(self):
+        ''' Do the actual stuff.
+            We are doning some lazy evaluation stuff here. The command line
+            tool does not do anything with the slow F5 API until it is clear
+            what to do and that there is no semantic or syntax error. '''
+        a = self._args
+        # Inline bulk 
+        if a.name and ',' in a.name:
+            a.name = a.name.split(',')
+        lazy = self._lazy()
         if isfunction(lazy):
-            self.verbose('Doing some stuf via the API, it may take a while')
-            self.__login()
-            self.out(lazy())
-            self.info('done', Fore.GREEN)
+            if a.n:
+                self.verbose(lazy)
+                self.info('no-op', Fore.GREEN)
+            else:
+                self.verbose('Doing some stuf via the API, it may take a while')
+                self.__login()
+                self.out(lazy())
+                self.info('done', Fore.GREEN)
         else:
             self.print_synopsis()
             return 1