bigip_config - Manage BIG-IP configuration sections¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manages a BIG-IP configuration by allowing TMSH commands that modify running configuration, or merge SCF formatted files into the running configuration. Additionally, this module is of significant importance because it allows you to save your running configuration to disk. Since the F5 module only manipulate running configuration, it is important that you utilize this module to save that running config.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
merge_content		Loads the specified configuration that you want to merge into the running configuration. This is equivalent to using the `tmsh` command `load sys config from-terminal merge`. If you need to read configuration from a file or template, use Ansible's `file` or `template` lookup plugins respectively.
password required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD` is set. aliases: pass, pwd
provider (added in 2.5)		A dict object containing connection details.
ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
timeout	Default: 10	Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
server required		The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER` is set.
user required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_USER` is set.
server_port	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT` is set.
password required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD` is set. aliases: pass, pwd
validate_certs	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS` is set.
transport required	Choices: rest cli ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
reset	Choices: no ← yes	Loads the default configuration on the device. If this option is specified, the default configuration will be loaded before any commands or other provided configuration is run.
save	Choices: no ← yes	The `save` argument instructs the module to save the running-config to startup-config. This operation is performed after any changes are made to the current running config. If no changes are made, the configuration is still saved to the startup config. This option will always cause the module to return changed.
server required		The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER` is set.
server_port (added in 2.2)	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT` is set.
user required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_USER` is set.
validate_certs (added in 2.0)	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS` is set.
verify	Choices: no ← yes	Validates the specified configuration to see whether they are valid to replace the running configuration. The running configuration will not be changed.

Notes ¶

Note

For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install f5-sdk.

Examples ¶

- name: Save the running configuration of the BIG-IP
  bigip_config:
    save: yes
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    password: secret
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Reset the BIG-IP configuration, for example, to RMA the device
  bigip_config:
    reset: yes
    save: yes
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    password: secret
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Load an SCF configuration
  bigip_config:
    merge_content: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/config.scf') }}"
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    password: secret
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
stdout list	always	The set of responses from the options Sample: ['...', '...']
stdout_lines list	always	The value of stdout split into a list Sample: [['...', '...'], ['...'], ['...']]

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author ¶

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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