bigip_configsync_action - Perform different actions related to config-sync¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
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Synopsis ¶

Allows one to run different config-sync actions. These actions allow you to manually sync your configuration across multiple BIG-IPs when those devices are in an HA pair.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
device_group required		The device group that you want to perform config-sync actions on.
overwrite_config	Choices: yes no ← Default: no	Indicates that the sync operation overwrites the configuration on the target.
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.
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.
sync_device_to_group	Choices: yes no	Specifies that the system synchronizes configuration data from this device to other members of the device group. In this case, the device will do a "push" to all the other devices in the group. This option is mutually exclusive with the `sync_group_to_device` option.
sync_most_recent_to_device	Choices: yes no	Specifies that the system synchronizes configuration data from the device with the most recent configuration. In this case, the device will do a "pull" from the most recently updated device. This option is mutually exclusive with the `sync_device_to_group` options.
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.

Notes ¶

Note

Requires the objectpath Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install objectpath.
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: Sync configuration from device to group
  bigip_configsync_actions:
    device_group: foo-group
    sync_device_to_group: yes
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Sync configuration from most recent device to the current host
  bigip_configsync_actions:
    device_group: foo-group
    sync_most_recent_to_device: yes
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Perform an initial sync of a device to a new device group
  bigip_configsync_actions:
    device_group: new-device-group
    sync_device_to_group: yes
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

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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bigip_configsync_action - Perform different actions related to config-sync¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶

Notes¶

Examples¶

Status¶

Author¶