bigip_monitor_http - Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM http monitors¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM http monitors.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
interval		The interval specifying how frequently the monitor instance of this template will run. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 5. This value must be less than the `timeout` value.
ip		IP address part of the IP/port definition. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be '*'.
name required		Monitor name.
parent	Default: /Common/http	The parent template of this monitor template. Once this value has been set, it cannot be changed. By default, this value is the `http` parent on the `Common` partition.
partition (added in 2.5)	Default: Common	Device partition to manage resources on.
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
port		Port address part of the IP/port definition. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be '*'. Note that if specifying an IP address, a value between 1 and 65535 must be specified.
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.
receive		The receive string for the monitor call.
receive_disable		This setting works like `receive`, except that the system marks the node or pool member disabled when its response matches the `receive_disable` string but not `receive`. To use this setting, you must specify both `receive_disable` and `receive`.
send		The send string for the monitor call. When creating a new monitor, if this value is not provided, the default `GET /\r\n` will be used.
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.
state (added in 2.5)	Choices: present ← absent	When `present`, ensures that the monitor exists. When `absent`, ensures the monitor is removed.
target_password		Specifies the password, if the monitored target requires authentication.
target_username		Specifies the user name, if the monitored target requires authentication.
time_until_up		Specifies the amount of time in seconds after the first successful response before a node will be marked up. A value of 0 will cause a node to be marked up immediately after a valid response is received from the node. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 0.
timeout		The number of seconds in which the node or service must respond to the monitor request. If the target responds within the set time period, it is considered up. If the target does not respond within the set time period, it is considered down. You can change this number to any number you want, however, it should be 3 times the interval number of seconds plus 1 second. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 16.
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 BIG-IP software version >= 12
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: Create HTTP Monitor
  bigip_monitor_http:
    state: present
    ip: 10.10.10.10
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: my_http_monitor
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove HTTP Monitor
  bigip_monitor_http:
    state: absent
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: my_http_monitor
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Include a username and password in the HTTP monitor
  bigip_monitor_http:
    state: absent
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: my_http_monitor
    target_username: monitor_user
    target_password: monitor_pass
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
interval int	changed	The new interval in which to run the monitor check. Sample: 2
ip string	changed	The new IP of IP/port definition. Sample: 10.12.13.14
parent string	changed	New parent template of the monitor. Sample: http
time_until_up int	changed	The new time in which to mark a system as up after first successful response. Sample: 2
timeout int	changed	The new timeout in which the remote system must respond to the monitor. Sample: 10

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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