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bigip_selfip - Manage Self-IPs on a BIG-IP system

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Manage Self-IPs on a BIG-IP system.

Requirements

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

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.9
  • netaddr

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
address
The IP addresses for the new self IP. This value is ignored upon update as addresses themselves cannot be changed after they are created.
This value is required when creating new self IPs.
allow_service
Configure port lockdown for the Self IP. By default, the Self IP has a "default deny" policy. This can be changed to allow TCP and UDP ports as well as specific protocols. This list should contain protocol:port values.
name
required
Default:
Value of C(address)
The self IP to create.
netmask
The netmask for the self IP. When creating a new Self IP, this value is required.
partition
(added in 2.5)
Default:
Common
Device partition to manage resources on. You can set different partitions for Self IPs, but the address used may not match any other address used by a Self IP. In that sense, Self IPs are not isolated by partitions as other resources on a BIG-IP are.
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.
route_domain
(added in 2.3)
The route domain id of the system. When creating a new Self IP, if this value is not specified, a default value of 0 will be used.
This value cannot be changed after it is set.
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
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
When present, guarantees that the Self-IP exists with the provided attributes.
When absent, removes the Self-IP from the system.
traffic_group
The traffic group for the Self IP addresses in an active-active, redundant load balancer configuration. When creating a new Self IP, if this value is not specified, the default of /Common/traffic-group-local-only will be used.
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.
vlan
The VLAN that the new self IPs will be on. When creating a new Self IP, this value is required.

Notes

Note

  • Requires the netaddr Python package on the host.
  • 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 Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    address: 10.10.10.10
    name: self1
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
    vlan: vlan1
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create Self IP with a Route Domain
  bigip_selfip:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    validate_certs: no
    name: self1
    address: 10.10.10.10
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    vlan: vlan1
    route_domain: 10
    allow_service: default
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: absent
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow management web UI to be accessed on this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: absent
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
    allow_service:
      - tcp:443
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow HTTPS and SSH access to this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: absent
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
    allow_service:
      - tcp:443
      - tcp:22
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow all services access to this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: absent
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
    allow_service:
      - all
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow only GRE and IGMP protocols access to this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: absent
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
    allow_service:
      - gre:0
      - igmp:0
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow all TCP, but no other protocols access to this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: absent
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
    allow_service:
      - tcp:0
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
address
string
created
The address for the Self IP

Sample:
192.0.2.10
allow_service
list
changed
Services that allowed via this Self IP

Sample:
['igmp:0', 'tcp:22', 'udp:53']
name
string
created, changed and deleted
The name of the Self IP

Sample:
self1
netmask
string
changed and created
The netmask of the Self IP

Sample:
255.255.255.0
traffic_group
string
changed and created
The traffic group that the Self IP is a member of

Sample:
traffic-group-local-only
vlan
string
changed and created
The VLAN set on the Self IP

Sample:
vlan1


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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