bigip_snat_pool - Manage SNAT pools on a BIG-IP¶

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manage SNAT pools on a BIG-IP.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
members		List of members to put in the SNAT pool. When a `state` of present is provided, this parameter is required. Otherwise, it is optional. aliases: member
name required		The name of the SNAT pool.
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
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.
state	Choices: present ← absent	Whether the SNAT pool should exist or not.
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 netaddr Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install netaddr
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: Add the SNAT pool 'my-snat-pool'
  bigip_snat_pool:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: my-snat-pool
    state: present
    members:
      - 10.10.10.10
      - 20.20.20.20
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Change the SNAT pool's members to a single member
  bigip_snat_pool:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: my-snat-pool
    state: present
    member: 30.30.30.30
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove the SNAT pool 'my-snat-pool'
  bigip_snat_pool:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: johnd
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
members list	changed and success	List of members that are part of the SNAT pool. Sample: ['10.10.10.10']

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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