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bigip_snmp - Manipulate general SNMP settings on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manipulate general SNMP settings 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
agent_authentication_traps
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
When enabled, ensures that the system sends authentication warning traps to the trap destinations. This is usually disabled by default on a BIG-IP.
agent_status_traps
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
When enabled, ensures that the system sends a trap whenever the SNMP agent starts running or stops running. This is usually enabled by default on a BIG-IP.
contact
Specifies the name of the person who administers the SNMP service for this system.
device_warning_traps
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
When enabled, ensures that the system sends device warning traps to the trap destinations. This is usually enabled by default on a BIG-IP.
location
Specifies the description of this system's physical location.
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.
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

Examples

- name: Set snmp contact
  bigip_snmp:
    contact: Joe User
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    validate_certs: false
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set snmp location
  bigip_snmp:
    location: US West 1
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    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
agent_authentication_traps
string
changed
Value that the authentication status traps was set to.

Sample:
enabled
agent_status_traps
string
changed
Value that the agent status traps was set to.

Sample:
enabled
contact
string
changed
The new value for the person who administers SNMP on the device.

Sample:
Joe User
device_warning_traps
string
changed
Value that the warning status traps was set to.

Sample:
enabled
location
string
changed
The new value for the system's physical location.

Sample:
US West 1a


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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