New in version 2.5.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter |
Choices/Defaults |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
|
delay
|
Default:
no
|
Number of seconds to wait before starting to poll.
|
|
msg
|
|
This overrides the normal error message from a failure to meet the required conditions.
|
|
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
|
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
sleep
|
Default:
yes
|
Number of seconds to sleep between checks, before 2.3 this was hardcoded to 1 second.
|
|
timeout
|
Default:
7200
|
Maximum number of seconds to wait for.
When used without other conditions it is equivalent of just sleeping.
The default timeout is deliberately set to 2 hours because no individual REST API.
|
|
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) |
|
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. |
Note
- name: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
bigip_wait:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Wait a maximum of 300 seconds for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
bigip_wait:
timeout: 300
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready, don't start checking for 10 seconds
bigip_wait:
delay: 10
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
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