bigip_config - Manage BIG-IP configuration sections.

• Synopsis
• Requirements (on host that executes module)
• Options
• Examples
• Return Values
• Notes
  • Status

Synopsis

• Manages a BIG-IP configuration by allowing TMSH commands that modify running configuration, or merge SCF formatted files into the running configuration. Additionally, this module is of significant importance because it allows you to save your running configuration to disk. Since the F5 module only manipulate running configuration, it is important that you utilize this module to save that running config.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

• f5-sdk >= 2.2.3

Options

Examples

- name: Save the running configuration of the BIG-IP
  bigip_config:
    save: yes
    server: "lb.mydomain.com"
    password: "secret"
    user: "admin"
    validate_certs: "no"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Reset the BIG-IP configuration, for example, to RMA the device
  bigip_config:
    reset: yes
    save: yes
    server: "lb.mydomain.com"
    password: "secret"
    user: "admin"
    validate_certs: "no"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Load an SCF configuration
  bigip_config:
    merge_content: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/config.scf') }}"
    server: "lb.mydomain.com"
    password: "secret"
    user: "admin"
    validate_certs: "no"
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Notes

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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