bigip_monitor_http - Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM http monitors

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

  • Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM monitors via iControl SOAP API

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • bigsuds

Options

parameter required default choices comments
interval
 no none
The interval specifying how frequently the monitor instance of this template will run. By default, this interval is used for up and down states. The default API setting is 5.
ip
 no none
IP address part of the ipport definition. The default API setting is "0.0.0.0".
name
 yes
Monitor name
aliases: monitor
parent
 no http
The parent template of this monitor template
parent_partition
 no Common
Partition for the parent monitor
partition
 no Common
Partition for the monitor
password
 yes
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.
port
 no none
Port address part of the ip/port definition. The default API setting is 0.
receive
 yes none
The receive string for the monitor call
receive_disable
 yes none
The receive disable string for the monitor call
send
 yes none
The send string for the monitor call
server
 yes
The BIG-IP host. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
server_port
(added in 2.2)
 no 443
The BIG-IP server port. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Monitor state
time_until_up
 no none
Specifies the amount of time in seconds after the first successful response before a node will be marked up. A value of 0 will cause a node to be marked up immediately after a valid response is received from the node. The default API setting is 0.
timeout
 no none
The number of seconds in which the node or service must respond to the monitor request. If the target responds within the set time period, it is considered up. If the target does not respond within the set time period, it is considered down. You can change this number to any number you want, however, it should be 3 times the interval number of seconds plus 1 second. The default API setting is 16.
user
 yes
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
validate_certs
(added in 2.0)
 no True
  • True
  • False
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.

Examples

- name: BIGIP F5 | Create HTTP Monitor
  bigip_monitor_http:
      state: "present"
      server: "lb.mydomain.com"
      user: "admin"
      password: "secret"
      name: "my_http_monitor"
      send: "http string to send"
      receive: "http string to receive"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: BIGIP F5 | Remove HTTP Monitor
  bigip_monitor_http:
    state: "absent"
    server: "lb.mydomain.com"
    user: "admin"
    password: "secret"
    name: "my_http_monitor"
  delegate_to: localhost

Notes

Note

Status

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

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