bigip_config - Manage BIG-IP configuration sections

New in version 2.4.

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

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

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
merge_content
Loads the specified configuration that you want to merge into the running configuration. This is equivalent to using the tmsh command load sys config from-terminal merge. If you need to read configuration from a file or template, use Ansible's file or template lookup plugins respectively.
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)
 Default:
None
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.
reset
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Loads the default configuration on the device. If this option is specified, the default configuration will be loaded before any commands or other provided configuration is run.
save
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
The save argument instructs the module to save the running-config to startup-config. This operation is performed after any changes are made to the current running config. If no changes are made, the configuration is still saved to the startup config. This option will always cause the module to return changed.
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.
verify
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Validates the specified configuration to see whether they are valid to replace the running configuration. The running configuration will not be changed.

Notes

Note

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, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
stdout
list
 always
The set of responses from the options

Sample:
['...', '...']
stdout_lines
list
 always
The value of stdout split into a list

Sample:
[['...', '...'], ['...'], ['...']]


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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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/bigip_config_module.html