bigip_device_sshd - Manage the SSHD settings of a BIG-IP
New in version 2.2.
Synopsis
- Manage the SSHD settings of 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| allow |
| Specifies, if you have enabled SSH access, the IP address or address range for other systems that can use SSH to communicate with this system. | |
| banner |
| Whether to enable the banner or not. | |
| banner_text | Specifies the text to include on the pre-login banner that displays when a user attempts to login to the system using SSH. | ||
| inactivity_timeout | Specifies the number of seconds before inactivity causes an SSH session to log out. | ||
| log_level |
| Specifies the minimum SSHD message level to include in the system log. | |
| login |
| Specifies, when checked enabled, that the system accepts SSH communications. | |
| 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 | ||
| port | Port that you want the SSH daemon to run on. | ||
| 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 |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
Notes
Note
- Requires BIG-IP version 12.0.0 or greater
- For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
- Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as
pip install f5-sdk.
Examples
- name: Set the banner for the SSHD service from a string
bigip_device_sshd:
banner: enabled
banner_text: banner text goes here
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Set the banner for the SSHD service from a file
bigip_device_sshd:
banner: enabled
banner_text: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/file') }}"
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Set the SSHD service to run on port 2222
bigip_device_sshd:
password: secret
port: 2222
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| allow string | changed | Specifies, if you have enabled SSH access, the IP address or address range for other systems that can use SSH to communicate with this system. Sample: 192.0.2.* |
| banner string | changed | Whether the banner is enabled or not. Sample: True |
| banner_text string | changed and success | Specifies the text included on the pre-login banner that displays when a user attempts to login to the system using SSH. Sample: This is a corporate device. Connecting to it without... |
| inactivity_timeout int | changed | The number of seconds before inactivity causes an SSH session to log out. Sample: 10 |
| log_level string | changed | The minimum SSHD message level to include in the system log. Sample: debug |
| login bool | changed | Specifies that the system accepts SSH communications or not. Sample: True |
| port int | changed | Port that you want the SSH daemon to run on. Sample: 22 |
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_device_sshd_module.html