bigip_ucs_fetch - Fetches a UCS file from remote nodes

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module is used for fetching UCS files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostname. Note that this module is written to transfer UCS files that might not be present, so a missing remote UCS won’t be an error unless fail_on_missing is set to ‘yes’.

Requirements

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

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
backup
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
create_on_missing
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Creates the UCS based on the value of src if the file does not already exist on the remote system.
dest
required
A directory to save the UCS file into.
encryption_password
Password to use to encrypt the UCS file if desired
fail_on_missing
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Make the module fail if the UCS file on the remote system is missing.
force
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, the file will only be transferred if the destination does not exist.
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.
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.
src
The name of the UCS file to create on the remote server for downloading
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.

Notes

Note

  • BIG-IP provides no way to get a checksum of the UCS files on the system via any interface except, perhaps, logging in directly to the box (which would not support appliance mode). Therefore, the best this module can do is check for the existence of the file on disk; no check-summing.
  • 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: Download a new UCS
  bigip_ucs_fetch:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    src: cs_backup.ucs
    dest: /tmp/cs_backup.ucs
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
backup_file
string
 changed and if backup=yes
Name of backup file created

Sample:
/path/to/file.txt.2015-02-12@22:09~
checksum
string
 success or changed
The SHA1 checksum of the downloaded file

Sample:
7b46bbe4f8ebfee64761b5313855618f64c64109
dest
string
 success
Location on the ansible host that the UCS was saved to

Sample:
/path/to/file.txt
gid
int
 success
Group id of the UCS file, after execution

Sample:
100
group
string
 success
Group of the UCS file, after execution

Sample:
httpd
md5sum
string
 changed or success
The MD5 checksum of the downloaded file

Sample:
96cacab4c259c4598727d7cf2ceb3b45
mode
string
 success
Permissions of the target UCS, after execution

Sample:
420
owner
string
 success
Owner of the UCS file, after execution

Sample:
httpd
size
int
 success
Size of the target UCS, after execution

Sample:
1220
src
string
 changed
Name of the UCS file on the remote BIG-IP to download. If not specified, then this will be a randomly generated filename

Sample:
cs_backup.ucs
uid
int
 success
Owner id of the UCS file, after execution

Sample:
100


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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