bigip_iapp_service - Manages TCL iApp services on a BIG-IP
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis
- Manages TCL iApp services on a BIG-IP.
- If you are looking for the API that is communicated with on the BIG-IP, the one the is used is
/mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/
. There are a couple of APIs in a BIG-IP that might seem like they are relevant to iApp Services, but the API mentioned here is the one that is used.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- f5-sdk >= 3.0.9
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
force bool |
| Forces the updating of an iApp service even if the parameters to the service have not changed. This option is of particular importance if the iApp template that underlies the service has been updated in-place. This option is equivalent to re-configuring the iApp if that template has changed. | |
name required | The name of the iApp service that you want to deploy. | ||
parameters | A hash of all the required template variables for the iApp template. If your parameters are stored in a file (the more common scenario) it is recommended you use either the `file` or `template` lookups to supply the expected parameters. These parameters typically consist of the lists , tables , and variables fields. | ||
partition (added in 2.5) | Default: "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on. | |
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) | A dict object containing connection details. | ||
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 | ||
server required | The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER 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. | |
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 bool |
| 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. | |
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. | |
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. | ||
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. | |
state |
| When present , ensures that the iApp service is created and running. When absent , ensures that the iApp service has been removed. | |
strict_updates bool (added in 2.5) |
| Indicates whether the application service is tied to the template, so when the template is updated, the application service changes to reflect the updates. When yes , disallows any updates to the resources that the iApp service has created, if they are not updated directly through the iApp.When no , allows updates outside of the iApp.If this option is specified in the Ansible task, it will take precedence over any similar setting in the iApp Server payload that you provide in the parameters field. | |
template | The iApp template from which to instantiate a new service. This template must exist on your BIG-IP before you can successfully create a service. This parameter is required if the state parameter is present . | ||
traffic_group (added in 2.5) | The traffic group for the iApp service. When creating a new service, if this value is not specified, the default of /Common/traffic-group-1 will be used.If this option is specified in the Ansible task, it will take precedence over any similar setting in the iApp Server payload that you provide in the parameters field. | ||
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 bool (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
- 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: Create HTTP iApp service from iApp template bigip_iapp_service: name: foo-service template: f5.http parameters: "{{ lookup('file', 'f5.http.parameters.json') }}" password: secret server: lb.mydomain.com state: present user: admin delegate_to: localhost - name: Upgrade foo-service to v1.2.0rc4 of the f5.http template bigip_iapp_service: name: foo-service template: f5.http.v1.2.0rc4 password: secret server: lb.mydomain.com state: present user: admin delegate_to: localhost - name: Configure a service using parameters in YAML bigip_iapp_service: name: tests template: web_frontends password: admin server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}" server_port: "{{ bigip_port }}" validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}" state: present user: admin parameters: variables: - name: var__vs_address value: 1.1.1.1 - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http value: 2.2.2.1:80 - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https value: 2.2.2.2:80 delegate_to: localhost - name: Re-configure a service whose underlying iApp was updated in place bigip_iapp_service: name: tests template: web_frontends password: admin force: yes server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}" server_port: "{{ bigip_port }}" validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}" state: present user: admin parameters: variables: - name: var__vs_address value: 1.1.1.1 - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http value: 2.2.2.1:80 - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https value: 2.2.2.2:80 delegate_to: localhost - name: Try to remove the iApp template before the associated Service is removed bigip_iapp_template: name: web_frontends state: absent register: result failed_when: - result is not success - "'referenced by one or more applications' not in result.msg" - name: Configure a service using more complicated parameters bigip_iapp_service: name: tests template: web_frontends password: admin server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}" server_port: "{{ bigip_port }}" validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}" state: present user: admin parameters: variables: - name: var__vs_address value: 1.1.1.1 - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http value: 2.2.2.1:80 - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https value: 2.2.2.2:80 lists: - name: irules__irules value: - foo - bar tables: - name: basic__snatpool_members - name: net__snatpool_members - name: optimizations__hosts - name: pool__hosts columnNames: - name rows: - row: - internal.company.bar - name: pool__members columnNames: - addr - port - connection_limit rows: - row: - "none" - 80 - 0 - name: server_pools__servers delegate_to: localhost
Status
This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
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