bigip_policy_rule - Manage LTM policy rules on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module will manage LTM policy rules on a BIG-IP.

Requirements

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

  • BIG-IP >= v12.1.0
  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
actions
The actions that you want the policy rule to perform.
The available attributes vary by the action, however, each action requires that a type be specified.
These conditions can be specified in any order. Despite them being a list, the BIG-IP does not treat their order as anything special.
type
required
    Choices:
  • forward
  • enable
  • ignore
The action type. This value controls what below options are required.
When type is forward, will associate a given pool, or virtual with this rule.
When type is enable, will associate a given asm_policy with this rule.
When type is ignore, will remove all existing actions from this rule.
pool
Pool that you want to forward traffic to.
This parameter is only valid with the forward type.
virtual
Virtual Server that you want to forward traffic to.
This parameter is only valid with the forward type.
asm_policy
ASM policy to enable.
This parameter is only valid with the enable type.
conditions
A list of attributes that describe the condition.
See suboptions for details on how to construct each list entry.
The ordering of this list is important, the module will ensure the order is kept when modifying the task.
The suboption options listed below are not required for all condition types, read the description for more details.
These conditions can be specified in any order. Despite them being a list, the BIG-IP does not treat their order as anything special.
type
required
    Choices:
  • http_uri
  • all_traffic
The condition type. This value controls what below options are required.
When type is http_uri, will associate a given path_begins_with_any list of strings with which the HTTP URI should begin with. Any item in the list will provide a match.
When type is all_traffic, will remove all existing conditions from this rule.
path_begins_with_any
A list of strings of characters that the HTTP URI should start with.
This parameter is only valid with the http_uri type.
description
Description of the policy rule.
name
required
The name of the rule.
partition 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
policy
required
The name of the policy that you want to associate this rule with.
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
    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.
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
    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.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
When present, ensures that the key is uploaded to the device. When absent, ensures that the key is removed from the device. If the key is currently in use, the module will not be able to remove the key.
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)
    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

Examples

- name: Create policies
  bigip_policy:
    name: Policy-Foo
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add a rule to the new policy
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: rule3
    conditions:
      - type: http_uri
        path_begins_with_any: /ABC
    actions:
      - type: forward
        pool: pool-svrs
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add multiple rules to the new policy
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: "{{ item.name }}"
    conditions: "{{ item.conditions }}"
    actions: "{{ item.actions }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  loop:
    - name: rule1
      actions:
        - type: forward
          pool: pool-svrs
      conditions:
        - type: http_uri
          path_starts_with: /euro
    - name: rule2
      actions:
        - type: forward
          pool: pool-svrs
      conditions:
        - type: http_uri
          path_starts_with: /HomePage/

- name: Remove all rules and confitions from the rule
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: rule1
    conditions:
      - type: all_traffic
    actions:
      - type: ignore
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
actions
complex
 changed
The new list of actions applied to the rule

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
type
string
 changed
The action type

Sample:
forward
pool
string
 changed
Pool for forward to

Sample:
foo-pool
conditions
complex
 changed
The new list of conditions applied to the rule.

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
type
string
 changed
The condition type.

Sample:
http_uri
path_begins_with_any
list
 changed
List of strings that the URI begins with.

Sample:
['foo', 'bar']
description
string
 changed
The new description of the rule.

Sample:
My rule


Status

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

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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