bigip_timer_policy - Manage timer policies on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Manage timer policies on 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
description
Specifies descriptive text that identifies the timer policy.
name
required
Specifies the name of the timer policy.
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
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.
rules
Rules that you want assigned to the timer policy
name
required
The name of the rule.
protocol
    Choices:
  • all-other
  • ah
  • bna
  • esp
  • etherip
  • gre
  • icmp
  • ipencap
  • ipv6
  • ipv6-auth
  • ipv6-crypt
  • ipv6-icmp
  • isp-ip
  • mux
  • ospf
  • sctp
  • tcp
  • udp
  • udplite
Specifies the IP protocol entry for which the timer policy rule is being configured. This could be a layer-4 protocol (such as tcp, udp or sctp.
Only flows matching the configured protocol will make use of this rule.
When all-other is specified, if there are no specific ip-protocol rules that match the flow, the flow matches all the other ip-protocol rules.
When specifying rules, if this parameter is not specified, the default of all-other will be used.
destination_ports
The list of destination ports to match the rule on.
Specify a port range by specifying start and end ports separated by a dash (-).
This field is only available if you have selected the sctp, tcp, or udp protocol.
idle_timeout
Specifies an idle timeout, in seconds, for protocol and port pairs that match the timer policy rule.
When infinite, specifies that the protocol and port pairs that match the timer policy rule have no idle timeout.
When specifying rules, if this parameter is not specified, the default of unspecified will be used.
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 resource exists.
When absent, ensures the resource is removed.
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 a timer policy
  bigip_timer_policy:
    name: timer1
    description: My timer policy
    rules:
      - name: rule1
        protocol: tcp
        idle_timeout: indefinite
        destination_ports:
          - 443
          - 80
      - name: rule2
        protocol: 200
      - name: rule3
        protocol: sctp
        idle_timeout: 200
        destination_ports:
          - 21
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a timer policy and all its associated rules
  bigip_timer_policy:
    name: timer1
    description: My timer policy
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: absent
    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
description
string
 changed
The new description of the timer policy.

Sample:
True


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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