bigip_profile_http – Manage HTTP profiles on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

Manage HTTP profiles on a BIG-IP.

Requirements

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
description -			Description of the profile.
dns_resolver -			Specifies the name of a configured DNS resolver, this option is mandatory when `proxy_type` is set to `explicit`. Format of the name can be either be prepended by partition (`/Common/foo`), or specified just as an object name (`foo`). To remove the entry a value of `none` or `''` can be set, however the profile `proxy_type` must not be set as `explicit`.
encrypt_cookie_secret -			Passphrase for cookie encryption. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
encrypt_cookies list			Cookie names for the system to encrypt. To remove the entry completely a value of `none` or `''` should be set. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
insert_xforwarded_for boolean		Choices: no yes	When specified system inserts an X-Forwarded-For header in an HTTP request with the client IP address, to use with connection pooling. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
name - / required			Specifies the name of the profile.
parent -		Default: "/Common/http"	Specifies the profile from which this profile inherits settings. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is the system-supplied `http` profile.
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 may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD`. aliases: pass, pwd
provider - added in 2.5		Default: null	A dict object containing connection details.
	password - / required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD`. aliases: pass, pwd
	server - / required		The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
	server_port -	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
	ssh_keyfile -		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE`.
	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.
	transport - / required	Choices: rest cli ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
	user - / required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_USER`.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates are not validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS`.
proxy_type -		Choices: reverse transparent explicit	Specifies the proxy mode for the profile. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
redirect_rewrite -		Choices: none all matching nodes	Specifies whether the system rewrites the URIs that are part of HTTP redirect (3XX) responses. When set to `none` the system will not rewrite the URI in any HTTP redirect responses. When set to `all` the system rewrites the URI in all HTTP redirect responses. When set to `matching` the system rewrites the URI in any HTTP redirect responses that match the request URI. When set to `nodes` if the URI contains a node IP address instead of a host name, the system changes it to the virtual server address. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
server - / required			The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
server_port - added in 2.2		Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
state -		Choices: present ← absent	When `present`, ensures that the profile exists. When `absent`, ensures the profile is removed.
update_password -		Choices: always ← on_create	`always` will update passwords if the `encrypt_cookie_secret` is specified. `on_create` will only set the password for newly created profiles.
user - / required			The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_USER`.
validate_certs boolean added in 2.0		Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates are not validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS`.

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.
Requires BIG-IP software version >= 12.
The F5 modules only manipulate the running configuration of the F5 product. To ensure that BIG-IP specific configuration persists to disk, be sure to include at least one task that uses the bigip_config module to save the running configuration. Refer to the module’s documentation for the correct usage of the module to save your running configuration.

Examples

- name: Create HTTP profile
  bigip_profile_http:
    name: my_profile
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    insert_xforwarded_for: yes
    redirect_rewrite: all
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove HTTP profile
  bigip_profile_http:
    name: my_profile
    state: absent
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add HTTP profile for transparent proxy
  bigip_profile_http:
    name: my_profile
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    proxy_type: transparent
    password: secret
  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	Description of the profile. Sample: My profile
dns_resolver string	changed	Configured dns resolver. Sample: /Common/FooBar
encrypt_cookies list	changed	Cookie names to encrypt. Sample: ['MyCookie1', 'MyCookie2']
insert_xforwarded_for boolean	changed	Insert X-Forwarded-For-Header. Sample: True
proxy_type string	changed	Specify proxy mode of the profile. Sample: explicit
redirect_rewrite string	changed	Rewrite URI that are part of 3xx responses. Sample: all

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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