bigip_device_auth – Manage system authentication on a BIG-IP
New in version 2.7.
Synopsis
- Manage the system authentication configuration. This module can assist in configuring a number of different system authentication types. Note that this module can not be used to configure APM authentication types.
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| authentication string |
| Specifies the process the system employs when sending authentication requests. When use-first-server, specifies that the system sends authentication attempts to only the first server in the list.When use-all-servers, specifies that the system sends an authentication request to each server until authentication succeeds, or until the system has sent a request to all servers in the list.This parameter is supported by the tacacs type. | |
| password string / 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 | ||
| protocol_name string |
| Specifies the protocol associated with the value specified in service_name, which is a subset of the associated service being used for client authorization or system accounting.Note that the majority of TACACS+ implementations are of protocol type ip, so try that first. | |
| provider dictionary added in 2.5 | A dict object containing connection details. | ||
| password string / 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 string / required | The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER. | ||
| server_port integer | Default: 443 | The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT. | |
| ssh_keyfile path | 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 integer | 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 string |
| Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. | |
| user string / 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 |
| 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. | |
| secret string | Secret key used to encrypt and decrypt packets sent or received from the server.
Do not use the pound/hash sign in the secret for TACACS+ servers. When configuring TACACS+ auth for the first time, this value is required. | ||
| server string / required | The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER. | ||
| server_port integer added in 2.2 | Default: 443 | The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT. | |
| servers raw | Specifies a list of the IPv4 addresses for servers using the Terminal Access Controller Access System (TACACS)+ protocol with which the system communicates to obtain authorization data. For each address, an alternate TCP port number may be optionally specified by specifying the port key.If no port number is specified, the default port 49163 is used.This parameter is supported by the tacacs type. | ||
| address - | The IP address of the server. This field is required, unless you are specifying a simple list of servers. In that case, the simple list can specify server IPs. See examples for more clarification. | ||
| port - | Default: 49163 | The port of the server. | |
| service_name string |
| Specifies the name of the service that the user is requesting to be authorized to use. Identifying what the user is asking to be authorized for, enables the TACACS+ server to behave differently for different types of authorization requests. When configuring this form of system authentication, this setting is required. Note that the majority of TACACS+ implementations are of service type ppp, so try that first. | |
| state string |
| The state of the authentication configuration on the system. When present, guarantees that the system is configured for the specified type.When absent, sets the system auth source back to local. | |
| type string |
| The authentication type to manage with this module. Take special note that the parameters supported by this module will vary depending on the type that you are configuring.This module only supports a subset, at this time, of the total available auth types. | |
| update_secret string |
| always will allow to update secrets if the user chooses to do so.on_create will only set the secret when a use_auth_source is yes and TACACS+ is not currently the auth source. | |
| use_for_auth boolean |
| Specifies whether or not this auth source is put in use on the system. | |
| user string / 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 |
| 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 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: Set the system auth to TACACS+, default server port
bigip_device_auth:
type: tacacs
authentication: use-all-servers
protocol_name: ip
secret: secret
servers:
- 10.10.10.10
- 10.10.10.11
service_name: ppp
state: present
use_for_auth: yes
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Set the system auth to TACACS+, override server port
bigip_device_auth:
type: tacacs
authentication: use-all-servers
protocol_name: ip
secret: secret
servers:
- address: 10.10.10.10
port: 1234
- 10.10.10.11
service_name: ppp
use_for_auth: yes
state: present
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
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 |
|---|---|---|
| authentication string | changed | Process the system uses to serve authentication requests when using TACACS. Sample: use-all-servers |
| protocol_name string | changed | Name of the protocol associated with service_name used for client authentication.Sample: ip |
| servers list | changed | List of servers used in TACACS authentication. Sample: ['1.2.2.1', '4.5.5.4'] |
| service_name string | changed | Name of the service the user is requesting to be authorized to use. Sample: ppp |
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]
Authors
- Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
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