bigip_iapp_service – Manages TCL iApp services on a BIG-IP

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status

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/.

Parameters

Notes

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') }}"
    state: present
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  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
    state: present
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Configure a service using parameters in YAML
  bigip_iapp_service:
    name: tests
    template: web_frontends
    state: present
    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
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Re-configure a service whose underlying iApp was updated in place
  bigip_iapp_service:
    name: tests
    template: web_frontends
    force: yes
    state: present
    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
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Try to remove the iApp template before the associated Service is removed
  bigip_iapp_template:
    name: web_frontends
    state: absent
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  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
    state: present
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
    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

- name: Override metadata that may or may not exist in parameters
  bigip_iapp_service:
    name: foo-service
    template: f5.http
    parameters: "{{ lookup('file', 'f5.http.parameters.json') }}"
    metadata:
      - persist: yes
        name: data 1
      - persist: yes
        name: data 2
    state: present
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

• This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
• This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)