bigip_profile_persistence_cookie – Manage cookie persistence profiles on BIG-IP

Synopsis

  • Manage cookie persistence profiles on BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
always_send
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Send the cookie persistence entry on every reply, even if the entry has previously been supplied to the client.
cookie_encryption
string
    Choices:
  • disabled
  • preferred
  • required
Specifies the way in which the cookie encryption format is used.
When disabled, generates the cookie format unencrypted.
When preferred, generate an encrypted cookie, but accepts both encrypted and unencrypted formats.
When required, cookie format must be encrypted.
cookie_method
string
    Choices:
  • hash
  • insert
  • passive
  • rewrite
Specifies the type of cookie processing that the system uses.
When hash, specifies that the server provides the cookie, which the system then maps consistently to a specific node. This persistence type requires a cookie_name value.
When insert, specifies that the system inserts server information, in the form of a cookie, into the header of the server response.
When passive, specifies that the server provides the cookie, formatted with the correct server information and timeout. This persistence type requires a cookie_name value.
When rewrite, specifies that the system intercepts the BIGipCookie header, sent from the server, and overwrites the name and value of that cookie.
cookie_name
string
Specifies a unique name for the cookie.
description
string
Description of the profile.
encrypt_cookie_pool_name
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies whether the pool-name in the inserted BIG-IP default cookie should be encrypted.
encryption_passphrase
string
Specifies a passphrase to be used for cookie encryption.
expiration
dictionary
added in 2.8
Specifies the expiration time of the cookie. By default the system generates and uses session cookie. This cookie expires when the user session expires, that is when the browser is closed.
days
integer
Cookie expiration time in days, the value must be in range from 0 to 24855 days.
hours
integer
Cookie expiration time in hours, the value must be in the range from 0 to 23 hours.
minutes
integer
Cookie expiration time in minutes, the value must be in the range from 0 to 59 minutes.
seconds
integer
Default:
0
Cookie expiration time in seconds, the value must be in the range from 0 to 59 seconds.
http_only
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies whether the httponly attribute should be enabled or disabled for the inserted cookies.
match_across_pools
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When yes, specifies that the system can use any pool that contains this persistence record.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
match_across_services
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When yes, specifies that all persistent connections from a client IP address that go to the same virtual IP address also go to the same node.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
match_across_virtuals
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When yes, specifies that all persistent connections from the same client IP address go to the same node.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
name
string / required
Specifies the name of the profile.
override_connection_limit
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When yes, specifies that the system allows you to specify that pool member connection limits will be overridden for persisted clients.
Per-virtual connection limits remain hard limits and are not overridden.
parent
string
Default:
"cookie"
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 cookie profile.
partition
string
Default:
"Common"
Device partition to manage resources on.
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
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
    Choices:
  • cli
  • rest ←
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
    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.
secure
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies whether the secure attribute should be enabled or disabled for the inserted cookies.
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.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
When present, ensures that the profile exists.
When absent, ensures the profile is removed.
update_password
string
    Choices:
  • always ←
  • on_create
always will allow to update passphrases if the user chooses to do so. on_create will only set the passphrase for newly created profiles.
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
    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 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 a persistence cookie profile
  bigip_profile_persistence_cookie:
    name: foo
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create a persistence cookie profile with expiration time
  bigip_profile_persistence_cookie:
    name: foo
    expiration:
      days: 7
      hours: 12
      minutes: 30
    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
always_send
boolean
 changed
The new Always Send value.
cookie_encryption
string
 changed
The new Cookie Encryption type.

Sample:
preferred
cookie_method
string
 changed
The new Cookie Method.

Sample:
insert
cookie_name
string
 changed
The new Cookie Name value.

Sample:
cookie1
description
string
 changed
The new description.

Sample:
My description
encrypt_cookie_pool_name
boolean
 changed
The new Encrypt Cookie Pool Name value.

Sample:
True
expiration
complex
 changed
The expiration time of the cookie.

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
days
integer
 changed
Cookie expiration time in days.

Sample:
125
hours
integer
 changed
Cookie expiration time in hours.

Sample:
22
minutes
integer
 changed
Cookie expiration time in minutes.

Sample:
58
seconds
integer
 changed
Cookie expiration time in seconds.

Sample:
20
http_only
boolean
 changed
The new HTTP Only value.

Sample:
True
match_across_pools
boolean
 changed
The new Match Across Pools value.

Sample:
True
match_across_services
boolean
 changed
The new Match Across Services value.
match_across_virtuals
boolean
 changed
The new Match Across Virtuals value.

Sample:
True
override_connection_limit
boolean
 changed
The new Override Connection Limit value.
parent
string
 changed
The parent profile.

Sample:
/Common/cookie
secure
boolean
 changed
The new Secure Cookie value.


Status

Authors

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

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