f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_pool_member module – Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM pool members

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.32.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_modules.

To use it in a playbook, specify: f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_pool_member.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM pool members via the REST API.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
address aliases: ip, host string	IP address of the pool member. This can be either IPv4 or IPv6. When creating a new pool member, one of either address or fqdn must be provided. This parameter cannot be updated after it is set.
aggregate aliases: members list / elements=dictionary	List of pool member definitions to be created, modified, or removed. When using aggregates, if one of the aggregate definitions is invalid, the aggregate run will fail, indicating the error it last encountered. The module will NOT rollback any changes it has made prior to encountering the error. The module also will not indicate what changes were made prior to failure. Therefore we strong advise you run the module in check mode to ensure basic validation prior to executing this module.
address aliases: ip, host string	IP address of the pool member. This can be either IPv4 or IPv6. When creating a new pool member, one of either address or fqdn must be provided. This parameter cannot be updated after it is set.
availability_requirements dictionary	If you activate more than one health monitor, specifies the number of health monitors that must receive successful responses in order for the link to be considered available. Specifying an empty string will remove the monitors and revert to inheriting from the pool (default). Specifying none will remove any health monitoring from the member completely.
at_least integer	Specifies the minimum number of active health monitors that must be successful before the link is considered up. This parameter is only relevant when a type of at_least is used. This parameter will be ignored if a type of all is used.
type string / required	Monitor rule type when monitors is specified. When creating a new pool, if this value is not specified, the default of all will be used. Choices: "all" "at_least"
connection_limit integer	Pool member connection limit. Setting this to 0 disables the limit.
description string	Pool member description.
fqdn aliases: hostname string	FQDN name of the pool member. This can be any name that is a valid RFC 1123 DNS name. Therefore, the only usable characters are “A” to “Z”, “a” to “z”, “0” to “9”, the hyphen (“-”) and the period (“.”). FQDN names must include at least one period; delineating the host from the domain. For example, host.domain. FQDN names must end with a letter or a number. When creating a new pool member, one of either address or fqdn must be provided. This parameter cannot be updated after it is set.
fqdn_auto_populate boolean	Specifies whether the system automatically creates ephemeral nodes using the IP addresses returned by the resolution of a DNS query for a node defined by an FQDN. When true, the system generates an ephemeral node for each IP address returned in response to a DNS query for the FQDN of the node. Additionally, when a DNS response indicates the IP address of an ephemeral node no longer exists, the system deletes the ephemeral node. When false, the system resolves a DNS query for the FQDN of the node with the single IP address associated with the FQDN. When creating a new pool member, the default for this parameter is true. Once set this parameter cannot be changed afterwards. This parameter is ignored when reuse_nodes is true. Choices: false true
ip_encapsulation string	Specifies the IP encapsulation using either IPIP (IP encapsulation within IP, RFC 2003) or GRE (Generic Router Encapsulation, RFC 2784) on outbound packets (from BIG-IP system to server-pool member). When none, disables IP encapsulation. When inherit, inherits the IP encapsulation setting from the member’s pool. When any other value, the options are None, Inherit from Pool, and Member Specific.
monitors list / elements=string	Specifies the health monitors the system currently uses to monitor this resource.
name string	Name of the node to create or re-use when creating a new pool member. While this parameter is optional, we recommend specifying this parameter at all times to mitigate any unexpected behavior. If not specified, a node name is created automatically from either the specified address or fqdn. The enabled state is an alias of present.
partition string	Partition to manage resources on. Default: "Common"
port integer	Pool member port. This value cannot be changed after it has been set. Parameter must be provided when using aggregates.
preserve_node boolean	When state is absent, the system attempts to remove the node the pool member references. The node will not be removed if it is still referenced by other pool members. If this happens, the module will not raise an error. Setting this to true disables this behavior. Choices: false true
priority_group integer	Specifies a number representing the priority group for the pool member. When adding a new member, the default is 0, meaning the member has no priority. To specify a priority, you must activate priority group usage when you create a new pool or when adding or removing pool members. When activated, the system load balances traffic according to the priority group number assigned to the pool member. The higher the number, the higher the priority. So a member with a priority of 3 has higher priority than a member with a priority of 1.
rate_limit integer	Pool member rate limit (connections-per-second). Setting this to 0 disables the limit.
ratio integer	Pool member ratio weight. Valid values range from 1 through 100. New pool members – unless overridden with this value – default to 1.
reuse_nodes boolean	Reuses node definitions if requested. Choices: false true ← (default)
state string	Pool member state. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent" "enabled" "disabled" "forced_offline"
availability_requirements dictionary	If you activate more than one health monitor, specifies the number of health monitors that must receive successful responses in order for the link to be considered available. Specifying an empty string will remove the monitors and revert to inheriting from the pool (default). Specifying none will remove any health monitoring from the member completely.
at_least integer	Specifies the minimum number of active health monitors that must be successful before the link is considered up. This parameter is only relevant when a type of at_least is used. This parameter will be ignored if a type of all is used.
type string / required	Monitor rule type when monitors is specified. When creating a new pool, if this value is not specified, the default of all will be used. Choices: "all" "at_least"
connection_limit integer	Pool member connection limit. Setting this to 0 disables the limit.
description string	Pool member description.
fqdn aliases: hostname string	FQDN name of the pool member. This can be any name that is a valid RFC 1123 DNS name. Therefore, the only usable characters are “A” to “Z”, “a” to “z”, “0” to “9”, the hyphen (“-”) and the period (“.”). FQDN names must include at least one period; delineating the host from the domain. For example, host.domain. FQDN names must end with a letter or a number. When creating a new pool member, one of either address or fqdn must be provided. This parameter cannot be updated after it is set.
fqdn_auto_populate boolean	Specifies whether the system automatically creates ephemeral nodes using the IP addresses returned by the resolution of a DNS query for a node defined by an FQDN. When true, the system generates an ephemeral node for each IP address returned in response to a DNS query for the FQDN of the node. Additionally, when a DNS response indicates the IP address of an ephemeral node no longer exists, the system deletes the ephemeral node. When false, the system resolves a DNS query for the FQDN of the node with the single IP address associated with the FQDN. When creating a new pool member, the default for this parameter is true. Once set this parameter cannot be changed afterwards. This parameter is ignored when reuse_nodes is true. Choices: false true
ip_encapsulation string	Specifies the IP encapsulation using either IPIP (IP encapsulation within IP, RFC 2003) or GRE (Generic Router Encapsulation, RFC 2784) on outbound packets (from BIG-IP system to server-pool member). When none, disables IP encapsulation. When inherit, inherits the IP encapsulation setting from the member’s pool. When any other value, the options are None, Inherit from Pool, and Member Specific.
monitors list / elements=string	Specifies the health monitors the system currently uses to monitor this resource.
name string	Name of the node to create or re-use when creating a new pool member. While this parameter is optional, we recommend specifying this parameter at all times to mitigate any unexpected behavior. If not specified, a node name is created automatically from either the specified address or fqdn. The enabled state is an alias of present.
partition string	Partition to manage resources on. Default: "Common"
pool string / required	Pool name. This pool must exist.
port integer	Pool member port. This value cannot be changed after it has been set. Parameter must be provided when using aggregates.
preserve_node boolean	When state is absent, the system attempts to remove the node the pool member references. The node will not be removed if it is still referenced by other pool members. If this happens, the module will not raise an error. Setting this to true disables this behavior. Choices: false true
priority_group integer	Specifies a number representing the priority group for the pool member. When adding a new member, the default is 0, meaning the member has no priority. To specify a priority, you must activate priority group usage when you create a new pool or when adding or removing pool members. When activated, the system load balances traffic according to the priority group number assigned to the pool member. The higher the number, the higher the priority. So a member with a priority of 3 has higher priority than a member with a priority of 1.
provider dictionary added in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0	A dict object containing connection details.
auth_provider string	Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device. This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
no_f5_teem boolean	If yes, TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_TELEMETRY_OFF. Previously used variable F5_TEEM is deprecated as its name was confusing. Choices: false ← (default) true
password aliases: pass, pwd string / required	The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP or the BIG-IQ. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD.
server string / required	The BIG-IP host or the BIG-IQ host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
server_port integer	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT. Default: 443
timeout integer	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. Choices: "rest" ← (default)
user string / required	The username to connect to the BIG-IP or the BIG-IQ. 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. Choices: false true ← (default)
rate_limit integer	Pool member rate limit (connections-per-second). Setting this to 0 disables the limit.
ratio integer	Pool member ratio weight. Valid values range from 1 through 100. New pool members – unless overridden with this value – default to 1.
replace_all_with aliases: purge boolean	Removes members not defined in the aggregate parameter. This operation is all or none, meaning it will stop if there are some pool members that cannot be removed. Choices: false ← (default) true
reuse_nodes boolean	Reuses node definitions if requested. Choices: false true ← (default)
state string	Pool member state. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent" "enabled" "disabled" "forced_offline"

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 f5networks.f5_modules.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: Add pool member
  bigip_pool_member:
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    name: my-member
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
    description: web server
    connection_limit: 100
    rate_limit: 50
    ratio: 2
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify pool member ratio and description
  bigip_pool_member:
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    name: my-member
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
    ratio: 1
    description: nginx server
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove pool member from pool
  bigip_pool_member:
    state: absent
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    name: my-member
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Force pool member offline
  bigip_pool_member:
    state: forced_offline
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    name: my-member
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create members with priority groups
  bigip_pool_member:
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ item.address }}"
    name: "{{ item.name }}"
    priority_group: "{{ item.priority_group }}"
    port: 80
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost
  loop:
    - address: 1.1.1.1
      name: web1
      priority_group: 4
    - address: 2.2.2.2
      name: web2
      priority_group: 3
    - address: 3.3.3.3
      name: web3
      priority_group: 2
    - address: 4.4.4.4
      name: web4
      priority_group: 1

- name: Add pool members aggregate
  bigip_pool_member:
    pool: my-pool
    aggregate:
      - host: 192.168.1.1
        partition: Common
        port: 80
        description: web server
        connection_limit: 100
        rate_limit: 50
        ratio: 2
      - host: 192.168.1.2
        partition: Common
        port: 80
        description: web server
        connection_limit: 100
        rate_limit: 50
        ratio: 2
      - host: 192.168.1.3
        partition: Common
        port: 80
        description: web server
        connection_limit: 100
        rate_limit: 50
        ratio: 2
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add pool members aggregate, remove non aggregates
  bigip_pool_member:
    pool: my-pool
    aggregate:
      - host: 192.168.1.1
        partition: Common
        port: 80
        description: web server
        connection_limit: 100
        rate_limit: 50
        ratio: 2
      - host: 192.168.1.2
        partition: Common
        port: 80
        description: web server
        connection_limit: 100
        rate_limit: 50
        ratio: 2
      - host: 192.168.1.3
        partition: Common
        port: 80
        description: web server
        connection_limit: 100
        rate_limit: 50
        ratio: 2
    replace_all_with: true
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
address string	The address of the pool member. Returned: changed Sample: "1.2.3.4"
connection_limit integer	The new connection limit of the pool member. Returned: changed Sample: 1000
description string	The new description of pool member. Returned: changed Sample: "My pool member"
fqdn string	The FQDN of the pool member. Returned: changed Sample: "foo.bar.com"
fqdn_auto_populate boolean	Whether FQDN auto population was set on the member or not. Returned: changed Sample: true
monitors list / elements=string	The new list of monitors for the resource. Returned: changed Sample: ["/Common/monitor1", "/Common/monitor2"]
priority_group integer	The new priority group. Returned: changed Sample: 3
rate_limit integer	The new rate limit, in connections per second, of the pool member. Returned: changed Sample: 100
ratio integer	The new pool member ratio weight. Returned: changed Sample: 50
replace_all_with boolean	Purges all non-aggregate pool members from device. Returned: changed Sample: true

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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