f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_firewall_schedule module – Manage BIG-IP AFM schedule configurations

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.39.0).

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_firewall_schedule.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manage BIG-IP AFM (Avanced Firewall Manager) schedule configurations.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
daily_hour_end string	Specifies the time of day the rule will stop being used. When not defined, the default of 24:00 is used when creating a new schedule. The time zone is always assumed to be UTC and values must be provided as HH:MM using 24hour clock format.
daily_hour_start string	Specifies the time of day the rule will start to be in use. The value must be a time before daily_hour_end. When not defined, the default of 0:00 is used when creating a new schedule. When the value is set to all-day both daily_hour_end and daily_hour_start are reset to their respective defaults. The time zone is always assumed to be UTC and values must be provided as HH:MM using 24hour clock format.
date_valid_end string	Specifies the end date/time this schedule will apply to the rule. The date must be after date_valid_start When not defined, the default of indefinite is used when creating a new schedule. The time zone is always assumed to be UTC. The datetime format should always be in YYYY-MM-DD:HH:MM:SS format.
date_valid_start string	Specifies the start date/time this schedule will apply to the rule. When not defined the default of epoch is used when creating a new schedule. The time zone is always assumed to be UTC. The datetime format should always be in YYYY-MM-DD:HH:MM:SS format.
days_of_week list / elements=string	Specifies which days of the week the rule will be applied. When not defined, the default value of all is used when creating a new schedule. The all value is mutually exclusive with other choices. Choices: "sunday" "monday" "tuesday" "wednesday" "thursday" "friday" "saturday" "all"
description string	Specifies the user defined description text.
name string / required	Specifies the name of the AFM schedule configuration.
partition string	Device partition to manage resources on. Default: "Common"
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)
state string	When present, ensures the resource exists. When absent, ensures the resource is removed. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"

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: Create a 6 hour two day schedule, no start/end date
  bigip_firewall_schedule:
    name: barfoo
    daily_hour_start: 13:00
    daily_hour_end: 19:00
    days_of_week:
      - monday
      - tuesday
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a seven day schedule with start/end date
  bigip_firewall_schedule:
    name: foobar
    date_valid_start: "{{ lookup('pipe','date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S') }}"
    date_valid_end: "{{ lookup('pipe','date -d \"now + 7 days\" +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S') }}"
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify created schedule to all-day
  bigip_firewall_schedule:
    name: barfoo
    daily_hour_start: all-day
    days_of_week:
      - monday
      - tuesday
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify a schedule to have no end date
  bigip_firewall_schedule:
    name: foobar
    date_valid_start: "{{ lookup('pipe','date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S') }}"
    date_valid_end: "indefinite"
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove created schedule
  bigip_firewall_schedule:
    name: foobar
    state: absent
    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	Description
daily_hour_end string	The time of day the rule will stop being used. Returned: changed Sample: "18:00"
daily_hour_start string	The time of day the rule will start to be in use. Returned: changed Sample: "13:00"
date_valid_end string	The end date/time schedule will apply to the rule. Returned: changed Sample: "2019-03-11:15:30:00"
date_valid_start string	The start date/time schedule will apply to the rule. Returned: changed Sample: "2019-03-01:15:30:00"
days_of_week list / elements=string	The days of the week the rule will be applied. Returned: changed Sample: ["monday", "tuesday"]
description string	The user defined description text. Returned: changed Sample: "Foo is bar"

Authors

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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