f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_user module – Manage user accounts and user attributes on a BIG-IP

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_user.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manage user accounts and user attributes on a BIG-IP system. Typically this module operates only on REST API users and not CLI users. When specifying root, you may only change the password. Your other parameters are ignored in this case. Changing the root password is not an idempotent operation. Therefore, it changes the password every time this module attempts to change it.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
full_name string	Full name of the user.
partition string	Device partition to manage resources on. Default: "Common"
partition_access list / elements=string	Specifies the administrative partition to which the user has access. partition_access is required when creating a new account, and should be in the form “partition:role”. Valid roles include acceleration-policy-editor, admin, application-editor, auditor, certificate-manager, guest, irule-manager, manager, no-access, operator, resource-admin, user-manager, web-application-security-administrator, and web-application-security-editor. The partition portion the of tuple should be an existing partition or the value ‘all’.
password_credential string	Set the user’s password to this unencrypted value. password_credential is required when creating a new account.
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)
shell string	Optionally set the users shell. Choices: "bash" "none" "tmsh"
state string	Whether the account should exist or not, taking action if the state is different from what is stated. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
update_password string	always allows the user to update passwords. on_create only sets the password for newly created users. When username_credential is root, this value is forced to always. Choices: "always" ← (default) "on_create"
username_credential aliases: name string / required	Name of the user to create, remove, or modify. The root user may not be removed.

Notes

Note

• Requires BIG-IP versions >= 12.0.0

• 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 the user 'johnd' as an admin
  bigip_user:
    username_credential: johnd
    password_credential: password
    full_name: John Doe
    partition_access:
      - all:admin
    update_password: on_create
    state: present
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Change the user "johnd's" role and shell
  bigip_user:
    username_credential: johnd
    partition_access:
      - NewPartition:manager
    shell: tmsh
    state: present
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Make the user 'johnd' an admin and set to advanced shell
  bigip_user:
    name: johnd
    partition_access:
      - all:admin
    shell: bash
    state: present
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove the user 'johnd'
  bigip_user:
    name: johnd
    state: absent
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update password
  bigip_user:
    state: present
    username_credential: johnd
    password_credential: newsupersecretpassword
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

# Note that the second time this task runs, it would fail because
# The password has been changed. Therefore, it is recommended that
# you either,
#
#   * Put this in its own playbook that you run when you need to
#   * Put this task in a `block`
#   * Include `ignore_errors` on this task
- name: Change the Admin password
  bigip_user:
    state: present
    username_credential: admin
    password_credential: NewSecretPassword
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Change the root user's password
  bigip_user:
    username_credential: root
    password_credential: secret
    state: present
    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
full_name string	Full name of the user. Returned: changed and success Sample: "John Doe"
partition_access list / elements=string	List of strings containing the user’s roles and to which partitions they are applied. They are specified in the form “partition:role”. Returned: changed and success Sample: ["all:admin"]
shell string	The shell assigned to the user account. Returned: changed and success Sample: "tmsh"

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Homepage
• Repository (Sources)