f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_command – Run TMSH and BASH commands on F5 devices¶
Note
This plugin is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.7.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_modules.
To use it in a playbook, specify: f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_command.
New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules
Synopsis¶
Sends a TMSH or BASH command to a BIG-IP node and returns the results read from the device. This module includes an argument that will cause the module to wait for a specific condition before returning or timing out if the condition is not met.
This module is not idempotent, nor will it ever be. It is intended as a stop-gap measure to satisfy automation requirements until such a time as a real module has been developed to configure in the way you need.
If you are using this module, we recommend also filing an issue to have a real module created for your needs.
Parameters¶
Notes¶
Note
When running this module in an HA environment via SSH connection and using a role other than
adminorroot, you may see aChange Pendingstatus, even if you did not make any changes. This is being tracked with ID429869.When using the bigip_command module with the REST API, there are a number of places regex is used internally to escape characters such as quotation marks. If your TMSH command contains regex characters itself, such as datagroup wildcards
*, then a large amount of escape characters may be needed.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: run show version on remote devices
bigip_command:
commands: show sys version
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
password: secret
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: run show version and check to see if output contains BIG-IP
bigip_command:
commands: show sys version
wait_for: result[0] contains BIG-IP
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
password: secret
user: admin
register: result
delegate_to: localhost
- name: run multiple commands on remote nodes
bigip_command:
commands:
- show sys version
- list ltm virtual
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
password: secret
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: run multiple commands and evaluate the output
bigip_command:
commands:
- show sys version
- list ltm virtual
wait_for:
- result[0] contains BIG-IP
- result[1] contains my-vs
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
password: secret
user: admin
register: result
delegate_to: localhost
- name: tmsh prefixes will automatically be handled
bigip_command:
commands:
- show sys version
- tmsh list ltm virtual
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
password: secret
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Delete all LTM nodes in Partition1, assuming no dependencies exist
bigip_command:
commands:
- delete ltm node all
chdir: Partition1
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
password: secret
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Command that contains wildcard character to be passed to tmsh
bigip_command:
commands:
- modify ltm data-group internal dg_string records add { "my test\\\\\\\*string" { data "value" }}
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
password: secret
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Authors¶
Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)