f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_wait – Wait for a BIG-IP condition before continuing

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_wait.

New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules

Synopsis

• With this module, you can wait for BIG-IP to be “ready”, meaning the BIG-IP is ready to accept configuration.

• This module can take into account situations where the device is in the middle of rebooting due to a configuration change.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
delay integer		Default: 0	Number of seconds to wait before starting to poll.
msg string			This overrides the normal error message from a failure to meet the required conditions.
provider dictionary added in 1.0.0 of f5networks.f5_modules			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	Choices: no yes	If yes, TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_TEEM.
	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		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.
sleep integer		Default: 1	Number of seconds to sleep between checks. Before version 2.3 this was hardcoded to 1 second.
timeout integer		Default: 7200	Maximum number of seconds to wait. When used without other conditions, it is equivalent of just sleeping. The default timeout is deliberately set to 2 hours because there is no individual REST API.
type string		Choices: standard ← vcmp	The type of the BIG-IP. Defaults to standard, the other choice is vcmp. This choice defines which module or service Ansible looks for to establish that the device has recovered, so ensure to specify the correct choice, especially when running this against VCMP.

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: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
  bigip_wait:
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Wait a maximum of 300 seconds for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
  bigip_wait:
    timeout: 300
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready, don't start checking for 10 seconds
  bigip_wait:
    delay: 10
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)