bigip_device_connectivity – Manages device IP configuration settings for HA on a BIG-IP¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
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Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
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Synopsis ¶

Manages device IP configuration settings for HA on a BIG-IP. Each BIG-IP device has synchronization and failover connectivity information (IP addresses) that you define as part of HA pairing or clustering. This module allows you to configure that information.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
cluster_mirroring - added in 2.7		Choices: between-clusters within-cluster	Specifies whether mirroring occurs within the same cluster or between different clusters on a multi-bladed system. This parameter is only supported on platforms that have multiple blades, such as Viprion hardware. It is not supported on VE.
config_sync_ip -			Local IP address that the system uses for ConfigSync operations.
failover_multicast boolean		Choices: no yes	When `yes`, ensures that the Failover Multicast configuration is enabled and if no further multicast configuration is provided, ensures that `multicast_interface`, `multicast_address` and `multicast_port` are the defaults specified in each option's description. When `no`, ensures that Failover Multicast configuration is disabled.
mirror_primary_address -			Specifies the primary IP address for the system to use to mirror connections.
mirror_secondary_address -			Specifies the secondary IP address for the system to use to mirror connections.
multicast_address -			IP address for the system to send multicast messages associated with failover. When `failover_multicast` is `yes` and this option is not provided, a default of `224.0.0.245` will be used.
multicast_interface -			Interface over which the system sends multicast messages associated with failover. When `failover_multicast` is `yes` and this option is not provided, a default of `eth0` will be used.
multicast_port -			Port for the system to send multicast messages associated with failover. When `failover_multicast` is `yes` and this option is not provided, a default of `62960` will be used. This value must be between 0 and 65535.
password - / 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
provider - added in 2.5		Default: null	A dict object containing connection details.
	password - / 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 - / required		The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
	server_port -	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
	ssh_keyfile -		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 -	Default: 10	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 - / required	Choices: rest cli ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
	user - / 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`.
server - / required			The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
server_port - added in 2.2		Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
unicast_failover -			Desired addresses to use for failover operations. Options `address` and `port` are supported with dictionary structure where `address` is the local IP address that the system uses for failover operations. Port specifies the port that the system uses for failover operations. If `port` is not specified, the default value `1026` will be used. If you are specifying the (recommended) management IP address, use 'management-ip' in the address field.
user - / 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 added in 2.0		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`.

Notes ¶

Note

This module is primarily used as a component of configuring HA pairs of BIG-IP devices.
Requires BIG-IP >= 12.0.0
For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install f5-sdk.
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 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: Configure device connectivity for standard HA pair
  bigip_device_connectivity:
    config_sync_ip: 10.1.30.1
    mirror_primary_address: 10.1.30.1
    unicast_failover:
      - address: management-ip
      - address: 10.1.30.1
    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	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	Denotes if the F5 configuration was updated.
cluster_mirroring string	changed	The current cluster-mirroring setting. Sample: between-clusters
config_sync_ip string	changed	The new value of the `config_sync_ip` setting. Sample: 10.1.1.1
failover_multicast boolean	changed	Whether a failover multicast attribute has been changed or not.
mirror_primary_address string	changed	The new value of the `mirror_primary_address` setting. Sample: 10.1.1.2
mirror_secondary_address string	changed	The new value of the `mirror_secondary_address` setting. Sample: 10.1.1.3
multicast_address string	changed	The new value of the `multicast_address` setting. Sample: 224.0.0.245
multicast_interface string	changed	The new value of the `multicast_interface` setting. Sample: eth0
multicast_port string	changed	The new value of the `multicast_port` setting. Sample: 1026
unicast_failover list	changed	The new value of the `unicast_failover` setting. Sample: [{'address': '10.1.1.2', 'port': 1026}]

Status ¶

This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors¶

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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bigip_device_connectivity – Manages device IP configuration settings for HA on a BIG-IP¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶

Notes¶

Examples¶

Return Values¶

Status¶