bigip_iapp_template – Manages TCL iApp templates on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

• Manages TCL iApp templates on a BIG-IP. This module will allow you to deploy iApp templates to the BIG-IP and manage their lifecycle. The conventional way to use this module is to import new iApps as needed or by extracting the contents of the iApp archive that is provided at downloads.f5.com and then importing all the iApps with this module. This module can also update existing iApps provided that the source of the iApp changed while the name stayed the same. Note however that this module will not reconfigure any services that may have been created using the bigip_iapp_service module. iApps are normally not updated in production. Instead, new versions are deployed and then existing services are changed to consume that new template. As such, the ability to update templates in-place requires the force option to be used.

Requirements

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

• f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
content -			Sets the contents of an iApp template directly to the specified value. This is for simple values, but can be used with lookup plugins for anything complex or with formatting. content must be provided when creating new templates.
force boolean		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether or not to force the uploading of an iApp. When yes, will force update the iApp even if there are iApp services using it. This will not update the running service though. Use bigip_iapp_service to do that. When no, will update the iApp only if there are no iApp services using the template.
name -			The name of the iApp template that you want to delete. This option is only available when specifying a state of absent and is provided as a way to delete templates that you may no longer have the source of.
partition -		Default: "Common"	Device partition to manage resources on.
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.
state -		Choices: present ← absent	Whether the iApp template should exist or not.
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

• 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: Add the iApp contained in template iapp.tmpl
  bigip_iapp_template:
    content: "{{ lookup('template', 'iapp.tmpl') }}"
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update a template in place
  bigip_iapp_template:
    content: "{{ lookup('template', 'iapp-new.tmpl') }}"
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update a template in place that has existing services created from it.
  bigip_iapp_template:
    content: "{{ lookup('template', 'iapp-new.tmpl') }}"
    force: yes
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

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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