bigip_profile_persistence_src_addr – Manage source address persistence profiles

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Manages source address persistence profiles.

Requirements

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

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
entry_timeout
-
Specifies the duration of the persistence entries.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
To specify an indefinite timeout, use the value indefinite.
If specifying a numeric timeout, the value must be between 1 and 4294967295.
hash_algorithm
-
    Choices:
  • default
  • carp
Specifies the algorithm the system uses for hash persistence load balancing. The hash result is the input for the algorithm.
When default, specifies that the system uses the index of pool members to obtain the hash result for the input to the algorithm.
When carp, specifies that the system uses the Cache Array Routing Protocol (CARP) to obtain the hash result for the input to the algorithm.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
match_across_pools
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When yes, specifies that the system can use any pool that contains this persistence record.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
match_across_services
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When yes, specifies that all persistent connections from a client IP address that go to the same virtual IP address also go to the same node.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
match_across_virtuals
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When yes, specifies that all persistent connections from the same client IP address go to the same node.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
name
- / required
Specifies the name of the profile.
override_connection_limit
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When yes, specifies that the system allows you to specify that pool member connection limits will be overridden for persisted clients.
Per-virtual connection limits remain hard limits and are not overridden.
parent
-
Specifies the profile from which this profile inherits settings.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is the system-supplied source_addr profile.
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
When present, ensures that the profile exists.
When absent, ensures the profile is removed.
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: Create a profile
  bigip_profile_persistence_src_addr:
    name: foo
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
    hash_algorithm: carp
    match_across_services: yes
    match_across_virtuals: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
param1
boolean
 changed
The new param1 value of the resource.

Sample:
True
param2
string
 changed
The new param2 value of the resource.

Sample:
Foo is bar


Status

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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