bigip_ucs_fetch – Fetches a UCS file from remote nodes¶

New in version 2.5.

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Synopsis ¶

This module is used for fetching UCS files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostname. Note that this module is written to transfer UCS files that might not be present, so a missing remote UCS won’t be an error unless fail_on_missing is set to ‘yes’.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
backup boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
create_on_missing boolean		Choices: no yes ←	Creates the UCS based on the value of `src` if the file does not already exist on the remote system.
dest - / required			A directory to save the UCS file into.
encryption_password -			Password to use to encrypt the UCS file if desired
fail_on_missing boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Make the module fail if the UCS file on the remote system is missing.
force boolean		Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, the file will only be transferred if the destination does not exist.
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`.
src -			The name of the UCS file to create on the remote server for downloading
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

BIG-IP provides no way to get a checksum of the UCS files on the system via any interface except, perhaps, logging in directly to the box (which would not support appliance mode). Therefore, the best this module can do is check for the existence of the file on disk; no check-summing.
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: Download a new UCS
  bigip_ucs_fetch:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    src: cs_backup.ucs
    dest: /tmp/cs_backup.ucs
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
backup_file string	changed and if backup=yes	Name of backup file created Sample: /path/to/file.txt.2015-02-12@22:09~
checksum string	success or changed	The SHA1 checksum of the downloaded file Sample: 7b46bbe4f8ebfee64761b5313855618f64c64109
dest string	success	Location on the ansible host that the UCS was saved to Sample: /path/to/file.txt
gid integer	success	Group id of the UCS file, after execution Sample: 100
group string	success	Group of the UCS file, after execution Sample: httpd
md5sum string	changed or success	The MD5 checksum of the downloaded file Sample: 96cacab4c259c4598727d7cf2ceb3b45
mode string	success	Permissions of the target UCS, after execution Sample: 420
owner string	success	Owner of the UCS file, after execution Sample: httpd
size integer	success	Size of the target UCS, after execution Sample: 1220
src string	changed	Name of the UCS file on the remote BIG-IP to download. If not specified, then this will be a randomly generated filename Sample: cs_backup.ucs
uid integer	success	Owner id of the UCS file, after execution Sample: 100

Status ¶

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors¶

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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bigip_ucs_fetch – Fetches a UCS file from remote nodes¶

Synopsis¶

Requirements¶

Parameters¶

Notes¶

Examples¶

Return Values¶

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