bigiq_application_fasthttp – Manages BIG-IQ FastHTTP applications

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Manages BIG-IQ applications used for load balancing an HTTP-based application, speeding up connections and reducing the number of connections to the back-end server.

Requirements

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

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
add_analytics
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Collects statistics of the BIG-IP that the application is deployed to.
This parameter is only relevant when specifying a service_environment which is a BIG-IP; not an SSG.
description
-
Description of the application.
inbound_virtual
-
Settings to configure the virtual which will receive the inbound connection.
This virtual will be used to host the HTTP endpoint of the application.
address
- / required
Specifies destination IP address information to which the virtual server sends traffic.
This parameter is required when creating a new application.
netmask
- / required
Specifies the netmask to associate with the given destination.
This parameter is required when creating a new application.
port
-
Default:
80
The port that the virtual listens for connections on.
When creating a new application, if this parameter is not specified, the default value of 80 will be used.
name
- / required
Name of the new application.
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.
servers
-
A list of servers that the application is hosted on.
If you are familiar with other BIG-IP setting, you might also refer to this list as the list of pool members.
When creating a new application, at least one server is required.
address
- / required
The IP address of the server.
port
-
Default:
80
The port of the server.
When creating a new application and specifying a server, if this parameter is not provided, the default of 80 will be used.
service_environment
-
Specifies the name of service environment that the application will be deployed to.
When creating a new application, this parameter is required.
The service environment type will be discovered by this module automatically. Therefore, it is crucial that you maintain unique names for items in the different service environment types (at this time, SSGs and BIGIPs).
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
The state of the resource on the system.
When present, guarantees that the resource exists with the provided attributes.
When absent, removes the resource from the system.
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.
wait
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If the module should wait for the application to be created, deleted or updated.

Notes

Note

  • This module does not support updating of your application (whether deployed or not). If you need to update the application, the recommended practice is to remove and re-create.
  • Requires BIG-IQ version 6.0 or greater.
  • 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: Load balance an HTTP application on port 80 on BIG-IP
  bigiq_application_fasthttp:
    name: my-app
    description: Fast HTTP
    service_environment: my-ssg
    servers:
      - address: 1.2.3.4
        port: 8080
      - address: 5.6.7.8
        port: 8080
    inbound_virtual:
      name: foo
      address: 2.2.2.2
      netmask: 255.255.255.255
      port: 80
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
description
string
 changed
The new description of the application of the resource.

Sample:
My application
inbound_virtual_destination
string
 changed
The destination of the virtual that was created.

Sample:
6.7.8.9
inbound_virtual_netmask
string
 changed
The network mask of the provided inbound destination.

Sample:
255.255.255.0
inbound_virtual_port
integer
 changed
The port the inbound virtual address listens on.

Sample:
80
servers
complex
 changed
List of servers, and their ports, that make up the application.

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
  address
string
 changed
The IP address of the server.

Sample:
2.3.4.5
  port
integer
 changed
The port that the server listens on.

Sample:
8080
service_environment
string
 changed
The environment which the service was deployed to.

Sample:
my-ssg1


Status

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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