bigip_asm_policy_import – Manage BIG-IP ASM policy imports

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Manage BIG-IP ASM policies policy imports.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
When set to yes any existing policy with the same name will be overwritten by the new import.
Works for both inline and file imports, if the policy does not exist this setting is ignored.
inline
string
When specified the ASM policy is created from a provided string.
Content needs to be provided in a valid XML format otherwise the operation will fail.
name
string / required
The ASM policy to create or override.
partition
string
Default:
"Common"
Device partition to create policy on.
password
string / 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
dictionary
added in 2.5
A dict object containing connection details.
password
string / 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
string / required
The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
server_port
integer
Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.
ssh_keyfile
path
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
integer
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
string
    Choices:
  • cli
  • rest ←
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
user
string / 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
string / required
The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
server_port
integer
added in 2.2
 Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.
source
path
Full path to a policy file to be imported into the BIG-IP ASM.
Policy files exported from newer versions of BIG-IP cannot be imported into older versions of BIG-IP. The opposite, however, is true; you can import older into newer.
The file format can be binary of XML.
user
string / 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 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: Import ASM policy
  bigip_asm_policy_import:
    name: new_asm_policy
    file: /root/asm_policy.xml
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Import ASM policy inline
  bigip_asm_policy_import:
    name: foo-policy4
    inline: <xml>content</xml>
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Override existing ASM policy
  bigip_asm_policy:
    name: new_asm_policy
    file: /root/asm_policy_new.xml
    force: yes
    provider:
      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
force
boolean
 changed
Set when overwriting an existing policy

Sample:
True
inline
string
 changed
Contents of policy as an inline string

Sample:
<xml>foobar contents</xml>
name
string
 changed
Name of the ASM policy to be created/overwritten

Sample:
Asm_APP1_Transparent
source
string
 changed
Local path to an ASM policy file.

Sample:
/root/some_policy.xml


Status

Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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