bigip_asm_policy – Manage BIG-IP ASM policies¶
New in version 2.5.
DEPRECATED¶
- Removed in Ansible
version: 2.12
- Why
The bigip_asm_policy module has been split into three new modules to handle import, export and general policy management. This will allow scalability of the asm policy management as well as ease of maintenance. Additionally to further reduce the burden of having multiple smaller module F5 has created asm_policy role in Ansible Galaxy for a more declarative way of ASM policy management.
- Alternative
bigip_asm_policy_manage
Synopsis¶
Manage BIG-IP ASM policies.
Parameters¶
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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active
boolean
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If
yes will apply and activate existing inactive policy. If no, it will deactivate existing active policy. Generally should be yes only in cases where you want to activate new or existing policy. |
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file
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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.
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name
-
/ required
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The ASM policy to manage or create.
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partition
-
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Default: "Common"
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Device partition to manage resources on.
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password
string
/ required
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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 |
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provider
dictionary
added in 2.5 |
A dict object containing connection details.
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password
string
/ required
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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 |
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server
string
/ required
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The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable
F5_SERVER. |
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server_port
integer
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Default: 443
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The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable
F5_SERVER_PORT. |
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ssh_keyfile
path
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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. |
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timeout
integer
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Default: 10
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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.
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transport
string
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Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
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user
string
/ required
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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. |
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validate_certs
boolean
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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. |
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server
string
/ required
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The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable
F5_SERVER. |
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server_port
integer
added in 2.2 |
Default: 443
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The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable
F5_SERVER_PORT. |
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state
-
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When
state is present, and file or template parameter is provided, new ASM policy is imported and created with the given name.When
state is present and no file or template parameter is provided new blank ASM policy is created with the given name.When
state is absent, ensures that the policy is removed, even if it is currently active. |
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template
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An ASM policy built-in template. If the template does not exist we will raise an error.
Once the policy has been created, this value cannot change.
The
Comprehensive, Drupal, Fundamental, Joomla, Vulnerability Assessment Baseline, and Wordpress templates are only available on BIG-IP versions >= 13. |
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user
string
/ required
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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. |
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validate_certs
boolean
added in 2.0 |
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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. |
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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 and activate ASM policy
bigip_asm_policy:
name: new_asm_policy
file: /root/asm_policy.xml
active: yes
state: present
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Import ASM policy from template
bigip_asm_policy:
name: new_sharepoint_policy
template: SharePoint 2007 (http)
state: present
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create blank ASM policy
bigip_asm_policy:
name: new_blank_policy
state: present
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create blank ASM policy and activate
bigip_asm_policy:
name: new_blank_policy
active: yes
state: present
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Activate ASM policy
bigip_asm_policy:
name: inactive_policy
active: yes
state: present
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Deactivate ASM policy
bigip_asm_policy:
name: active_policy
state: present
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Import and activate ASM policy in Role
bigip_asm_policy:
name: new_asm_policy
file: "{{ role_path }}/files/asm_policy.xml"
active: yes
state: present
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Import ASM binary policy
bigip_asm_policy:
name: new_asm_policy
file: "/root/asm_policy.plc"
active: yes
state: present
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 |
|---|---|---|
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active
boolean
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changed |
Set when activating/deactivating ASM policy
Sample:
True
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file
string
|
changed |
Local path to ASM policy file.
Sample:
/root/some_policy.xml
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name
string
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changed |
Name of the ASM policy to be managed/created
Sample:
Asm_APP1_Transparent
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state
string
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changed |
Action performed on the target device.
Sample:
absent
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template
string
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changed |
Name of the built-in ASM policy template
Sample:
OWA Exchange 2007 (https)
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Status¶
This module will be removed in version 2.12. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.