bigip_firewall_address_list – Manage address lists on BIG-IP AFM

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Manages the AFM address lists on a BIG-IP. This module can be used to add and remove address list entries.

Aliases: bigip_security_address_list

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
address_lists
list
Simple list of existing address lists to add to this list. Address lists can be specified in either their fully qualified name (/Common/foo) or their short name (foo). If a short name is used, the partition argument will automatically be prepended to the short name.
address_ranges
list
A list of address ranges where the range starts with a port number, is followed by a dash (-) and then a second number.
If the first address is greater than the second number, the numbers will be reversed so-as to be properly formatted. ie, 2.2.2.2-1.1.1. would become 1.1.1.1-2.2.2.2.
addresses
list
Individual addresses that you want to add to the list. These addresses differ from ranges, and lists of lists such as what can be used in address_ranges and address_lists respectively.
This list can also include networks that have CIDR notation.
description
string
Description of the address list
fqdns
list
A list of fully qualified domain names (FQDNs).
An FQDN has at least one decimal point in it, separating the host from the domain.
To add FQDNs to a list requires that a global FQDN resolver be configured. At the moment, this must either be done via bigip_command, or, in the GUI of BIG-IP. If using bigip_command, this can be done with tmsh modify security firewall global-fqdn-policy FOO where FOO is a DNS resolver configured at tmsh create net dns-resolver FOO.
geo_locations
list
List of geolocations specified by their country and region.
country
string / required
    Choices:
  • Any valid 2 character ISO country code.
  • Any valid country name.
The country name, or code, of the geolocation to use.
In addition to the country full names, you may also specify their abbreviated form, such as US instead of United States.
Valid country codes can be found here https://countrycode.org/.
region
string
Region name of the country to use.
name
string / required
Specifies the name of the address list.
partition
string
Default:
"Common"
Device partition to manage resources 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.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
When present, ensures that the address list and entries exists.
When absent, ensures the address list is removed.
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: Create an address list
  bigip_firewall_address_list:
    name: foo
    addresses:
      - 3.3.3.3
      - 4.4.4.4
      - 5.5.5.5
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
address_lists
list
 changed
The new list of address list names applied to the address list.

Sample:
['/Common/list1', '/Common/list2']
address_ranges
list
 changed
The new list of address ranges applied to the address list.

Sample:
['1.1.1.1-2.2.2.2', '3.3.3.3-4.4.4.4']
addresses
list
 changed
The new list of addresses applied to the address list.

Sample:
['1.1.1.1', '2.2.2.2']
description
string
 changed
The new description of the address list.

Sample:
My address list
fqdns
list
 changed
The new list of FQDN names applied to the address list.

Sample:
['google.com', 'mit.edu']
geo_locations
complex
 changed
The new list of geo locations applied to the address list.
  country
string
 changed
Country of the geo location.

Sample:
US
  region
string
 changed
Region of the geo location.

Sample:
California


Status

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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