bigip_monitor_tcp – Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM tcp monitors¶

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Synopsis ¶

Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM tcp monitors via iControl SOAP API.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
description string added in 2.7			The description of the monitor.
interval integer			The interval specifying how frequently the monitor instance of this template will run. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 5. This value must be less than the `timeout` value.
ip string			IP address part of the IP/port definition. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be '*'. If this value is an IP address, and the `type` is `tcp` (the default), then a `port` number must be specified.
name string / required			Monitor name.
parent string		Default: "/Common/tcp"	The parent template of this monitor template. Once this value has been set, it cannot be changed. By default, this value is the `tcp` parent on the `Common` partition.
partition string added in 2.5		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
port string			Port address part of the IP/port definition. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be '*'. Note that if specifying an IP address, a value between 1 and 65535 must be specified This argument is not supported for TCP Echo types.
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`.
receive string			The receive string for the monitor call.
send string			The send string for the monitor call.
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 added in 2.5		Choices: present ← absent	When `present`, ensures that the monitor exists. When `absent`, ensures the monitor is removed.
time_until_up integer			Specifies the amount of time in seconds after the first successful response before a node will be marked up. A value of 0 will cause a node to be marked up immediately after a valid response is received from the node. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 0.
timeout integer			The number of seconds in which the node or service must respond to the monitor request. If the target responds within the set time period, it is considered up. If the target does not respond within the set time period, it is considered down. You can change this number to any number you want, however, it should be 3 times the interval number of seconds plus 1 second. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 16.
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

Requires BIG-IP software version >= 12
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 TCP Monitor
  bigip_monitor_tcp:
    state: present
    name: my_tcp_monitor
    send: tcp string to send
    receive: tcp string to receive
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove TCP Monitor
  bigip_monitor_tcp:
    state: absent
    name: my_tcp_monitor
    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
description string	changed	The description of the monitor. Sample: Important Monitor
interval integer	changed	The new interval in which to run the monitor check. Sample: 2
ip string	changed	The new IP of IP/port definition. Sample: 10.12.13.14
parent string	changed	New parent template of the monitor. Sample: tcp
port string	changed	The new port of IP/port definition. Sample: [email protected]
receive string	changed	The new receive string for this monitor. Sample: tcp string to receive
send string	changed	The new send string for this monitor. Sample: tcp string to send
time_until_up integer	changed	The new time in which to mark a system as up after first successful response. Sample: 2
timeout integer	changed	The new timeout in which the remote system must respond to the monitor. Sample: 10

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)
Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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bigip_monitor_tcp – Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM tcp monitors¶

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