bigip_profile_persistence_cookie – Manage cookie persistence profiles on BIG-IP

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

• Manage cookie persistence profiles on BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
always_send boolean		Choices: no yes	Send the cookie persistence entry on every reply, even if the entry has previously been supplied to the client.
cookie_encryption string		Choices: disabled preferred required	Specifies the way in which the cookie encryption format is used. When disabled, generates the cookie format unencrypted. When preferred, generate an encrypted cookie, but accepts both encrypted and unencrypted formats. When required, cookie format must be encrypted.
cookie_method string		Choices: hash insert passive rewrite	Specifies the type of cookie processing that the system uses. When hash, specifies that the server provides the cookie, which the system then maps consistently to a specific node. This persistence type requires a cookie_name value. When insert, specifies that the system inserts server information, in the form of a cookie, into the header of the server response. When passive, specifies that the server provides the cookie, formatted with the correct server information and timeout. This persistence type requires a cookie_name value. When rewrite, specifies that the system intercepts the BIGipCookie header, sent from the server, and overwrites the name and value of that cookie.
cookie_name string			Specifies a unique name for the cookie.
description string			Description of the profile.
encrypt_cookie_pool_name boolean		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether the pool-name in the inserted BIG-IP default cookie should be encrypted.
encryption_passphrase string			Specifies a passphrase to be used for cookie encryption.
expiration dictionary added in 2.8			Specifies the expiration time of the cookie. By default the system generates and uses session cookie. This cookie expires when the user session expires, that is when the browser is closed.
	days integer		Cookie expiration time in days, the value must be in range from 0 to 24855 days.
	hours integer		Cookie expiration time in hours, the value must be in the range from 0 to 23 hours.
	minutes integer		Cookie expiration time in minutes, the value must be in the range from 0 to 59 minutes.
	seconds integer	Default: 0	Cookie expiration time in seconds, the value must be in the range from 0 to 59 seconds.
http_only boolean		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether the httponly attribute should be enabled or disabled for the inserted cookies.
match_across_pools boolean		Choices: no yes	When yes, specifies that the system can use any pool that contains this persistence record. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
match_across_services boolean		Choices: no yes	When yes, specifies that all persistent connections from a client IP address that go to the same virtual IP address also go to the same node. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
match_across_virtuals boolean		Choices: no yes	When yes, specifies that all persistent connections from the same client IP address go to the same node. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile.
name string / required			Specifies the name of the profile.
override_connection_limit boolean		Choices: no yes	When yes, specifies that the system allows you to specify that pool member connection limits will be overridden for persisted clients. Per-virtual connection limits remain hard limits and are not overridden.
parent string		Default: "cookie"	Specifies the profile from which this profile inherits settings. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is the system-supplied cookie profile.
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.
secure boolean		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether the secure attribute should be enabled or disabled for the inserted cookies.
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 profile exists. When absent, ensures the profile is removed.
update_password string		Choices: always ← on_create	always will allow to update passphrases if the user chooses to do so. on_create will only set the passphrase for newly created profiles.
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 a persistence cookie profile
  bigip_profile_persistence_cookie:
    name: foo
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create a persistence cookie profile with expiration time
  bigip_profile_persistence_cookie:
    name: foo
    expiration:
      days: 7
      hours: 12
      minutes: 30
    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
always_send boolean		changed	The new Always Send value.
cookie_encryption string		changed	The new Cookie Encryption type. Sample: preferred
cookie_method string		changed	The new Cookie Method. Sample: insert
cookie_name string		changed	The new Cookie Name value. Sample: cookie1
description string		changed	The new description. Sample: My description
encrypt_cookie_pool_name boolean		changed	The new Encrypt Cookie Pool Name value. Sample: True
expiration complex		changed	The expiration time of the cookie. Sample: hash/dictionary of values
	days integer	changed	Cookie expiration time in days. Sample: 125
	hours integer	changed	Cookie expiration time in hours. Sample: 22
	minutes integer	changed	Cookie expiration time in minutes. Sample: 58
	seconds integer	changed	Cookie expiration time in seconds. Sample: 20
http_only boolean		changed	The new HTTP Only value. Sample: True
match_across_pools boolean		changed	The new Match Across Pools value. Sample: True
match_across_services boolean		changed	The new Match Across Services value.
match_across_virtuals boolean		changed	The new Match Across Virtuals value. Sample: True
override_connection_limit boolean		changed	The new Override Connection Limit value.
parent string		changed	The parent profile. Sample: /Common/cookie
secure boolean		changed	The new Secure Cookie value.

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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