bigip_selfip – Manage Self-IPs on a BIG-IP system¶

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis ¶

Manage Self-IPs on a BIG-IP system.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
address string			The IP addresses for the new self IP. This value is ignored upon update as addresses themselves cannot be changed after they are created. This value is required when creating new self IPs.
allow_service list			Configure port lockdown for the Self IP. By default, the Self IP has a "default deny" policy. This can be changed to allow TCP and UDP ports as well as specific protocols. This list should contain `protocol`:`port` values.
description string added in 2.8			Description of the traffic selector.
name string / required			The self IP to create. If this parameter is not specified, then it will default to the value supplied in the `address` parameter.
netmask string			The netmask for the self IP. When creating a new Self IP, this value is required.
partition string added in 2.5		Default: "Common"	Device partition to manage resources on. You can set different partitions for Self IPs, but the address used may not match any other address used by a Self IP. In that sense, Self IPs are not isolated by partitions as other resources on a BIG-IP are.
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`.
route_domain integer added in 2.3			The route domain id of the system. When creating a new Self IP, if this value is not specified, a default value of `0` will be used. This value cannot be changed after it is set.
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: absent present ←	When `present`, guarantees that the Self-IP exists with the provided attributes. When `absent`, removes the Self-IP from the system.
traffic_group string			The traffic group for the Self IP addresses in an active-active, redundant load balancer configuration. When creating a new Self IP, if this value is not specified, the default of `/Common/traffic-group-local-only` will be used.
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`.
vlan string			The VLAN that the new self IPs will be on. When creating a new Self IP, this value is required.

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 Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    address: 10.10.10.10
    name: self1
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    vlan: vlan1
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create Self IP with a Route Domain
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    address: 10.10.10.10
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    vlan: vlan1
    route_domain: 10
    allow_service: default
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    state: absent
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow management web UI to be accessed on this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    state: absent
    allow_service:
      - tcp:443
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow HTTPS and SSH access to this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    state: absent
    allow_service:
      - tcp:443
      - tcp:22
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow all services access to this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    state: absent
    allow_service:
      - all
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow only GRE and IGMP protocols access to this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    state: absent
    allow_service:
      - gre:0
      - igmp:0
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Allow all TCP, but no other protocols access to this Self IP
  bigip_selfip:
    name: self1
    state: absent
    allow_service:
      - tcp:0
    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 string	changed	The address for the Self IP Sample: 192.0.2.10
allow_service list	changed	Services that allowed via this Self IP Sample: ['igmp:0', 'tcp:22', 'udp:53']
name string	created	The name of the Self IP Sample: self1
netmask string	changed	The netmask of the Self IP Sample: 255.255.255.0
traffic_group string	changed	The traffic group that the Self IP is a member of Sample: traffic-group-local-only
vlan string	changed	The VLAN set on the Self IP Sample: vlan1

Status ¶

This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors¶

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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bigip_selfip – Manage Self-IPs on a BIG-IP system¶

Synopsis¶

Parameters¶

Notes¶

Examples¶

Return Values¶

Status¶