bigip_timer_policy – Manage timer policies on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Manage timer policies on a BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
string
Specifies descriptive text that identifies the timer policy.
name
string / required
Specifies the name of the timer policy.
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.
rules
list
Rules that you want assigned to the timer policy
destination_ports
list
The list of destination ports to match the rule on.
Specify a port range by specifying start and end ports separated by a dash (-).
This field is only available if you have selected the sctp, tcp, or udp protocol.
idle_timeout
string
Specifies an idle timeout, in seconds, for protocol and port pairs that match the timer policy rule.
When infinite, specifies that the protocol and port pairs that match the timer policy rule have no idle timeout.
When specifying rules, if this parameter is not specified, the default of unspecified will be used.
name
string / required
The name of the rule.
protocol
string
    Choices:
  • all-other
  • ah
  • bna
  • esp
  • etherip
  • gre
  • icmp
  • ipencap
  • ipv6
  • ipv6-auth
  • ipv6-crypt
  • ipv6-icmp
  • isp-ip
  • mux
  • ospf
  • sctp
  • tcp
  • udp
  • udplite
Specifies the IP protocol entry for which the timer policy rule is being configured. This could be a layer-4 protocol (such as tcp, udp or sctp.
Only flows matching the configured protocol will make use of this rule.
When all-other is specified, if there are no specific ip-protocol rules that match the flow, the flow matches all the other ip-protocol rules.
When specifying rules, if this parameter is not specified, the default of all-other will be used.
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 resource exists.
When absent, ensures the resource 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 a timer policy
  bigip_timer_policy:
    name: timer1
    description: My timer policy
    rules:
      - name: rule1
        protocol: tcp
        idle_timeout: indefinite
        destination_ports:
          - 443
          - 80
      - name: rule2
        protocol: 200
      - name: rule3
        protocol: sctp
        idle_timeout: 200
        destination_ports:
          - 21
    state: present
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove a timer policy and all its associated rules
  bigip_timer_policy:
    name: timer1
    description: My timer policy
    state: absent
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  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 new description of the timer policy.

Sample:
True


Status

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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