bigip_traffic_selector – Manage IPSec Traffic Selectors on BIG-IP

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Manage IPSec Traffic Selectors on BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
string
Description of the traffic selector.
destination_address
string
Specifies the host or network IP address to which the application traffic is destined.
When creating a new traffic selector, this parameter is required.
ipsec_policy
string
Specifies the IPsec policy that tells the BIG-IP system how to handle the packets.
When creating a new traffic selector, if this parameter is not specified, the default is default-ipsec-policy.
name
string / required
Specifies the name of the traffic selector.
order
integer
Specifies the order in which traffic is matched, if traffic can be matched to multiple traffic selectors.
Traffic is matched to the traffic selector with the highest priority (lowest order number).
When creating a new traffic selector, if this parameter is not specified, the default is last.
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.
source_address
string
Specifies the host or network IP address from which the application traffic originates.
When creating a new traffic selector, this parameter is required.
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 traffic selector
  bigip_traffic_selector:
    name: selector1
    destination_address: 1.1.1.1
    ipsec_policy: policy1
    order: 1
    source_address: 2.2.2.2
    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
destination_address
string
 changed
The new Destination IP Address.

Sample:
1.2.3.4/32
ipsec_policy
string
 changed
The new IPSec policy.

Sample:
/Common/policy1
order
integer
 changed
The new sort order.

Sample:
1
source_address
string
 changed
The new Source IP address.

Sample:
2.3.4.5/32


Status

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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