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bigip_asm_policy_import – Manage BIG-IP ASM policy imports
Parameter |
Choices/Defaults |
Comments |
force
boolean
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When set to yes any existing policy with the same name will be overwritten by the new import.
Works for both inline and file imports, if the policy does not exist this setting is ignored.
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inline
string
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When specified the ASM policy is created from a provided string.
Content needs to be provided in a valid XML format otherwise the operation will fail.
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name
string
/ required
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The ASM policy to create or override.
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partition
string
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Default:
"Common"
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Device partition to create policy on.
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provider
dictionary
added in 2.5 |
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A dict object containing connection details.
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auth_provider
string
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Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device.
This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
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password
string
/ required
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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
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server
string
/ required
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The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER .
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server_port
integer
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Default:
443
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The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT .
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ssh_keyfile
path
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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 .
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timeout
integer
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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.
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transport
string
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Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
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user
string
/ required
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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 .
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validate_certs
boolean
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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 .
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source
path
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Full path to a policy file to be imported into the BIG-IP ASM.
Policy files exported from newer versions of BIG-IP cannot be imported into older versions of BIG-IP. The opposite, however, is true; you can import older into newer.
The file format can be binary of XML.
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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.
- name: Import ASM policy
bigip_asm_policy_import:
name: new_asm_policy
file: /root/asm_policy.xml
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Import ASM policy inline
bigip_asm_policy_import:
name: foo-policy4
inline: <xml>content</xml>
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Override existing ASM policy
bigip_asm_policy:
name: new_asm_policy
file: /root/asm_policy_new.xml
force: yes
provider:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
delegate_to: localhost
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Returned |
Description |
force
boolean
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changed |
Set when overwriting an existing policy
Sample:
True
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inline
string
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changed |
Contents of policy as an inline string
Sample:
<xml>foobar contents</xml>
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name
string
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changed |
Name of the ASM policy to be created/overwritten
Sample:
Asm_APP1_Transparent
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source
string
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changed |
Local path to an ASM policy file.
Sample:
/root/some_policy.xml
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