bigip_config – Manage BIG-IP configuration sections

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manages a BIG-IP configuration by allowing TMSH commands that modify running configuration, or merge SCF formatted files into the running configuration. Additionally, this module is of significant importance because it allows you to save your running configuration to disk. Since the F5 module only manipulate running configuration, it is important that you utilize this module to save that running config.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
merge_content
string
Loads the specified configuration that you want to merge into the running configuration. This is equivalent to using the tmsh command load sys config from-terminal merge.
If you need to read configuration from a file or template, use Ansible's file or template lookup plugins respectively.
provider
dictionary
added in 2.5
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_provider
string
Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device.
This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
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
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.
reset
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Loads the default configuration on the device.
If this option is specified, the default configuration will be loaded before any commands or other provided configuration is run.
save
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
The save argument instructs the module to save the running-config to startup-config.
This operation is performed after any changes are made to the current running config. If no changes are made, the configuration is still saved to the startup config.
This option will always cause the module to return changed.
verify
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Validates the specified configuration to see whether they are valid to replace the running configuration.
The running configuration will not be changed.
When this parameter is set to yes, no change will be reported by the module.

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: Save the running configuration of the BIG-IP
  bigip_config:
    save: yes
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      password: secret
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Reset the BIG-IP configuration, for example, to RMA the device
  bigip_config:
    reset: yes
    save: yes
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      password: secret
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Load an SCF configuration
  bigip_config:
    merge_content: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/config.scf') }}"
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      password: secret
      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
stdout
list
always
The set of responses from the options

Sample:
['...', '...']
stdout_lines
list
always
The value of stdout split into a list

Sample:
[['...', '...'], ['...'], ['...']]


Status

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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