bigip_device_connectivity – Manages device IP configuration settings for HA on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

• Manages device IP configuration settings for HA on a BIG-IP. Each BIG-IP device has synchronization and failover connectivity information (IP addresses) that you define as part of HA pairing or clustering. This module allows you to configure that information.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
cluster_mirroring string added in 2.7		Choices: between-clusters within-cluster	Specifies whether mirroring occurs within the same cluster or between different clusters on a multi-bladed system. This parameter is only supported on platforms that have multiple blades, such as Viprion hardware. It is not supported on VE.
config_sync_ip string			Local IP address that the system uses for ConfigSync operations.
failover_multicast boolean		Choices: no yes	When yes, ensures that the Failover Multicast configuration is enabled and if no further multicast configuration is provided, ensures that multicast_interface, multicast_address and multicast_port are the defaults specified in each option's description. When no, ensures that Failover Multicast configuration is disabled.
mirror_primary_address string			Specifies the primary IP address for the system to use to mirror connections.
mirror_secondary_address string			Specifies the secondary IP address for the system to use to mirror connections.
multicast_address string			IP address for the system to send multicast messages associated with failover. When failover_multicast is yes and this option is not provided, a default of 224.0.0.245 will be used.
multicast_interface string			Interface over which the system sends multicast messages associated with failover. When failover_multicast is yes and this option is not provided, a default of eth0 will be used.
multicast_port integer			Port for the system to send multicast messages associated with failover. When failover_multicast is yes and this option is not provided, a default of 62960 will be used. This value must be between 0 and 65535.
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.
unicast_failover list			Desired addresses to use for failover operations. Options address and port are supported with dictionary structure where address is the local IP address that the system uses for failover operations. Port specifies the port that the system uses for failover operations. If port is not specified, the default value 1026 will be used. If you are specifying the (recommended) management IP address, use 'management-ip' in the address field.

Notes

Note

• This module is primarily used as a component of configuring HA pairs of BIG-IP devices.

• Requires BIG-IP >= 12.0.0

• 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: Configure device connectivity for standard HA pair
  bigip_device_connectivity:
    config_sync_ip: 10.1.30.1
    mirror_primary_address: 10.1.30.1
    unicast_failover:
      - address: management-ip
      - address: 10.1.30.1
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	Denotes if the F5 configuration was updated.
cluster_mirroring string	changed	The current cluster-mirroring setting. Sample: between-clusters
config_sync_ip string	changed	The new value of the config_sync_ip setting. Sample: 10.1.1.1
failover_multicast boolean	changed	Whether a failover multicast attribute has been changed or not.
mirror_primary_address string	changed	The new value of the mirror_primary_address setting. Sample: 10.1.1.2
mirror_secondary_address string	changed	The new value of the mirror_secondary_address setting. Sample: 10.1.1.3
multicast_address string	changed	The new value of the multicast_address setting. Sample: 224.0.0.245
multicast_interface string	changed	The new value of the multicast_interface setting. Sample: eth0
multicast_port integer	changed	The new value of the multicast_port setting. Sample: 1026
unicast_failover list	changed	The new value of the unicast_failover setting. Sample: [{'address': '10.1.1.2', 'port': 1026}]

Status

• This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible 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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