bigip_device_sshd – Manage the SSHD settings of a BIG-IP

Synopsis

• Manage the SSHD settings of a BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
allow list			Specifies, if you have enabled SSH access, the IP address or address range for other systems that can use SSH to communicate with this system. To specify all addresses, use the value all. IP address can be specified, such as 172.27.1.10. IP rangees can be specified, such as 172.27.*.* or 172.27.0.0/255.255.0.0. To remove SSH access specify an empty list or an empty string.
banner string		Choices: enabled disabled	Whether to enable the banner or not.
banner_text string			Specifies the text to include on the pre-login banner that displays when a user attempts to login to the system using SSH.
inactivity_timeout integer			Specifies the number of seconds before inactivity causes an SSH session to log out.
log_level string		Choices: debug debug1 debug2 debug3 error fatal info quiet verbose	Specifies the minimum SSHD message level to include in the system log.
login string		Choices: enabled disabled	Specifies, when checked enabled, that the system accepts SSH communications.
port integer			Port that you want the SSH daemon to run on.
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.

Notes

Note

• Requires BIG-IP version 12.0.0 or greater

• 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: Set the banner for the SSHD service from a string
  bigip_device_sshd:
    banner: enabled
    banner_text: banner text goes here
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set the banner for the SSHD service from a file
  bigip_device_sshd:
    banner: enabled
    banner_text: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/file') }}"
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set the SSHD service to run on port 2222
  bigip_device_sshd:
    port: 2222
    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
allow list	changed	Specifies, if you have enabled SSH access, the IP address or address range for other systems that can use SSH to communicate with this system. Sample: 192.0.2.*
banner string	changed	Whether the banner is enabled or not. Sample: True
banner_text string	changed and success	Specifies the text included on the pre-login banner that displays when a user attempts to login to the system using SSH. Sample: This is a corporate device. Connecting to it without...
inactivity_timeout integer	changed	The number of seconds before inactivity causes an SSH session to log out. Sample: 10
log_level string	changed	The minimum SSHD message level to include in the system log. Sample: debug
login boolean	changed	Specifies that the system accepts SSH communications or not. Sample: True
port integer	changed	Port that you want the SSH daemon to run on. Sample: 22

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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