bigip_firewall_log_profile – Manages AFM logging profiles configured in the system

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Manages AFM logging profiles configured in the system along with basic information about each profile.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
string
Description of the log profile.
dos_protection
dictionary
Configures DoS related settings of the log profile.
dns_publisher
string
Specifies the name of the log publisher used for DNS DoS events.
To specify the log_publisher on a different partition from the AFM log profile, specify the name in fullpath format, e.g. /Foobar/log-publisher, otherwise the partition for log publisher is inferred from partition module parameter.
network_publisher
string
Specifies the name of the log publisher used for DoS Network events.
To specify the log_publisher on a different partition from the AFM log profile, specify the name in fullpath format, e.g. /Foobar/log-publisher, otherwise the partition for log publisher is inferred from partition module parameter.
sip_publisher
string
Specifies the name of the log publisher used for SIP DoS events.
To specify the log_publisher on a different partition from the AFM log profile, specify the name in fullpath format, e.g. /Foobar/log-publisher, otherwise the partition for log publisher is inferred from partition module parameter.
ip_intelligence
dictionary
Configures IP Intelligence related settings of the log profile.
log_publisher
string
Specifies the name of the log publisher used for IP Intelligence events.
To specify the log_publisher on a different partition from the AFM log profile, specify the name in fullpath format, e.g. /Foobar/log-publisher, otherwise the partition for log publisher is inferred from partition module parameter.
log_rtbh
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies, when yes, that remotely triggered blackholing events are logged.
log_shun
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies, when yes, that IP Intelligence shun list events are logged.
This option can only be set on global-network built-in profile
log_translation_fields
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
This option is used to enable or disable the logging of translated (i.e server side) fields in IP Intelligence log messages.
Translated fields include (but are not limited to) source address/port, destination address/port, IP protocol, route domain, and VLAN.
rate_limit
string
Defines a rate limit for all combined IP intelligence log messages per second. Beyond this rate limit, log messages are not logged until the threshold drops below the specified rate.
To specify an indefinite rate, use the value indefinite.
If specifying a numeric rate, the value must be between 1 and 4294967295.
name
string / required
Specifies the name of the log profile.
partition
string
Default:
"Common"
Device partition to create log profile on.
Parameter also used when specifying names for log publishers, unless log publisher names are in fullpath format.
port_misuse
dictionary
Port Misuse log configuration.
log_publisher
string
Specifies the name of the log publisher used for Port Misuse events.
To specify the log_publisher on a different partition from the AFM log profile, specify the name in fullpath format, e.g. /Foobar/log-publisher, otherwise the partition for log publisher is inferred from partition module parameter.
rate_limit
string
Defines a rate limit for all combined port misuse log messages per second. Beyond this rate limit, log messages are not logged until the threshold drops below the specified rate.
To specify an indefinite rate, use the value indefinite.
If specifying a numeric rate, the value must be between 1 and 4294967295.
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.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
When state is present, ensures the resource exists.
When state is absent, ensures that resource is removed. Attempts to remove built-in system profiles are ignored and no change is returned.

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 basic log profile with port misuse
  bigip_firewall_log_profile:
    name: barbaz
    port_misuse:
      rate_limit: 30000
      log_publisher: local-db-pub
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Change ip_intelligence settings, publisher on different partition, remove port misuse
  bigip_firewall_log_profile:
    name: barbaz
    ip_intelligence:
      rate_limit: 400000
      log_translation_fields: yes
      log_rtbh: yes
      log_publisher: "/foobar/non-local-db"
    port_misuse:
      log_publisher: ""
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a log profile with dos protection, different partition
  bigip_firewall_log_profile:
    name: foobar
    partition: foobar
    dos_protection:
      dns_publisher: "/Common/local-db-pub"
      sip_publisher: "non-local-db"
      network_publisher: "/Common/local-db-pub"
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove log profile
  bigip_firewall_log_profile:
    name: barbaz
    partition: Common
    state: absent
    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
description
string
changed
New description of the AFM log profile.

Sample:
This is my description
dos_protection
complex
changed
Log publishers used in DoS related settings of the log profile.

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
 
dns_publisher
string
changed
The name of the log publisher used for DNS DoS events.

Sample:
/Common/local-db-publisher
 
network_publisher
string
changed
The name of the log publisher used for DoS Network events.

Sample:
/Common/local-db-publisher
 
sip_publisher
string
changed
The name of the log publisher used for SIP DoS events.

Sample:
/Common/local-db-publisher
ip_intelligence
complex
changed
IP Intelligence related settings of the log profile.

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
 
log_publisher
string
changed
The name of the log publisher used for IP Intelligence events.

Sample:
/Common/local-db-publisher
 
log_rtbh
boolean
changed
Logging of remotely triggered blackholing events.

Sample:
True
 
log_shun
boolean
changed
Logging of IP Intelligence shun list events.
 
log_translation_fields
boolean
changed
Logging of translated fields in IP Intelligence log messages.
 
rate_limit
string
changed
The rate limit for all combined IP intelligence log messages per second.

Sample:
indefinite
port_misuse
complex
changed
Port Misuse related settings of the log profile.

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
 
log_publisher
string
changed
The name of the log publisher used for Port Misuse events.

Sample:
/Common/local-db-publisher
 
rate_limit
string
changed
The rate limit for all combined Port Misuse log messages per second.

Sample:
indefinite


Status

Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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