bigip_iapp_template – Manages TCL iApp templates on a BIG-IP¶
New in version 2.4.
Synopsis¶
Manages TCL iApp templates on a BIG-IP. This module will allow you to deploy iApp templates to the BIG-IP and manage their lifecycle. The conventional way to use this module is to import new iApps as needed or by extracting the contents of the iApp archive that is provided at downloads.f5.com and then importing all the iApps with this module. This module can also update existing iApps provided that the source of the iApp changed while the name stayed the same. Note however that this module will not reconfigure any services that may have been created using the
bigip_iapp_service
module. iApps are normally not updated in production. Instead, new versions are deployed and then existing services are changed to consume that new template. As such, the ability to update templates in-place requires theforce
option to be used.
Parameters¶
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: Add the iApp contained in template iapp.tmpl
bigip_iapp_template:
content: "{{ lookup('template', 'iapp.tmpl') }}"
state: present
provider:
user: admin
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Update a template in place
bigip_iapp_template:
content: "{{ lookup('template', 'iapp-new.tmpl') }}"
state: present
provider:
user: admin
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Update a template in place that has existing services created from it.
bigip_iapp_template:
content: "{{ lookup('template', 'iapp-new.tmpl') }}"
force: yes
state: present
provider:
user: admin
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
delegate_to: localhost
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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