bigip_message_routing_transport_config – Manages configuration for an outgoing connection

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Manages configuration for an outgoing connection in BIG-IP message routing.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
string
The user defined description of the transport config.
name
string / required
Specifies the name of the transport config to manage.
partition
string
Default:
"Common"
Device partition to create transport-config object on.
profiles
list
Specifies a list profiles for the outgoing connection to use to direct and manage traffic.
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.
rules
list
The iRules you want run on this transport config. iRules help automate the intercepting, processing, and routing of application traffic.
src_addr_translation
dictionary
Specifies the type of source address translation enabled for the transport config and the pool that the source address translation will use.
pool
string
Specifies the name of a LSN or SNAT pool used by the specified transport config.
Name can also be specified in fullPath format: /Common/foobar
When type is none or automap the pool parameter will be replaced by none keyword, thus any defined pool parameter will be ignored.
type
string
    Choices:
  • snat
  • none
  • automap
Specifies the type of source address translation associated with the specified transport config.
When set to snat the pool parameter needs to contain a name for a valid LSN or SNAT pool.
src_port
integer
Specifies the source port to be used for the connection being created.
If no value is specified an ephemeral port is chosen for the connection being created.
The accepted range is between 0 and 65535 inclusive.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
When present, ensures that the transport-config object exists.
When absent, ensures the transport-config object is removed.
type
string
    Choices:
  • generic ←
Parameter used to specify the type of the transport-config object to manage.
Default setting is generic with more options added in future.

Notes

Note

  • Requires BIG-IP >= 14.0.0

  • 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: Create generic transport config
  bigip_message_routing_transport_config:
    name: foo
    profiles:
      transport: genericmsg
      tcp: tcp-lan-optimized
    description: new_transport
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify generic transport config
  bigip_message_routing_transport_config:
    name: foo
    rules:
      - rule_1
      - rule_2
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove generic transport config
  bigip_message_routing_transport_config:
    name: foo
    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
The user defined description of the router profile.

Sample:
My description
profiles
list
changed
The profiles for the outgoing connection .

Sample:
['/Common/profile1', '/Common/profile2']
rules
list
changed
The iRules running on transport config.

Sample:
['/Common/rule1', '/Common/rule2']
source_port
integer
changed
The source port to be used for the connection being created.

Sample:
10041
src_addr_translation
complex
changed
The type of source address translation enabled for the transport config.

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
 
pool
string
changed
The name of a LSN or SNAT pool used by the specified transport config.

Sample:
/Common/pool1
 
type
string
changed
the type of source address translation associated with the specified transport config.

Sample:
automap


Status

Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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