bigiq_utility_license_assignment – Manage utility license assignment on BIG-IPs from a BIG-IQ

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

  • Manages the assignment of utility licenses on a BIG-IQ. Assignment means that the license is assigned to a BIG-IP, or, it needs to be assigned to a BIG-IP. Additionally, this module supported revoking the assignments from BIG-IP devices.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
device
string
When managed is no, specifies the address, or hostname, where the BIG-IQ can reach the remote device to register.
When managed is yes, specifies the managed device, or device UUID, that you want to register.
If managed is yes, it is very important that you do not have more than one device with the same name. BIG-IQ internally recognizes devices by their ID, and therefore, this module's cannot guarantee that the correct device will be registered. The device returned is the device that will be used.
device_password
string
The password of the device_username.
When managed is no, this parameter is required.
device_port
integer
Default:
443
Specifies the port of the remote device to connect to.
If this parameter is not specified, the default of 443 will be used.
device_username
string
The username used to connect to the remote device.
This username should be one that has sufficient privileges on the remote device to do licensing. Usually this is the Administrator role.
When managed is no, this parameter is required.
key
string / required
The registration key that you want choose an offering from.
managed
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether the specified device is a managed or un-managed device.
When state is present, this parameter is required.
offering
string
Name of the license offering to assign to the device.
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 present, ensures that the device is assigned the specified license.
When absent, ensures the license is revokes from the remote device and freed on the BIG-IQ.
unit_of_measure
string
    Choices:
  • hourly ←
  • daily
  • monthly
  • yearly
Sets the rate at which this license usage is billed.
Depending on your license, you may have different units of measures available to you. If a particular unit is not available to you, the module will notify you at licensing time.

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: Register an unmanaged device
  bigiq_utility_license_assignment:
    key: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    offering: F5-BIG-MSP-AFM-10G-LIC
    device: 1.1.1.1
    managed: no
    device_username: admin
    device_password: secret
    state: present
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Register a managed device, by name
  bigiq_utility_license_assignment:
    key: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    offering: F5-BIG-MSP-AFM-10G-LIC
    device: bigi1.foo.com
    managed: yes
    state: present
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Register a managed device, by UUID
  bigiq_utility_license_assignment:
    key: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    offering: F5-BIG-MSP-AFM-10G-LIC
    device: 7141a063-7cf8-423f-9829-9d40599fa3e0
    managed: yes
    state: present
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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