f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_password_policy – Manages the authentication password policy on a BIG-IP

Note

This plugin is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.9.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_modules.

To use it in a playbook, specify: f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_password_policy.

New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules

Synopsis

  • Manages the authentication password policy on a BIG-IP device.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
expiration_warning
integer
Specifies the number of days before a password expires.
This value determines when the BIG-IP system automatically warns users their password is about to expire.
max_duration
integer
Specifies the maximum number of days a password is valid.
max_login_failures
integer
Specifies the number of consecutive unsuccessful login attempts the system allows before locking out the user.
Specify zero (0) to disable this parameter.
min_duration
integer
Specifies the minimum number of days a password is valid.
min_length
integer
Specifies the minimum number of characters in a valid password.
This value must be between 6 and 255.
password_memory
integer
Specifies whether the user has configured the BIG-IP system to remember a password on a specific computer and how many passwords to remember.
policy_enforcement
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enables or disables the password policy on the BIG-IP system.
provider
dictionary
added in 1.0.0 of f5networks.f5_modules
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.
no_f5_teem
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If yes, TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_TEEM.
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.
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:
  • 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.
required_lowercase
integer
Specifies the number of lowercase alpha characters that must be present in a password for the password to be valid.
required_numeric
integer
Specifies the number of numeric characters that must be present in a password for the password to be valid.
required_special
integer
Specifies the number of special characters that must be present in a password for the password to be valid.
required_uppercase
integer
Specifies the number of uppercase alpha characters that must be present in a password for the password to be valid.

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 f5networks.f5_modules.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: Change password policy to require 2 numeric characters
  bigip_password_policy:
    required_numeric: 2
    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
expiration_warning
integer
changed
The new expiration warning.

Sample:
7
max_duration
integer
changed
The new max duration.

Sample:
99999
max_login_failures
integer
changed
The new max login failures.
min_duration
integer
changed
The new minimum duration.
min_length
integer
changed
The new minimum password length.

Sample:
6
password_memory
integer
changed
The new number of remembered passwords
policy_enforcement
boolean
changed
The new policy enforcement setting.

Sample:
True
required_lowercase
integer
changed
The lowercase requirement.

Sample:
1
required_numeric
integer
changed
The numeric requirement.

Sample:
2
required_special
integer
changed
The special character requirement.

Sample:
1
required_uppercase
integer
changed
The uppercase character requirement.

Sample:
1


Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)