f5networks.f5_modules.bigiq_device_discovery – Manage BIG-IP devices through BIG-IQ

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.bigiq_device_discovery.

New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules

Synopsis

• Discovers and imports BIG-IP device configuration on the BIG-IQ.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
access_conflict_policy string		Choices: use_bigiq use_bigip keep_version	Sets the conflict resolution policy for Access module apm objects. Only used when the apm module is specified.
access_group_first_device boolean		Choices: no yes ←	Specifies if the imported device is the first device in the access group to import shared configuration for that access group.
access_group_name string			Access group name to import Access configuration for devices. Once set it cannot be changed.
conflict_policy string		Choices: use_bigiq ← use_bigip	Sets the conflict resolution policy for shared objects across BIG-IP devices, except LTM profiles and monitors.
device_address string / required			The IP address of the BIG-IP device to be imported/managed.
device_conflict_policy string		Choices: use_bigiq ← use_bigip	Sets the conflict resolution policy for objects that are specific to a particular to a BIG-IP device and not shared among BIG-IP devices.
device_password string			The administrator password for the BIG-IP device. This parameter is only required when adding a new BIG-IP device to be managed.
device_port integer		Default: 443	The port on which a device trust setup between BIG-IQ and BIG-IP should happen.
device_username string			The administrator username for the BIG-IP device. This parameter is only required when adding a new BIG-IP device to be managed.
force boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Forces rediscovery and import of existing modules on the managed BIG-IP.
ha_name string			DSC cluster name of the BIG-IP device to be managed. This is optional if the managed device is not a part of a cluster group. When use_bigiq_sync is set to yes, this parameter is required.
modules list / elements=string		Choices: ltm asm apm afm dns websafe security_shared	List of modules to be discovered and imported into the device. These modules must be provisioned on the target device, otherwise operation will fail. The ltm module must always be specified when performing discovery or re-discovery of the the device. When asm or afm are specified, the shared_security module also needs to be declared.
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.
state string		Choices: absent present ←	The state of the managed device on the system. When present, enables new device addition as well as device rediscovery/import. When absent, completely removes the device from the system.
statistics dictionary			Specify the statistics collection for discovered device.
	enable boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Enables statistics collection on a device.
	interval integer	Choices: 30 60 120 500 Default: 60	Specifies the interval the data is collected from the discovered device, in seconds.
	stat_modules list / elements=string	Choices: device ← ltm ← dns Default: ["device", "ltm"]	Specifies for which modules the data is being collected.
	zone string	Default: "default"	Specifies in which DCD zone is collecting the data from device.
use_bigiq_sync boolean		Choices: no ← yes	When set to true, BIG-IQ manually synchronizes configuration changes between members in a DSC cluster.
versioned_conflict_policy string		Choices: use_bigiq use_bigip keep_version	Sets the conflict resolution policy for LTM profile and monitor objects that are specific to a BIG-IP software version.

Notes

Note

• BIG-IQ >= 6.1.0.

• This module does not support atomic removal of discovered modules on the device.

• 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: Discover a new device and import config, use default conflict policy.
  bigiq_device_discovery:
    device_address: 192.168.1.1
    device_username: bigipadmin
    device_password: bigipsecret
    modules:
      - ltm
      - afm
      - shared_security
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Discover a new device and import config, use non- default conflict policy.
  bigiq_device_discovery:
    device_address: 192.168.1.1
    modules:
      - ltm
      - dns
    conflict_policy: use_bigip
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Force full device rediscovery
  bigiq_device_discovery:
    device_address: 192.168.1.1
    modules:
      - ltm
      - afm
      - dns
      - shared_security
    force: yes
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove discovered device and its config
  bigiq_device_discovery:
    device_address: 192.168.1.1
    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
access_conflict_policy string	changed	Sets the conflict resolution policy for Access module apm objects. Sample: keep_version
access_group_first_device boolean	changed	First device in the access group to import shared configuration for that access group. Sample: True
access_group_name string	changed	Access group name to import Access configuration for devices. Sample: foo_group
conflict_policy string	changed	Sets the conflict resolution policy for shared objects across BIG-IP devices. Sample: use_bigip
device_address string	changed	The IP address of the BIG-IP device to be imported/managed. Sample: 192.168.1.1
device_conflict_policy string	changed	Sets the conflict resolution policy for objects that are specific to a particular to a BIG-IP device. Sample: use_bigip
device_port integer	changed	The port on which a device trust setup between BIG-IQ and BIG-IP should happen. Sample: 10443
ha_name string	changed	DSC cluster name of the BIG-IP device to be managed. Sample: GROUP_1
modules list / elements=string	changed	List of modules to be discovered and imported into the device. Sample: ['ltm', 'dns']
use_bigiq_sync boolean	changed	Indicates if BIG-IQ should manually synchronize DSC configuration. Sample: True
versioned_conflict_policy string	changed	Sets the conflict resolution policy for LTM profile and monitor objects. Sample: keep_version

Authors

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)