f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_traffic_selector – Manage IPSec Traffic Selectors on BIG-IP

Note

This plugin is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.13.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules

Synopsis

  • Manage IPSec Traffic Selectors on BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

description

string

Description of the traffic selector.

destination_address

string

Specifies the host or network IP address to which the application traffic is destined.

When creating a new traffic selector, this parameter is required.

ipsec_policy

string

Specifies the IPsec policy that tells the BIG-IP system how to handle the packets.

When creating a new traffic selector, if this parameter is not specified, the default is default-ipsec-policy.

name

string / required

Specifies the name of the traffic selector.

order

integer

Specifies the order in which traffic is matched, if traffic can be matched to multiple traffic selectors.

Traffic is matched to the traffic selector with the highest priority (lowest order number).

When creating a new traffic selector, if this parameter is not specified, the default is last.

partition

string

Device partition to manage resources on.

Default: “Common”

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

If yes, TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_TELEMETRY_OFF.

Previously used variable F5_TEEM is deprecated as its name was confusing.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

password

aliases: pass, pwd

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.

server

string / required

The BIG-IP host.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.

server_port

integer

The BIG-IP server port.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.

Default: 443

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

Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.

Choices:

  • rest ← (default)

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

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

source_address

string

Specifies the host or network IP address from which the application traffic originates.

When creating a new traffic selector, this parameter is required.

state

string

When present, ensures the resource exists.

When absent, ensures the resource is removed.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

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: Create a traffic selector
  bigip_traffic_selector:
    name: selector1
    destination_address: 1.1.1.1
    ipsec_policy: policy1
    order: 1
    source_address: 2.2.2.2
    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

Description

destination_address

string

The new Destination IP Address.

Returned: changed

Sample: “1.2.3.4/32”

ipsec_policy

string

The new IPSec policy.

Returned: changed

Sample: “/Common/policy1”

order

integer

The new sort order.

Returned: changed

Sample: 1

source_address

string

The new Source IP address.

Returned: changed

Sample: “2.3.4.5/32”

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)