f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_provision module – Manage BIG-IP module provisioning

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.17.0).

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_provision.

New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules

Synopsis

  • Manage BIG-IP module provisioning. This module will only provision at the standard levels of Dedicated, Nominal, and Minimum.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

level

string

Sets the provisioning level for the requested modules. Changing the level for one module may require modifying the level of another module. For example, changing one module to dedicated requires setting all others to none. Setting the level of a module to none means the module is not activated.

Use a state of absent to set c(level) to none and de-provision the module.

This parameter is not relevant to cgnat - pre tmos 15.0 or mgmt and will not be applied to the cgnat - pre tmos 15.0 or mgmt module.

Choices:

  • dedicated

  • nominal ← (default)

  • minimum

memory

string

Sets additional memory for the management module. This is in addition to minimum allocated RAM of 1264MB.

The accepted value range is 0 - 8192. Maximum value is restricted by the available RAM in the system.

Specifying large reserves an additional 500MB for the mgmt module.

Specifying medium reserves an additional 200MB for the mgmt module.

Specifying small reserves no additional RAM for the mgmt module.

Use large for configurations containing more than 2000 objects, or more specifically, for any configuration that exceeds 1000 objects per 2 GB of installed memory. Changing the Management mgmt size after initial provisioning causes a reprovision operation.

module

aliases: name

string / required

The module to provision in BIG-IP.

Choices:

  • am

  • afm

  • apm

  • asm

  • avr

  • cgnat

  • fps

  • gtm

  • ilx

  • lc

  • ltm

  • mgmt

  • pem

  • sam

  • sslo

  • swg

  • urldb

  • vcmp

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)

state

string

The state of the provisioned module on the system. When present, guarantees the specified module is provisioned at the requested level, provided there are sufficient resources on the device (such as physical RAM) to support the module.

When absent, de-provision the module.

absent, is not a relevent option for the mgmt module, as it can not be de-provisioned.

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: Provision PEM at "nominal" level
  bigip_provision:
    module: pem
    level: nominal
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      password: secret
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Provision a dedicated SWG. This will unprovision every other module
  bigip_provision:
    module: swg
    level: dedicated
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      password: secret
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Provision mgmt with medium amount of memory.
  bigip_provision:
    module: mgmt
    memory: medium
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      password: secret
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

level

string

The new provisioning level of the module.

Returned: changed

Sample: “minimum”

memory

string

The new provisioned amount of memory for mgmt module.

Returned: changed

Sample: “large”

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

  • Greg Crosby (@crosbygw)