f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_device_auth module – Manage system authentication on a BIG-IP

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.21.0).

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_device_auth.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manage the system authentication configuration. This module can assist in configuring a number of different system authentication types. Note that this module can not be used to configure APM authentication types.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

accounting

string

Specifies how the system returns accounting information, such as which services users access and the amount of network resources they consume, to the TACACS+ server.

When send-to-first-server, specifies the system transmits accounting information back to the first available TACACS+ server in the list.

When send-to-all-servers, specifies the system transmits accounting information back to all TACACS+ servers in the list.

This parameter is supported by the tacacs type.

Choices:

  • "send-to-first-server"

  • "send-to-all-servers"

authentication

string

Specifies the process the system employs when sending authentication requests.

When use-first-server, specifies the system sends authentication attempts only to the first server in the list.

When use-all-servers, specifies the system sends an authentication request to each server until authentication succeeds, or until the system has sent a request to all servers in the list.

This parameter is supported by the tacacs type.

Choices:

  • "use-first-server"

  • "use-all-servers"

protocol_name

string

Specifies the protocol associated with the value specified in service_name, which is a subset of the associated service being used for client authorization or system accounting.

Note that the majority of TACACS+ implementations are of protocol type ip, so try that first.

Choices:

  • "lcp"

  • "ip"

  • "ipx"

  • "atalk"

  • "vines"

  • "lat"

  • "xremote"

  • "tn3270"

  • "telnet"

  • "rlogin"

  • "pad"

  • "vpdn"

  • "ftp"

  • "http"

  • "deccp"

  • "osicp"

  • "unknown"

provider

dictionary

added in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

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:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

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:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

secret

string

Secret key used to encrypt and decrypt packets sent or received from the server.

Do not use the pound/hash sign in the secret for TACACS+ servers.

When configuring TACACS+ auth for the first time, this value is required.

servers

any

Specifies a list of the IPv4 addresses for servers using the Terminal Access Controller Access System (TACACS)+ protocol with which the system communicates to obtain authorization data.

For each address, an alternate TCP port number may be optionally specified by specifying the port key.

If no port number is specified, the default port 49163 is used.

This parameter is supported by the tacacs type.

address

string

The IP address of the server.

This field is required, unless you are specifying a simple list of servers. In that case, the simple list can specify server IPs. See the examples for more clarification.

port

string

The port of the server.

service_name

string

Specifies the name of the service the user is requesting to be authorized to use.

Identifying what the user is asking to be authorized for enables the TACACS+ serverc to behave differently for different types of authorization requests.

This setting is required when configuring this form of system authentication.

Note that the majority of TACACS+ implementations are of service type ppp, so try that first.

Choices:

  • "slip"

  • "ppp"

  • "arap"

  • "shell"

  • "tty-daemon"

  • "connection"

  • "system"

  • "firewall"

state

string

The state of the authentication configuration on the system.

When present, guarantees the system is configured for the specified type.

When absent, sets the system auth source back to local.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

type

string / required

The authentication type to manage with this module.

Take special note that the parameters supported by this module will vary depending on the type that you are configuring.

At this time, this module only supports a subset of the total available auth types.

Choices:

  • "tacacs"

  • "local"

update_secret

string

always will allow updating secrets if the user chooses to do so.

on_create will only set the secret when a use_auth_source is yes and TACACS+ is not currently the auth source.

Choices:

  • "always" ← (default)

  • "on_create"

use_for_auth

boolean

Specifies whether or not this auth source is put in use on the system.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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: Set the system auth to TACACS+, default server port
  bigip_device_auth:
    type: tacacs
    authentication: use-all-servers
    accounting: send-to-all-servers
    protocol_name: ip
    secret: secret
    servers:
      - 10.10.10.10
      - 10.10.10.11
    service_name: ppp
    state: present
    use_for_auth: yes
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set the system auth to TACACS+, override server port
  bigip_device_auth:
    type: tacacs
    authentication: use-all-servers
    protocol_name: ip
    secret: secret
    servers:
      - address: 10.10.10.10
        port: 1234
      - 10.10.10.11
    service_name: ppp
    use_for_auth: yes
    state: present
    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

accounting

string

Which servers to send information to when using TACACS.

Returned: changed

Sample: "send-to-all-servers"

authentication

string

Process the system uses to serve authentication requests when using TACACS.

Returned: changed

Sample: "use-all-servers"

protocol_name

string

Name of the protocol associated with service_name used for client authentication.

Returned: changed

Sample: "ip"

servers

list / elements=string

List of servers used in TACACS authentication.

Returned: changed

Sample: ["1.2.2.1", "4.5.5.4"]

service_name

string

Name of the service the user is requesting to be authorized to use.

Returned: changed

Sample: "ppp"

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

  • Nitin Khanna (@nitinthewiz)