f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_password_policy module – Manages the authentication password policy 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_password_policy.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter

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

Enables or disables the password policy on the BIG-IP system.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

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)

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

Description

expiration_warning

integer

The new expiration warning.

Returned: changed

Sample: 7

max_duration

integer

The new max duration.

Returned: changed

Sample: 99999

max_login_failures

integer

The new max login failures.

Returned: changed

Sample: 0

min_duration

integer

The new minimum duration.

Returned: changed

Sample: 0

min_length

integer

The new minimum password length.

Returned: changed

Sample: 6

password_memory

integer

The new number of remembered passwords

Returned: changed

Sample: 0

policy_enforcement

boolean

The new policy enforcement setting.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

required_lowercase

integer

The lowercase requirement.

Returned: changed

Sample: 1

required_numeric

integer

The numeric requirement.

Returned: changed

Sample: 2

required_special

integer

The special character requirement.

Returned: changed

Sample: 1

required_uppercase

integer

The uppercase character requirement.

Returned: changed

Sample: 1

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)