f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_wait module – Wait for a BIG-IP condition before continuing

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.25.0).

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_wait.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • With this module, you can wait for BIG-IP to be “ready”, meaning the BIG-IP is ready to accept configuration.

  • This module can take into account situations where the device is in the middle of rebooting due to a configuration change.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

delay

integer

Number of seconds to wait before starting to poll.

Default: 0

msg

string

This overrides the normal error message from a failure to meet the required conditions.

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

ssh_keyfile

path

Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports.

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

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:

  • "cli"

  • "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)

sleep

integer

Number of seconds to sleep between checks. Before version 2.3 this was hardcoded to 1 second.

Default: 1

timeout

integer

Maximum number of seconds to wait.

When used without other conditions, it is equivalent of just sleeping.

The default timeout is deliberately set to 2 hours because there is no individual REST API.

Default: 7200

type

string

The type of the BIG-IP.

Defaults to standard, the other choice is vcmp.

This choice defines which module or service Ansible looks for to establish that the device has recovered, so ensure to specify the correct choice, especially when running this against VCMP.

Choices:

  • "standard" ← (default)

  • "vcmp"

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: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
  bigip_wait:
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Wait a maximum of 300 seconds for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
  bigip_wait:
    timeout: 300
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready, don't start checking for 10 seconds
  bigip_wait:
    delay: 10
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)