f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_asm_dos_application module – Manage application settings for a DOS profile

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.27.1).

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_asm_dos_application.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manages Application settings for an ASM/AFM DOS profile.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

geolocations

dictionary

Manages the geolocations countries whitelist, blacklist.

blacklist

list / elements=string

A list of countries to be put on the blacklist, must not have overlapping elements with whitelist.

whitelist

list / elements=string

A list of countries to be put on the whitelist, must not have overlapping elements with blacklist.

heavy_urls

dictionary

Manages Heavy URL protection.

Heavy URLs are a small number of site URLs that might consume considerable server resources per request.

auto_detect

boolean

Enables or disables automatic heavy URL detection.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

exclude

list / elements=string

Specifies a list of URLs or wildcards to exclude from the heavy URLs.

include

list / elements=dictionary

Configures additional URLs to include in the heavy URLs that were auto-detected.

threshold

string

Specifies the threshold of requests per second, where the URL in question is considered under attack.

The acceptable range is between 1 and 4294967295 inclusive, or auto.

url

string / required

Specifies the URL to be added to the list of heavy URLs, in addition to those automatically detected.

latency_threshold

integer

Specifies the latency threshold for automatic heavy URL detection.

The acceptable range is between 0 and 4294967295 miliseconds inclusive.

mobile_detection

dictionary

Configures detection of mobile applications built with the Anti-Bot Mobile SDK and defines how requests from these mobile application clients are handled.

allow_android_rooted_device

boolean

When true, the device allows traffic from rooted Android devices.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

allow_any_android_package

boolean

When true, allows any application publisher.

A publisher is identified by the certificate used to sign the application.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

allow_any_ios_package

boolean

When true, allows any iOS package.

A package name is the unique identifier of the mobile application.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

allow_emulators

boolean

When true, allows traffic from applications run on emulators.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

allow_jailbroken_devices

boolean

When true, allows traffic from jailbroken iOS devices.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

android_publishers

list / elements=string

This option has no effect when allow_any_android_package is set to true.

Specifies the allowed publisher certificates for android applications.

The publisher certificate needs to be installed on the BIG-IP beforehand.

The certificate name located on a different partition than the one specified in the partition parameter needs to be provided in full_path format, e.g. /Foo/cert.crt.

client_side_challenge_mode

string

Action to take when a CAPTCHA or Client Side Integrity challenge needs to be presented.

The mobile application user will not see a CAPTCHA challenge and the mobile application will not be presented with the Client Side Integrity challenge. The such options for mobile applications are pass or cshui.

When pass the traffic is passed without incident.

When cshui the SDK checks for human interactions with the screen in the last few seconds. If none are detected, the traffic is blocked.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "cshui"

enabled

boolean

When true, requests from mobile applications built with Anti-Bot Mobile SDK are detected and handled according to the parameters set.

When false, these requests are handled like any other request which may let attacks in, or cause false positives.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ios_allowed_package_names

list / elements=string

Specifies the names of iOS packages to allow traffic on.

This option has no effect when allow_any_ios_package is set to true.

partition

string

Device partition to manage resources on.

Default: "Common"

profile

string / required

Specifies the name of the profile to manage application settings in.

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 or the BIG-IQ.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD.

server

string / required

The BIG-IP host or the BIG-IQ 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 or the BIG-IQ. 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)

rtbh_duration

integer

Specifies the duration of the RTBH BGP route advertisement, in seconds.

The acceptable range is between 0 and 4294967295 inclusive.

rtbh_enable

boolean

Specifies whether to enable Remote Triggered Black Hole RTBH of attacking IPs by advertising BGP routes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

scrubbing_duration

integer

Specifies the duration of the Traffic Scrubbing BGP route advertisement, in seconds.

The acceptable range is between 0 and 4294967295 inclusive.

scrubbing_enable

boolean

Specifies whether to enable Traffic Scrubbing during attacks by advertising BGP routes.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

single_page_application

boolean

When true, specifies the system supports a Single Page Applications.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

state

string

When state is present, ensures that the Application object exists.

When state is absent, ensures that the Application object is removed.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

trigger_irule

boolean

When true, specifies the system activates an Application DoS iRule event.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

Notes

Note

  • Requires BIG-IP >= 13.1.0

  • 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 an ASM dos application profile
  bigip_asm_dos_application:
    profile: dos_foo
    geolocations:
      blacklist:
        - Afghanistan
        - Andora
      whitelist:
        - Cuba
    heavy_urls:
      auto_detect: true
      latency_threshold: 1000
    rtbh_duration: 3600
    rtbh_enable: true
    single_page_application: true
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update an ASM dos application profile
  bigip_asm_dos_application:
    profile: dos_foo
    mobile_detection:
      enabled: true
      allow_any_ios_package: true
      allow_emulators: true
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove an ASM dos application profile
  bigip_asm_dos_application:
    profile: dos_foo
    state: absent
    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

geolocations

complex

Specifies geolocations countries whitelist, blacklist.

Returned: changed

Sample: "hash/dictionary of values"

blacklist

list / elements=string

A list of countries to be put on the blacklist.

Returned: changed

Sample: ["Russia", "Germany"]

whitelist

list / elements=string

A list of countries to be put on the whitelist.

Returned: changed

Sample: ["United States, United Kingdom"]

heavy_urls

complex

Manages Heavy URL protection.

Returned: changed

Sample: "hash/dictionary of values"

auto_detect

boolean

Enables or disables automatic heavy URL detection.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

exclude

list / elements=string

Specifies a list of URLs or wildcards to exclude from the heavy URLs.

Returned: changed

Sample: ["/exclude.html", "/exclude2.html"]

include

complex

Configures additional URLs to include in the heavy URLs.

Returned: changed

Sample: "hash/dictionary of values"

threshold

string

The threshold of requests per second.

Returned: changed

Sample: "auto"

url

string

The URL to be added to the list of heavy URLs.

Returned: changed

Sample: "/include.html"

latency_threshold

integer

Specifies the latency threshold for automatic heavy URL detection.

Returned: changed

Sample: 2000

mobile_detection

complex

Configures detection of mobile applications built with the Anti-Bot Mobile SDK.

Returned: changed

Sample: "hash/dictionary of values"

allow_android_rooted_device

boolean

Allows traffic from rooted Android devices.

Returned: changed

Sample: false

allow_any_android_package

boolean

Allows any application publisher.

Returned: changed

Sample: false

allow_any_ios_package

boolean

Allows any iOS package.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

allow_emulators

boolean

Allows traffic from applications run on emulators.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

allow_jailbroken_devices

boolean

Allows traffic from jailbroken iOS devices.

Returned: changed

Sample: false

android_publishers

list / elements=string

The allowed publisher certificates for android applications.

Returned: changed

Sample: ["/Common/cert1.crt", "/Common/cert2.crt"]

client_side_challenge_mode

string

Action to take when a CAPTCHA or Client Side Integrity challenge needs to be presented.

Returned: changed

Sample: "pass"

enable

boolean

Enables or disables automatic mobile detection.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

ios_allowed_package_names

list / elements=string

The names of iOS packages to allow traffic on.

Returned: changed

Sample: ["package1", "package2"]

rtbh_duration

integer

The duration of the RTBH BGP route advertisement.

Returned: changed

Sample: 3600

rtbh_enable

boolean

Enables Remote Triggered Black Hole of attacking IPs.

Returned: changed

Sample: false

scrubbing_duration

integer

The duration of the Traffic Scrubbing BGP route advertisement.

Returned: changed

Sample: 3600

scrubbing_enable

boolean

Enables Traffic Scrubbing during attacks.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

single_page_application

boolean

Enables support of Single Page Applications.

Returned: changed

Sample: false

trigger_irule

boolean

Activates an Application DoS iRule event.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)