f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_device_syslog module – Manage system-level syslog settings on BIG-IP

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.32.1).

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_device_syslog.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manage system-level syslog settings on BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth_priv_from

string

Specifies the lowest level of messages about user authentication to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

auth_priv_to

string

Specifies the highest level of messages about user authentication to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

console_log

boolean

Enables or disables logging emergency syslog messages to the console.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

cron_from

string

Specifies the lowest level of messages about time-based scheduling to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

cron_to

string

Specifies the highest level of messages about time-based scheduling to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

daemon_from

string

Specifies the lowest level of messages about daemon performance to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

daemon_to

string

Specifies the highest level of messages about daemon performance to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

include

string

Syslog-NG configuration to include in the device syslog config.

iso_date

boolean

Enables or disables the ISO date format for messages in the log files.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

kern_from

string

Specifies the lowest level of kernel messages to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

kern_to

string

Specifies the highest level of kernel messages to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

local6_from

string

Specifies the lowest error level for messages from the local6 facility to include in the log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

local6_to

string

Specifies the highest error level for messages from the local6 facility to include in the log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

mail_from

string

Specifies the lowest level of mail log messages to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

mail_to

string

Specifies the highest level of mail log messages to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

messages_from

string

Specifies the lowest level of system messages to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

messages_to

string

Specifies the highest level of system messages to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

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)

user_log_from

string

Specifies the lowest level of user account messages to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

user_log_to

string

Specifies the highest level of user account messages to include in the system log.

Choices:

  • "alert"

  • "crit"

  • "debug"

  • "emerg"

  • "err"

  • "info"

  • "notice"

  • "warning"

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: Create a syslog config
  bigip_device_syslog:
    name: foo
    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

auth_priv_from

string

The new lowest user authentication logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

auth_priv_to

string

The new highest user authentication logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "emerg"

console_log

boolean

Whether logging to the console is enabled or not.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

cron_from

string

The new lowest time-based scheduling logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "emerg"

cron_to

string

The new highest time-based scheduling logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

daemon_from

string

The new lowest daemon performance logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

daemon_to

string

The new highest daemon performance logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

include

string

The new extra syslog-ng configuration to include in syslog config.

Returned: changed

Sample: "filter f_remote_syslog { not (facility(local6)) };"

iso_date

boolean

Whether ISO date format in logs is enabled or not.

Returned: changed

Sample: false

kern_from

string

The new lowest kernel messages logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

kern_to

string

The new highest kernel messages logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

local6_from

string

The new lowest local6 facility logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

local6_to

string

The new highest local6 facility logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

mail_from

string

The new lowest mail log logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

mail_to

string

The new highest mail log logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

messages_from

string

The new lowest system logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

messages_to

string

The new highest system logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

user_log_from

string

The new lowest user account logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

user_log_to

string

The new highest user account logging level.

Returned: changed

Sample: "alert"

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)