f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_firewall_rule module – Manage AFM Firewall rules

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.28.0).

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_firewall_rule.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manages firewall rules in an AFM (Advanced Firewall Manager) firewall policy. New rules will always be added to the end of the policy. Rules can be re-ordered using the bigip_security_policy module. Rules can also be pre-ordered using the bigip_security_policy module and then later updated using the bigip_firewall_rule module.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
action string	Specifies the action for the firewall rule. When accept, allows packets with the specified source, destination, and protocol to pass through the firewall. Packets that match the rule and are accepted, traverse the system as if the firewall is not present. When drop, drops packets with the specified source, destination, and protocol. Dropping a packet is a silent action with no notification to the source or destination systems. Dropping the packet causes the connection to be retried until the retry threshold is reached. When reject, rejects packets with the specified source, destination, and protocol. When a packet is rejected, the firewall sends a destination unreachable message to the sender. When accept-decisively, allows packets with the specified source, destination, and protocol to pass through the firewall, and does not require any further processing by any of the further firewalls. Packets that match the rule and are accepted, traverse the system as if the firewall is not present. If the Rule List is applied to a virtual server, management IP, or self IP firewall rule, then Accept Decisively is equivalent to Accept. When creating a new rule, if this parameter is not provided, the default is reject. Choices: "accept" "drop" "reject" "accept-decisively"
description string	The rule description.
destination list / elements=dictionary	Specifies packet destinations to which the rule applies. Leaving this field blank applies the rule to all addresses and all ports. You can specify the following destination items. An IPv4 or IPv6 address, an IPv4 or IPv6 address range, geographic location, VLAN, address list, port, port range, port list or address list. You can specify a mix of different types of items for the source address. A special value any can be specified to the destination items to match any value for the respective item.
address string	Specifies a specific IP address.
address_list string	Specifies an existing address list.
address_range string	Specifies an address range.
country string	Specifies a country code.
port string	Specifies a single numeric port. This option is only valid when protocol is tcp(6) or udp(17).
port_list string	Specifes an existing port list. This option is only valid when protocol is tcp(6) or udp(17).
port_range string	Specifies a range of ports, which is two port values separated by a hyphen. The port to the left of the hyphen should be less than the port to the right. This option is only valid when protocol is tcp(6) or udp(17).
icmp_message list / elements=dictionary	Specifies the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) or ICMPv6 message type and code the rule uses. This parameter is only relevant when protocol is either icmp(1) or icmpv6(58).
code string	Specifies the code returned in response to the specified ICMP message type. You can specify codes, each set appropriate to the associated type, such as No Code (0) (associated with Echo Reply (0)) and Host Unreachable (1) (associated with Destination Unreachable (3)), or you can specify any to indicate the system applies the rule for all codes in response to that specific ICMP message. You can also specify an arbitrary code. The ICMP protocol contains definitions for the existing message code and number pairs.
type string	Specifies the type of ICMP message. You can specify control messages, such as Echo Reply (0) and Destination Unreachable (3), or you can specify any to indicate the system applies the rule for all ICMP messages. You can also specify an arbitrary ICMP message. The ICMP protocol contains definitions for the existing message type and number pairs.
irule string	Specifies an iRule that is applied to the firewall rule. An iRule can be started when the firewall rule matches traffic.
logging boolean	Specifies whether logging is enabled or disabled for the firewall rule. When creating a new rule, if this parameter is not specified, the default if false. Choices: false true
name string / required	Specifies the name of the rule.
parent_policy string	The policy which contains the rule to be managed. One of either parent_policy or parent_rule_list is required.
parent_rule_list string	The rule list which contains the rule to be managed. One of either parent_policy or parent_rule_list is required.
partition string	Device partition to manage resources on. Default: "Common"
protocol string	Specifies the protocol to which the rule applies. Protocols may be specified by either their name or numeric value. A special protocol value any can be specified to match any protocol. The numeric equivalent of this protocol is 255.
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)
rule_list string	Specifies an existing rule list to use in the rule. This parameter is mutually exclusive with many of the other individual-rule specific settings. This includes logging, action, source, destination, irule', protocol and logging. This parameter is only used when parent_policy is specified, otherwise it is ignored.
schedule string	Specifies a schedule for the firewall rule. You configure schedules to define days and times when the firewall rule is made active.
source list / elements=dictionary	Specifies packet sources to which the rule applies. Leaving this field blank applies the rule to all addresses and all ports. You can specify the following source items. An IPv4 or IPv6 address, an IPv4 or IPv6 address range, geographic location, VLAN, address list, port, port range, port list or address list. You can specify a mix of different types of items for the source address. A special value any can be specified to all the source items to match any value for the respective item.
address string	Specifies a specific IP address.
address_list string	Specifies an existing address list.
address_range string	Specifies an address range.
country string	Specifies a country code.
port string	Specifies a single numeric port. This option is only valid when protocol is tcp(6) or udp(17).
port_list string	Specifes an existing port list. This option is only valid when protocol is tcp(6) or udp(17).
port_range string	Specifies a range of ports, which is two port values separated by a hyphen. The port to the left of the hyphen should be less than the port to the right. This option is only valid when protocol is tcp(6) or udp(17).
vlan string	Specifies VLANs to which the rule applies. The VLAN source refers to the packet’s source.
state string	When state is present, ensures the rule exists. When state is absent, ensures the rule is removed. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
status string	Indicates the activity state of the rule or rule list. When disabled, specifies the rule or rule list does not apply at all. When enabled, specifies the system applies the firewall rule or rule list to the given context and addresses. When scheduled, specifies the system applies the rule or rule list according to the specified schedule. When creating a new rule, if this parameter is not provided, the default is enabled. Choices: "enabled" "disabled" "scheduled"

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 new rule in the foo firewall policy
  bigip_firewall_rule:
    name: foo
    parent_policy: policy1
    protocol: tcp
    source:
      - address: 1.2.3.4
      - address: "::1"
      - address_list: foo-list1
      - address_range: 1.1.1.1-2.2.2.2
      - vlan: vlan1
      - country: US
      - port: 22
      - port_list: port-list1
      - port_range: 80-443
    destination:
      - address: 1.2.3.4
      - address: "::1"
      - address_list: foo-list1
      - address_range: 1.1.1.1-2.2.2.2
      - country: US
      - port: 22
      - port_list: port-list1
      - port_range: 80-443
    irule: irule1
    action: accept
    logging: true
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create an ICMP specific rule
  bigip_firewall_rule:
    name: foo
    protocol: icmp
    icmp_message:
      type: 0
    source:
      - country: US
    action: drop
    logging: true
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add a new policy rule that uses an existing rule list
  bigip_firewall_rule:
    name: foo
    parent_policy: foo_policy
    rule_list: rule-list1
    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
action string	The action for the firewall rule. Returned: changed Sample: "drop"
description string	The rule description. Returned: changed Sample: "MyRule"
destination complex	The packet destinations to which the rule applies. Returned: changed Sample: "hash/dictionary of values"
address string	A specific IP address. Returned: changed Sample: "192.168.1.1"
address_list string	An existing address list. Returned: changed Sample: "foo-list1"
address_range string	The address range. Returned: changed Sample: "1.1.1.1-2.2.2.2"
country string	A country code. Returned: changed Sample: "US"
port string	Single numeric port. Returned: changed Sample: "8080"
port_list string	An existing port list. Returned: changed Sample: "port-list1"
port_range string	The port range. Returned: changed Sample: "80-443"
icmp_message complex	The (ICMP) or ICMPv6 message type and code that the rule uses. Returned: changed Sample: "hash/dictionary of values"
code string	The code returned in response to the specified ICMP message type. Returned: changed Sample: "1"
type string	The type of ICMP message. Returned: changed Sample: "0"
irule string	The iRule that is applied to the firewall rule. Returned: changed Sample: "_sys_auth_radius"
logging boolean	Enable or Disable logging for the firewall rule. Returned: changed Sample: true
name string	Name of the rule. Returned: changed Sample: "FooRule"
parent_policy string	The policy which contains the rule to be managed. Returned: changed Sample: "FooPolicy"
parent_rule_list string	The rule list which contains the rule to be managed. Returned: changed Sample: "FooRuleList"
protocol string	The protocol to which the rule applies. Returned: changed Sample: "any"
rule_list string	An existing rule list to use in the parent policy. Returned: changed Sample: "rule-list-1"
schedule string	The schedule for the firewall rule. Returned: changed Sample: "Foo_schedule"
source complex	The packet sources to which the rule applies. Returned: changed Sample: "hash/dictionary of values"
address string	A specific IP address. Returned: changed Sample: "192.168.1.1"
address_list string	An existing address list. Returned: changed Sample: "foo-list1"
address_range string	The address range. Returned: changed Sample: "1.1.1.1-2.2.2.2"
country string	A country code. Returned: changed Sample: "US"
port string	Single numeric port. Returned: changed Sample: "8080"
port_list string	An existing port list. Returned: changed Sample: "port-list1"
port_range string	The port range. Returned: changed Sample: "80-443"
vlan string	Source VLANs for the packets. Returned: changed Sample: "vlan1"
status string	The activity state of the rule or rule list. Returned: changed Sample: "scheduled"

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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