f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_log_destination module – Manages log destinations on a 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_log_destination.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manages log destinations on a BIG-IP device.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

address

string

Specifies the IP address that will receive messages from the specified local Log Destination.

This parameter is only available when type is management-port.

When creating a new log destination and type is management-port, this parameter is required.

description

string

The description of the log destination.

distribution

string

Specifies the distribution method used by the Remote High Speed Log destination to send messages to pool members.

When adaptive, connections to pool members will be added as required to provide enough logging bandwidth. This can have the undesirable effect of logs accumulating on only one pool member when it provides sufficient logging bandwidth on its own.

When balanced, sends each successive log to a new pool member, balancing the logs among them according to the pool’s load balancing method.

When replicated, replicates each log to all pool members, for redundancy.

When creating a new log destination and type is remote-high-speed-log, if this parameter is not specified, the default is adaptive.

Choices:

  • "adaptive"

  • "balanced"

  • "replicated"

forward_to

string

When type is remote-syslog, specifies the management port log destination, which will be used to forward the logs to a single log server, or a remote high-speed log destination, which will be used to forward the logs to a pool of remote log servers.

When type is splunk or arcsight, specifies the log destination to which logs are forwarded. This log destination may be a management port destination, a remote high-speed log destination, or a remote Syslog destination which is configured to send logs to an ArcSight or Splunk server.

When creating a new log destination and type is remote-syslog, splunk, or arcsight, this parameter is required.

name

string / required

Specifies the name of the log destination.

partition

string

Device partition to manage resources on.

Default: "Common"

pool

string

When type is remote-high-speed-log, specifies the existing pool of remote high-speed log servers where logs will be sent.

When type is ipfix, specifies the existing LTM pool of remote IPFIX collectors. Any BIG-IP application that uses this log destination sends its IP-traffic logs to this pool of collectors.

When creating a new destination and type is remote-high-speed-log or ipfix, this parameter is required.

port

integer

Specifies the port of the IP address that will receive messages from the specified local Log Destination.

This parameter is only available when type is management-port.

When creating a new log destination and type is management-port, this parameter is required.

protocol

string

When type is remote-high-speed-log, specifies the protocol for the system to use to send logs to the pool of remote high-speed log servers, where the logs are stored.

When type is ipfix, can be IPFIX or Netflow v9, depending on the type of collectors you have in the pool that you specify.

When type is management-port, specifies the protocol used to send messages to the specified location.

When type is management-port, only tcp and udp are valid values.

Choices:

  • "tcp"

  • "udp"

  • "ipfix"

  • "netflow-9"

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)

server_ssl_profile

string

If the transport_profile is a TCP profile, you can use this field to choose a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) profile for sending logs to the IPFIX collectors.

An SSL server profile defines how to communicate securely over SSL or Transport Layer Security (TLS).

This parameter is only available when type is ipfix.

state

string

When present, ensures the resource exists.

When absent, ensures the resource is removed.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

syslog_format

string

Specifies the method to use to format the logs associated with the remote Syslog log destination.

When creating a new log destination (and type is remote-syslog), if this parameter is not specified, the default is bsd-syslog.

The syslog and rfc5424 choices are the same.

The bsd-syslog and rfc3164 choices are the same.

Choices:

  • "bsd-syslog"

  • "syslog"

  • "legacy-bigip"

  • "rfc5424"

  • "rfc3164"

template_delete_delay

integer

Enter the time (in seconds) that the BIG-IP device should pause between deleting an obsolete IPFIX template and reusing its template ID.

This feature is useful for systems where you use iRules to create customized IPFIX templates.

template_retransmit_interval

integer

Enter the time (in seconds) between each transmission of IPFIX templates to the pool of IPFIX collectors.

The logging destination periodically retransmits all of its IPFIX templates at the interval you set in this field. These retransmissions are helpful for UDP, a lossy transport mechanism.

This parameter is only available when type is ipfix.

transport_profile

string

Is a transport profile based on either TCP or UDP.

This profile defines the TCP or UDP options used to send IP-traffic logs to the pool of collectors.

This parameter is only available when type is ipfix.

type

string / required

Specifies the type of log destination.

Once created, this parameter cannot be changed.

Choices:

  • "remote-high-speed-log"

  • "remote-syslog"

  • "arcsight"

  • "splunk"

  • "management-port"

  • "ipfix"

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 high-speed logging destination
  bigip_log_destination:
    name: foo
    type: remote-high-speed-log
    pool: my-ltm-pool
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create a remote-syslog logging destination
  bigip_log_destination:
    name: foo
    type: remote-syslog
    syslog_format: rfc5424
    forward_to: my-destination
    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

address

string

The new Address value.

Returned: changed

Sample: "1.2.3.2"

distribution

string

The new Distribution Method value.

Returned: changed

Sample: "balanced"

forward_to

string

The new Forward To value.

Returned: changed

Sample: "/Common/dest1"

pool

string

The new Pool value.

Returned: changed

Sample: "/Common/pool1"

port

integer

The new Port value.

Returned: changed

Sample: 2020

protocol

string

The new Protocol value.

Returned: changed

Sample: "tcp"

server_ssl_profile

string

The new Server SSL Profile value.

Returned: changed

Sample: "/Common/serverssl"

syslog_format

string

The new Syslog format value.

Returned: changed

Sample: "syslog"

template_delete_delay

integer

The new Template Delete Delay value.

Returned: changed

Sample: 20

template_retransmit_interval

integer

The new Template Retransmit Interval value.

Returned: changed

Sample: 200

transport_profile

string

The new Transport Profile value.

Returned: changed

Sample: "/Common/tcp"

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)