f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_remote_role module – Manage remote roles on a BIG-IP

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.33.0).

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_remote_role.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

• Manages remote roles on a BIG-IP system. Remote roles are used in situations where user authentication is handled off-box. Local access control to the BIG-IP is controlled by the defined remote role, and authentication (and by extension, assignment to the role) is handled off-box.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
assigned_role string	Specifies the authorization (level of access) for the account. When creating a new remote role, if this parameter is not provided, the default is none. The partition_access parameter controls which partitions the account can access. The role you choose may affect the partitions that one is allowed to specify. Specifically, roles such as administrator, auditor and resource-administrator require a partition_access of all. A set of pre-existing roles ship with the system. They are none, guest, operator, application-editor, manager, certificate-manager, irule-manager, user-manager, resource-administrator, auditor, administrator, and firewall-manager.
attribute_string string	Specifies the user account attributes saved in the group, in the format cn=, ou=, dc=. When creating a new remote role, this parameter is required.
line_order integer	Specifies the order of the line in the file /config/bigip/auth/remoterole. The LDAP and Active Directory servers read this file line by line. The order of the information is important; therefore, F5 recommends you set the first line at 1000. This allows you to insert lines before the first line in the future. When creating a new remote role, this parameter is required.
name string / required	Specifies the name of the remote role.
partition_access string	Specifies the accessible partitions for the account. This parameter supports the reserved names all and Common, as well as specific partitions a user may access. Users who have access to a partition can operate on objects in that partition, as determined by the permissions conferred by the user’s assigned_role. When creating a new remote role, if this parameter is not specified, the default is all.
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)
remote_access boolean	Enables or disables remote access for the specified group of remotely authenticated users. When creating a new remote role, if this parameter is not specified, the default is true. Choices: false true
state string	When present, guarantees the remote role exists. When absent, removes the remote role from the system. Choices: "absent" "present" ← (default)
terminal_access string	Specifies terminal-based accessibility for remote accounts not already explicitly assigned a user role. Common values for this include tmsh and none, but you can also specify custom values. When creating a new remote role, if this parameter is not specified, the default is none.

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 remote role
  bigip_remote_role:
    name: ldap_group
    line_order: 1
    attribute_string: memberOf=cn=ldap_group,cn=ldap.group,ou=ldap
    remote_access: true
    assigned_role: administrator
    partition_access: all
    terminal_access: none
    state: present
    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
assigned_role string	System role this remote role is associated with. Returned: changed Sample: "administrator"
attribute_string string	The new attribute string of the resource. Returned: changed Sample: "memberOf=cn=ldap_group,cn=ldap.group,ou=ldap"
line_order integer	Order of the remote role for LDAP and Active Directory servers. Returned: changed Sample: 1000
partition_access string	Partition the role has access to. Returned: changed Sample: "all"
remote_access boolean	Whether remote access is allowed or not. Returned: changed Sample: false
terminal_access string	The terminal setting of the remote role. Returned: changed Sample: "tmsh"

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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