f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_data_group module – Manage data groups 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_data_group
.
New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0
Synopsis
Allows for managing data groups on a BIG-IP. Data groups provide a way to store collections of values on a BIG-IP for later use in things such as LTM rules, iRules, and ASM policies.
Parameters
Parameter |
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When This parameter is only relevant when Choices:
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The description of the data group. |
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When creating a new data group, this specifies the file name you want to give an external data group file on the BIG-IP. This parameter is ignored when This parameter can be used to select an existing data group file to use with an existing external data group. If this value is not provided, it will be given the value specified in This value may only contain letters, numbers, underscores, dashes, or a period. |
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The type of this data group. You should only consider setting this value in cases where you know exactly what you are doing, or, you are working with a pre-existing internal data group. Be aware that if you deliberately force this parameter to When this parameter is This value cannot be changed once the data group is created. Choices:
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Specifies the name of the data group. |
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Device partition to manage resources on. Default: |
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A dict object containing connection details. |
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Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device. This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices. |
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If You may omit this option by setting the environment variable Previously used variable Choices:
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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 |
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The BIG-IP host or the BIG-IQ host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable |
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The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable Default: |
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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. |
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Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. Choices:
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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 |
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If You may omit this option by setting the environment variable Choices:
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Specifies the records you want to add to a data group. If you have a large number of records, we recommend you use The technical limit of either the number of records, or the total size of all records. Varies with the size of the total resources on your system; in particular, RAM. When When |
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The key describing the record in the data group. The key will be used for validation of the |
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The value of the key describing the record in the data group. |
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Path to a file with records in it. The file should be well-formed. This means it includes records, one per line, that resemble the following format “key separator value”. For example, BIG-IP is strict about this format, but this module is a bit more lax. It will allow you to include arbitrary amounts (including none) of empty space on either side of the separator. For an illustration of this, see the Examples section. Record keys are limited in length to no more than 65520 characters. Values of record keys are limited in length to no more than 65520 characters. The total number of records you can have in your BIG-IP is limited by the memory of the BIG-IP itself. The format of this content is slightly different depending on whether you specify a When |
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When specifying By default, the value of this parameter is This value cannot be changed once it is set. This parameter is only relevant when Default: |
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When When The use of state in this module refers to the entire data group, not its members. Choices:
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The type of records in this data group. This parameter is important because it causes the BIG-IP to store your data in different ways to optimize access to it. For example, it would be wrong to specify a list of records containing IP addresses, but label them as a This value cannot be changed once the data group is created. Choices:
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Notes
Note
This module does NOT support atomic updates of data group members in a type
internal
data group.Addition/Deletion of data group members in a type
external
data group should be done through Ansible modules only, if changes are made manually, the Ansible module will not detect those changes.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 data group of addresses
bigip_data_group:
name: foo
internal: true
records:
- key: 0.0.0.0/32
value: External_NAT
- key: 10.10.10.10
value: No_NAT
type: address
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create a data group of strings
bigip_data_group:
name: foo
internal: true
records:
- key: caddy
value: ""
- key: cafeteria
value: ""
- key: cactus
value: ""
type: string
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create a data group of IP addresses from a file
bigip_data_group:
name: foo
records_src: /path/to/dg-file
type: address
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Update an existing internal data group of strings
bigip_data_group:
name: foo
internal: true
records:
- key: caddy
value: ""
- key: cafeteria
value: ""
- key: cactus
value: ""
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Show the data format expected for records_content - address 1
copy:
dest: /path/to/addresses.txt
content: |
network 10.0.0.0 prefixlen 8 := "Network1",
network 172.16.0.0 prefixlen 12 := "Network2",
network 192.168.0.0 prefixlen 16 := "Network3",
network 2402:9400:1000:0:: prefixlen 64 := "Network4",
host 192.168.20.1 := "Host1",
host 172.16.1.1 := "Host2",
host 172.16.1.1 := "Host3",
host 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 := "Host4",
host 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 := "Host5"
- name: Show the data format expected for records_content - address 2
copy:
dest: /path/to/addresses.txt
content: |
10.0.0.0/8 := "Network1",
172.16.0.0/12 := "Network2",
192.168.0.0/16 := "Network3",
2402:9400:1000:0::/64 := "Network4",
192.168.20.1 := "Host1",
172.16.1.1 := "Host2",
172.16.1.1/32 := "Host3",
2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 := "Host4",
2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334/128 := "Host5"
- name: Show the data format expected for records_content - string
copy:
dest: /path/to/strings.txt
content: |
a := alpha,
b := bravo,
c := charlie,
x := x-ray,
y := yankee,
z := zulu,
- name: Show the data format expected for records_content - integer
copy:
dest: /path/to/integers.txt
content: |
1 := bar,
2 := baz,
3,
4,