f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_firewall_port_list module – Manage port lists on BIG-IP AFM
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_firewall_port_list
.
New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0
Synopsis
Manages the AFM (Advanced Firewall Manager) port lists on a BIG-IP. This module can be used to add and remove port list entries.
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Description of the port list. |
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Specifies the name of the port list. |
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Device partition to manage resources on. Default: |
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Simple list of existing port lists to add to this list. Port lists can be specified in either their fully qualified name (/Common/foo) or their short name (foo). If a short name is used, the |
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A list of port ranges where the range starts with a port number, is followed by a dash (-), and then a second number. If the first number is greater than the second number, the numbers will be reversed to be properly formatted, for example 90-78 would become 78-90. |
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Simple list of port values to add to the list. |
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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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When When Choices:
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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 simple port list
bigip_firewall_port_list:
name: foo
ports:
- 80
- 443
state: present
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Override the above list of ports with a new list
bigip_firewall_port_list:
name: foo
ports:
- 3389
- 8080
- 25
state: present
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create port list with series of ranges
bigip_firewall_port_list:
name: foo
port_ranges:
- 25-30
- 80-500
- 50-78
state: present
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Use multiple types of port arguments
bigip_firewall_port_list:
name: foo
port_ranges:
- 25-30
- 80-500
- 50-78
ports:
- 8080
- 443
state: present
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Remove port list
bigip_firewall_port_list:
name: foo
state: absent
provider:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Create port list from a file with one port per line
bigip_firewall_port_list:
name: lot-of-ports
ports: "{{ lookup('file', 'my-large-port-list.txt').split('\n') }}"
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 |
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The new description of the port list. Returned: changed Sample: |
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The new list of port list names applied to the port list. Returned: changed Sample: |
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The new list of port ranges applied to the port list. Returned: changed Sample: |
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The new list of ports applied to the port list. Returned: changed Sample: |