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bigip_facts - Collect facts from F5 BIG-IP devices

New in version 1.6.

Synopsis

  • Collect facts from F5 BIG-IP devices via iControl SOAP API

Options

parameter required default choices comments
filter
 no
Shell-style glob matching string used to filter fact keys. Not applicable for software, provision, and system_info fact categories.
include
 yes
  • address_class
  • certificate
  • client_ssl_profile
  • device
  • device_group
  • interface
  • key
  • node
  • pool
  • provision
  • rule
  • self_ip
  • software
  • system_info
  • traffic_group
  • trunk
  • virtual_address
  • virtual_server
  • vlan
Fact category or list of categories to collect
password
 yes
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.
server
 yes
The BIG-IP host. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
server_port
(added in 2.2)
 no 443
The BIG-IP server port. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
session
 no True
BIG-IP session support; may be useful to avoid concurrency issues in certain circumstances.
user
 yes
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
validate_certs
(added in 2.0)
 no True
  • True
  • False
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.

Examples

- name: Collect BIG-IP facts
  bigip_facts:
      server: "lb.mydomain.com"
      user: "admin"
      password: "secret"
      include: "interface,vlan"
  delegate_to: localhost

Notes

Note

  • Requires BIG-IP software version >= 11.4
  • F5 developed module ‘bigsuds’ required (see http://devcentral.f5.com)
  • Best run as a local_action in your playbook
  • Tested with manager and above account privilege level
  • provision facts were added in 2.2

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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