bigip_device_license - Manage license installation and activation on BIG-IP devices¶

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manage license installation and activation on a BIG-IP.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
accept_eula bool		Choices: no yes	Declares whether you accept the BIG-IP EULA or not. By default, this value is `no`. You must specifically declare that you have viewed and accepted the license. This module will not present you with that EULA though, so it is incumbent on you to read it. The EULA can be found here; https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12902. This parameter is not required when `state` is `absent` and will be ignored if it is provided.
license_key			The registration key to use to license the BIG-IP. This parameter is required if the `state` is equal to `present`. This parameter is not required when `state` is `absent` and will be ignored if it is provided.
license_server		Default: activate.f5.com	The F5 license server to use when getting a license and validating a dossier. This parameter is required if the `state` is equal to `present`. This parameter is not required when `state` is `absent` and will be ignored if it is provided.
password required			The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD`. aliases: pass, pwd
provider (added in 2.5)		Default: None	A dict object containing connection details.
	ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE`.
	timeout	Default: 10	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.
	server required		The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
	user required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_USER`.
	server_port	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
	password required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD`. aliases: pass, pwd
	validate_certs bool	Choices: no yes ←	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`.
	transport required	Choices: rest cli ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
server required			The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
server_port (added in 2.2)		Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
state		Choices: absent present ←	The state of the license on the system. When `present`, only guarantees that a license is there. When `latest`, ensures that the license is always valid. When `absent`, removes the license on the system.
user required			The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_USER`.
validate_certs bool (added in 2.0)		Choices: no yes ←	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`.

Notes ¶

Note

For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install f5-sdk.
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 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: License BIG-IP using a key
  bigip_device_license:
    license_key: "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXXX"
    provider:
      server: "lb.mydomain.com"
      user: "admin"
      password: "secret"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove the license from the system
  bigip_device_license:
    state: "absent"
    provider:
      server: "lb.mydomain.com"
      user: "admin"
      password: "secret"
  delegate_to: localhost

Status ¶

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

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as certified which means that it is maintained by an Ansible Partner. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by an Ansible Partner, see here.

Author ¶

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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