bigip_device_trust - Manage the trust relationships between BIG-IPs¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manage the trust relationships between BIG-IPs. Devices, once peered, cannot be updated. If updating is needed, the peer must first be removed before it can be re-added to the trust.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
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
peer_hostname			The hostname that you want to associate with the device. This value will be used to easily distinguish this device in BIG-IP configuration. When trusting a new device, if this parameter is not specified, the value of `peer_server` will be used as a default.
peer_password			The password of the API username of the remote peer device that you are trusting. If this value is not specified, then the value of `password`, or the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD` will be used.
peer_server required			The peer address to connect to and trust for synchronizing configuration. This is typically the management address of the remote device, but may also be a Self IP.
peer_user			The API username of the remote peer device that you are trusting. Note that the CLI user cannot be used unless it too has an API account. If this value is not specified, then the value of `user`, or the environment variable `F5_USER` will be used.
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 ←	When `present`, ensures the specified devices are trusted. When `absent`, removes the device trusts.
type		Choices: peer ← subordinate	Specifies whether the device you are adding is a Peer or a Subordinate. The default is `peer`. The difference between the two is a matter of mitigating risk of compromise. A subordinate device cannot sign a certificate for another device. In the case where the security of an authority device in a trust domain is compromised, the risk of compromise is minimized for any subordinate device. Designating devices as subordinate devices is recommended for device groups with a large number of member devices, where the risk of compromise is high.
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: Add trusts for all peer devices to Active device
  bigip_device_trust:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    peer_server: "{{ item.ansible_host }}"
    peer_hostname: "{{ item.inventory_hostname }}"
    peer_user: "{{ item.bigip_username }}"
    peer_password: "{{ item.bigip_password }}"
  with_items: hostvars
  when: inventory_hostname in groups['master']
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
peer_hostname string	changed	The remote hostname used to identify the trusted peer. Sample: test-bigip-02.localhost.localdomain
peer_server string	changed	The remote IP address of the trusted peer. Sample: 10.0.2.15

Status ¶

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

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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