bigip_gtm_facts - Collect facts from F5 BIG-IP GTM devices¶

New in version 2.3.

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

DEPRECATED ¶

Removed in Ansible:
	version: 2.11
Why:	The bigip_gtm_facts module is an outlier as all facts are being collected in the bigip_device_facts module. Additionally, the bigip_device_facts module is easier to maintain and use.
Alternative:	bigip_device_facts

Synopsis ¶

Collect facts from F5 BIG-IP GTM devices.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
filter			Perform regex filter of response. Filtering is done on the name of the resource. Valid filters are anything that can be provided to Python's `re` module.
include required		Choices: pool wide_ip server	Fact category to collect.
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`.
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

This module is deprecated. Use the bigip_device_facts module instead.
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: Get pool facts
  bigip_gtm_facts:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    include: pool
    filter: my_pool
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
pool list	changed	Contains the pool object status and enabled status. Sample: {'pool': [{'verify_member_availability': 'disabled', 'partition': 'Common', 'qos_packet_rate': 1, 'qos_hit_ratio': 5, 'alternate_mode': 'round-robin', 'members': [{'ratio': 1, 'name': 'ok3.com', 'service': 80, 'member_order': 0, 'disabled': True, 'flags': 'a', 'preference': 10, 'order': 10, 'full_path': 'ok3.com'}], 'ttl': 30, 'enabled_state': 'disabled', 'qos_vs_score': 0, 'qos_topology': 0, 'load_balancing_mode': 'round-robin', 'max_answers_returned': 1, 'fallback_mode': 'return-to-dns', 'qos_rtt': 50, 'name': 'd3qw', 'qos_hops': 0, 'qos_kilobytes_second': 3, 'qos_lcs': 30, 'enabled': True, 'qos_vs_capacity': 0, 'availability_state': 'offline', 'manual_resume': 'disabled', 'full_path': '/Common/d3qw', 'type': 'naptr', 'dynamic_ratio': 'disabled'}]}
server list	changed	Contains the virtual server enabled and availability status, and address. Sample: {'server': [{'product': 'single-bigip', 'virtual_servers': [{'limit_max_pps_status': 'disabled', 'name': 'jsdfhsd', 'destination': '10.10.10.10:0', 'enabled': True, 'translation_address': 'none', 'limit_max_pps': 0, 'limit_max_bps': 0, 'limit_max_bps_status': 'disabled', 'limit_max_connections': 0, 'limit_max_connections_status': 'disabled', 'full_path': 'jsdfhsd', 'translation_port': 0}], 'addresses': [{'translation': 'none', 'name': '10.10.10.10', 'device_name': '/Common/qweqwe'}], 'datacenter': '/Common/xfxgh', 'limit_cpu_usage': 0, 'expose_route_domains': False, 'virtual_server_discovery': 'disabled', 'iq_allow_snmp': True, 'iq_allow_service_check': True, 'limit_max_bps_status': 'disabled', 'limit_max_connections': 0, 'limit_cpu_usage_status': 'disabled', 'limit_max_pps_status': 'disabled', 'link_discovery': 'disabled', 'iq_allow_path': True, 'monitor': '/Common/bigip', 'limit_mem_avail_status': 'disabled', 'limit_mem_avail': 0, 'partition': 'Common', 'enabled': True, 'name': 'qweqwe', 'limit_max_pps': 0, 'limit_max_bps': 0, 'limit_max_connections_status': 'disabled', 'full_path': '/Common/qweqwe'}]}
wide_ip list	changed	Contains the lb method for the wide ip and the pools that are within the wide ip. Sample: {'wide_ip': [{'pool_lb_mode': 'round-robin', 'last_resort_pool': '', 'persist_cidr_ipv4': 32, 'persist_cidr_ipv6': 128, 'name': 'foo.ok.com', 'failure_rcode_response': 'disabled', 'failure_rcode': 'noerror', 'partition': 'Common', 'enabled': True, 'failure_rcode_ttl': 0, 'ttl_persistence': 3600, 'full_path': '/Common/foo.ok.com', 'pools': [{'partition': 'Common', 'ratio': 1, 'name': 'd3qw', 'order': 0}], 'minimal_response': 'enabled', 'type': 'naptr', 'persistence': 'disabled'}]}

Status ¶

This module is flagged as deprecated and will be removed in version 2.11. For more information see DEPRECATED.

Author ¶

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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