bigip_gtm_server - Manages F5 BIG-IP GTM servers¶

New in version 2.5.

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

Synopsis ¶

Manage BIG-IP server configuration. This module is able to manipulate the server definitions in 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
datacenter			Data center the server belongs to. When creating a new GTM server, this value is required.
devices			Lists the self IP addresses and translations for each device. When creating a new GTM server, this value is required. This list is a complex list that specifies a number of keys. The `name` key specifies a name for the device. The device name must be unique per server. This key is required. The `address` key contains an IP address, or list of IP addresses, for the destination server. This key is required. The `translation` key contains an IP address to translate the `address` value above to. This key is optional. Specifying duplicate `name` fields is a supported means of providing device addresses. In this scenario, the addresses will be assigned to the `name`'s list of addresses.
iquery_options (added in 2.7)			Specifies whether the Global Traffic Manager uses this BIG-IP system to conduct a variety of probes before delegating traffic to it.
	allow_path bool	Choices: no yes	Specifies that the system verifies the logical network route between a data center server and a local DNS server.
	allow_snmp bool	Choices: no yes	Specifies that the system checks the performance of a server running an SNMP agent.
	allow_service_check bool	Choices: no yes	Specifies that the system verifies that an application on a server is running, by remotely running the application using an external service checker program.
link_discovery		Choices: enabled disabled enabled-no-delete	Specifies whether the system auto-discovers the links for this server. When creating a new GTM server, if this parameter is not specified, the default value `disabled` is used. If you set this parameter to `enabled` or `enabled-no-delete`, you must also ensure that the `virtual_server_discovery` parameter is also set to `enabled` or `enabled-no-delete`.
name required			The name of the server.
partition (added in 2.5)		Default: Common	Device partition to manage resources on.
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`.
server_type		Choices: alteon-ace-director cisco-css cisco-server-load-balancer generic-host radware-wsd windows-nt-4.0 bigip cisco-local-director-v2 extreme generic-load-balancer sun-solaris cacheflow cisco-local-director-v3 foundry-server-iron netapp windows-2000-server	Specifies the server type. The server type determines the metrics that the system can collect from the server. When creating a new GTM server, the default value `bigip` is used. aliases: product
state		Choices: present ← absent enabled disabled	The server state. If `absent`, an attempt to delete the server will be made. This will only succeed if this server is not in use by a virtual server. `present` creates the server and enables it. If `enabled`, enable the server if it exists. If `disabled`, create the server if needed, and set state to `disabled`.
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`.
virtual_server_discovery		Choices: enabled disabled enabled-no-delete	Specifies whether the system auto-discovers the virtual servers for this server. When creating a new GTM server, if this parameter is not specified, the default value `disabled` is used.

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: Create server "GTM_Server"
  bigip_gtm_server:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: GTM_Server
    datacenter: /Common/New York
    server_type: bigip
    link_discovery: disabled
    virtual_server_discovery: disabled
    devices:
      - {'name': 'server_1', 'address': '1.1.1.1'}
      - {'name': 'server_2', 'address': '2.2.2.1', 'translation':'192.168.2.1'}
      - {'name': 'server_2', 'address': '2.2.2.2'}
      - {'name': 'server_3', 'addresses': [{'address':'3.3.3.1'},{'address':'3.3.3.2'}]}
      - {'name': 'server_4', 'addresses': [{'address':'4.4.4.1','translation':'192.168.14.1'}, {'address':'4.4.4.2'}]}
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create server "GTM_Server" with expanded keys
  bigip_gtm_server:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: GTM_Server
    datacenter: /Common/New York
    server_type: bigip
    link_discovery: disabled
    virtual_server_discovery: disabled
    devices:
      - name: server_1
        address: 1.1.1.1
      - name: server_2
        address: 2.2.2.1
        translation: 192.168.2.1
      - name: server_2
        address: 2.2.2.2
      - name: server_3
        addresses:
          - address: 3.3.3.1
          - address: 3.3.3.2
      - name: server_4
        addresses:
          - address: 4.4.4.1
            translation: 192.168.14.1
          - address: 4.4.4.2
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
datacenter string	changed	The new `datacenter` which the server is part of. Sample: datacenter01
link_discovery string	changed	The new `link_discovery` configured on the remote device. Sample: enabled
server_type string	changed	The new type of the server. Sample: bigip
virtual_server_discovery string	changed	The new `virtual_server_discovery` name for the trap destination. Sample: disabled

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 ¶

Robert Teller
Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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