bigip_monitor_dns - Manage DNS monitors on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

• Manages DNS monitors 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_rcode		Choices: no-error anything	Specifies the RCODE required in the response for an up status. When creating a new monitor, if this parameter is not specified, the default value is no-error. When no-error, specifies that the status of the node will be marked up if the received DNS message has no error. When anything, specifies that the status of the node will be marked up irrespective of the RCODE in the DNS message received. If this parameter is set to anything, it will disregard the receive string, and nullify it if the monitor is being updated.
adaptive bool		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether adaptive response time monitoring is enabled for this monitor. When yes, the monitor determines the state of a service based on how divergent from the mean latency a monitor probe for that service is allowed to be. Also, values for the allowed_divergence, adaptive_limit, and and sampling_timespan will be enforced. When disabled, the monitor determines the state of a service based on the interval, up_interval, time_until_up, and timeout monitor settings.
adaptive_limit			Specifies the absolute number of milliseconds that may not be exceeded by a monitor probe, regardless of allowed_divergence setting, for a probe to be considered successful. This value applies regardless of the value of the allowed_divergence setting. While this value can be configured when adaptive is no, it will not take effect on the system until adaptive is yes.
allowed_divergence_type		Choices: relative absolute	When specifying a new monitor, if adaptive is yes, the default is relative When absolute, the number of milliseconds the latency of a monitor probe can exceed the mean latency of a monitor probe for the service being probed. In typical cases, if the monitor detects three probes in a row that miss the latency value you set, the pool member or node is marked down. When relative, the percentage of deviation the latency of a monitor probe can exceed the mean latency of a monitor probe for the service being probed.
allowed_divergence_value			When specifying a new monitor, if adaptive is yes, and type is relative, the default is 25 percent.
answer_section_contains		Choices: any-type anything query-type	Specifies the type of DNS query that the monitor sends. When creating a new monitor, if this value is not specified, the default value is query-type. When query-type, specifies that the response should contain at least one answer of which the resource record type matches the query type. When any-type, specifies that the DNS message should contain at least one answer. When anything, specifies that an empty answer is enough to mark the status of the node up.
description			The description of the monitor.
interval			The interval specifying how frequently the monitor instance of this template will run. This value must be less than the timeout value. When creating a new monitor, if this parameter is not provided, the default 5 will be used.
ip			IP address part of the IP/port definition. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be *.
manual_resume bool		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether the system automatically changes the status of a resource to enabled at the next successful monitor check. If you set this option to yes, you must manually re-enable the resource before the system can use it for load balancing connections. When creating a new monitor, if this parameter is not specified, the default value is no. When yes, specifies that you must manually re-enable the resource after an unsuccessful monitor check. When no, specifies that the system automatically changes the status of a resource to enabled at the next successful monitor check.
name required			Specifies the name of the monitor.
parent		Default: /Common/dns	The parent template of this monitor template. Once this value has been set, it cannot be changed. By default, this value is the dns parent on the Common partition.
partition		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
port			Port address part of the IP/port definition. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be *. Note that if specifying an IP address, a value between 1 and 65535 must be specified.
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.
query_name			Specifies a query name for the monitor to use in a DNS query.
query_type		Choices: a aaaa	Specifies the type of DNS query that the monitor sends. When creating a new monitor, if this parameter is not specified, the default value is a. When a, specifies that the monitor will send a DNS query of type A. When aaaa, specifies that the monitor will send a DNS query of type AAAA.
receive			Specifies the IP address that the monitor uses from the resource record sections of the DNS response. The IP address should be specified in the dotted-decimal notation or IPv6 notation.
reverse bool		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether the monitor operates in reverse mode. When the monitor is in reverse mode, a successful receive string match marks the monitored object down instead of up. You can use the this mode only if you configure the receive option. This parameter is not compatible with the time_until_up parameter. If time_until_up is specified, it must be 0. Or, if it already exists, it must be 0.
sampling_timespan			Specifies the length, in seconds, of the probe history window that the system uses to calculate the mean latency and standard deviation of a monitor probe. While this value can be configured when adaptive is no, it will not take effect on the system until adaptive is yes.
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: present ← absent	When present, ensures that the monitor exists. When absent, ensures the monitor is removed.
time_until_up			Specifies the amount of time in seconds after the first successful response before a node will be marked up. A value of 0 will cause a node to be marked up immediately after a valid response is received from the node. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 0.
timeout			The number of seconds in which the node or service must respond to the monitor request. If the target responds within the set time period, it is considered up. If the target does not respond within the set time period, it is considered down. You can change this number to any number you want, however, it should be 3 times the interval number of seconds plus 1 second. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 16.
transparent bool		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether the monitor operates in transparent mode. Monitors in transparent mode can monitor pool members through firewalls. When creating a new monitor, if this parameter is not provided, then the default value will be no.
up_interval			Specifies the interval for the system to use to perform the health check when a resource is up. When 0, specifies that the system uses the interval specified in interval to check the health of the resource. When any other number, enables specification of a different interval to use when checking the health of a resource that is up. When creating a new monitor, if this parameter is not provided, the default 0 will be used.
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: Create a DNS monitor
  bigip_monitor_dns:
    name: DNS-UDP-V6
    interval: 2
    query_name: localhost
    query_type: aaaa
    up_interval: 5
    adaptive: no
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
accept_rcode string	changed	RCODE required in the response for an up status. Sample: no-error
adaptive bool	changed	Whether adaptive is enabled or not. Sample: True
adaptive_limit int	changed	Absolute number of milliseconds that may not be exceeded by a monitor probe. Sample: 200
allowed_divergence_type string	changed	Type of divergence used for adaptive response time monitoring. Sample: absolute
allowed_divergence_value int	changed	Value of the type of divergence used for adaptive response time monitoring. May be percent or ms depending on whether relative or absolute. Sample: 25
answer_section_contains string	changed	Type of DNS query that the monitor sends. Sample: query-type
description str	changed	The description of the monitor. Sample: Important Monitor
interval int	changed	The new interval in which to run the monitor check. Sample: 2
ip string	changed	The new IP of IP/port definition. Sample: 10.12.13.14
manual_resume string	changed	Whether the system automatically changes the status of a resource to enabled at the next successful monitor check. Sample: query-type
parent string	changed	New parent template of the monitor. Sample: http
port string	changed	Alias port or service for the monitor to check, on behalf of the pools or pool members with which the monitor is associated. Sample: 80
query_name string	changed	Query name for the monitor to use in a DNS query. Sample: foo
query_type string	changed	Type of DNS query that the monitor sends. Either a or aaaa. Sample: aaaa
receive string	changed	IP address that the monitor uses from the resource record sections of the DNS response. Sample: 2.3.2.4
reverse bool	changed	Whether the monitor operates in reverse mode. Sample: True
sampling_timespan int	changed	Absolute number of milliseconds that may not be exceeded by a monitor probe. Sample: 200
time_until_up int	changed	The new time in which to mark a system as up after first successful response. Sample: 2
timeout int	changed	The new timeout in which the remote system must respond to the monitor. Sample: 10
transparent bool	changed	Whether the monitor operates in transparent mode.
up_interval int	changed	Interval for the system to use to perform the health check when a resource is up.

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)
• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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