bigip_monitor_tcp - Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM tcp monitors¶

New in version 1.4.

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

Synopsis ¶

Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM tcp monitors via iControl SOAP API.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
description (added in 2.7)			The description of the monitor.
interval			The interval specifying how frequently the monitor instance of this template will run. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 5. This value must be less than the `timeout` value.
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 '*'. If this value is an IP address, and the `type` is `tcp` (the default), then a `port` number must be specified.
name required			Monitor name.
parent		Default: /Common/tcp	The parent template of this monitor template. Once this value has been set, it cannot be changed. By default, this value is the `tcp` parent on the `Common` partition.
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
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 This argument is not supported for TCP Echo types.
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.
receive			The receive string for the monitor call.
send			The send string for the monitor call.
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 (added in 2.5)		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.
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

Requires BIG-IP software version >= 12
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 TCP Monitor
  bigip_monitor_tcp:
    state: present
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: my_tcp_monitor
    type: tcp
    send: tcp string to send
    receive: tcp string to receive
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove TCP Monitor
  bigip_monitor_tcp:
    state: absent
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: my_tcp_monitor
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
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
parent string	changed	New parent template of the monitor. Sample: tcp
port string	changed	The new port of IP/port definition. Sample: [email protected]
receive string	changed	The new receive string for this monitor. Sample: tcp string to receive
send string	changed	The new send string for this monitor. Sample: tcp string to send
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

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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