bigip_policy_rule - Manage LTM policy rules on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • BIG-IP >= v12.1.0
  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
actions
The actions that you want the policy rule to perform.
The available attributes vary by the action, however, each action requires that a type be specified.
These conditions can be specified in any order. Despite them being a list, the BIG-IP does not treat their order as anything special.
type
required
    Choices:
  • forward
  • enable
  • ignore
The action type. This value controls what below options are required.
When type is forward, will associate a given pool, or virtual with this rule.
When type is enable, will associate a given asm_policy with this rule.
When type is ignore, will remove all existing actions from this rule.
asm_policy
ASM policy to enable.
This parameter is only valid with the enable type.
pool
Pool that you want to forward traffic to.
This parameter is only valid with the forward type.
virtual
Virtual Server that you want to forward traffic to.
This parameter is only valid with the forward type.
conditions
A list of attributes that describe the condition.
See suboptions for details on how to construct each list entry.
The ordering of this list is important, the module will ensure the order is kept when modifying the task.
The suboption options listed below are not required for all condition types, read the description for more details.
These conditions can be specified in any order. Despite them being a list, the BIG-IP does not treat their order as anything special.
path_begins_with_any
A list of strings of characters that the HTTP URI should start with.
This parameter is only valid with the http_uri type.
type
required
    Choices:
  • http_uri
  • all_traffic
The condition type. This value controls what below options are required.
When type is http_uri, will associate a given path_begins_with_any list of strings with which the HTTP URI should begin with. Any item in the list will provide a match.
When type is all_traffic, will remove all existing conditions from this rule.
description
Description of the policy rule.
name
required
The name of the rule.
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
policy
required
The name of the policy that you want to associate this rule with.
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:
  • present ←
  • absent
When present, ensures that the key is uploaded to the device. When absent, ensures that the key is removed from the device. If the key is currently in use, the module will not be able to remove the key.
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 policies
  bigip_policy:
    name: Policy-Foo
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add a rule to the new policy
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: rule3
    conditions:
      - type: http_uri
        path_begins_with_any: /ABC
    actions:
      - type: forward
        pool: pool-svrs
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add multiple rules to the new policy
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: "{{ item.name }}"
    conditions: "{{ item.conditions }}"
    actions: "{{ item.actions }}"
  delegate_to: localhost
  loop:
    - name: rule1
      actions:
        - type: forward
          pool: pool-svrs
      conditions:
        - type: http_uri
          path_starts_with: /euro
    - name: rule2
      actions:
        - type: forward
          pool: pool-svrs
      conditions:
        - type: http_uri
          path_starts_with: /HomePage/

- name: Remove all rules and confitions from the rule
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: rule1
    conditions:
      - type: all_traffic
    actions:
      - type: ignore
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
actions
complex
 changed
The new list of actions applied to the rule

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
  type
string
 changed
The action type

Sample:
forward
  pool
string
 changed
Pool for forward to

Sample:
foo-pool
conditions
complex
 changed
The new list of conditions applied to the rule.

Sample:
hash/dictionary of values
  path_begins_with_any
list
 changed
List of strings that the URI begins with.

Sample:
['foo', 'bar']
  type
string
 changed
The condition type.

Sample:
http_uri
description
string
 changed
The new description of the rule.

Sample:
My rule


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)

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