bigip_pool_member - Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM pool members¶

New in version 1.4.

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

Synopsis ¶

Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM pool members 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
address (added in 2.2)			IP address of the pool member. This can be either IPv4 or IPv6. When creating a new pool member, one of either `address` or `fqdn` must be provided. This parameter cannot be updated after it is set. aliases: ip, host
connection_limit			Pool member connection limit. Setting this to 0 disables the limit.
description			Pool member description.
fqdn (added in 2.6)			FQDN name of the pool member. This can be any name that is a valid RFC 1123 DNS name. Therefore, the only characters that can be used are "A" to "Z", "a" to "z", "0" to "9", the hyphen ("-") and the period ("."). FQDN names must include at lease one period; delineating the host from the domain. ex. `host.domain`. FQDN names must end with a letter or a number. When creating a new pool member, one of either `address` or `fqdn` must be provided. This parameter cannot be updated after it is set. aliases: hostname
fqdn_auto_populate bool (added in 2.6)		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether the system automatically creates ephemeral nodes using the IP addresses returned by the resolution of a DNS query for a node defined by an FQDN. When `yes`, the system generates an ephemeral node for each IP address returned in response to a DNS query for the FQDN of the node. Additionally, when a DNS response indicates the IP address of an ephemeral node no longer exists, the system deletes the ephemeral node. When `no`, the system resolves a DNS query for the FQDN of the node with the single IP address associated with the FQDN. When creating a new pool member, the default for this parameter is `yes`. This parameter is ignored when `reuse_nodes` is `yes`.
name (added in 2.6)			Name of the node to create, or re-use, when creating a new pool member. This parameter is optional and, if not specified, a node name will be created automatically from either the specified `address` or `fqdn`. The `enabled` state is an alias of `present`.
partition		Default: Common	Partition
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
pool required			Pool name. This pool must exist.
port required			Pool member port. This value cannot be changed after it has been set.
preserve_node bool (added in 2.1)		Choices: no yes	When state is `absent` attempts to remove the node that the pool member references. The node will not be removed if it is still referenced by other pool members. If this happens, the module will not raise an error. Setting this to `yes` disables this behavior.
priority_group (added in 2.5)			Specifies a number representing the priority group for the pool member. When adding a new member, the default is 0, meaning that the member has no priority. To specify a priority, you must activate priority group usage when you create a new pool or when adding or removing pool members. When activated, the system load balances traffic according to the priority group number assigned to the pool member. The higher the number, the higher the priority, so a member with a priority of 3 has higher priority than a member with a priority of 1.
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.
rate_limit			Pool member rate limit (connections-per-second). Setting this to 0 disables the limit.
ratio			Pool member ratio weight. Valid values range from 1 through 100. New pool members -- unless overridden with this value -- default to 1.
reuse_nodes bool (added in 2.6)		Choices: no yes ←	Reuses node definitions if requested.
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 required		Choices: present ← absent enabled disabled forced_offline	Pool member state.
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: Add pool member
  bigip_pool_member:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    state: present
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
    description: web server
    connection_limit: 100
    rate_limit: 50
    ratio: 2
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify pool member ratio and description
  bigip_pool_member:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    state: present
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
    ratio: 1
    description: nginx server
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove pool member from pool
  bigip_pool_member:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    state: absent
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Force pool member offline
  bigip_pool_member:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    state: forced_offline
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create members with priority groups
  bigip_pool_member:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ item.address }}"
    name: "{{ item.name }}"
    priority_group: "{{ item.priority_group }}"
    port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost
  loop:
    - host: 1.1.1.1
      name: web1
      priority_group: 4
    - host: 2.2.2.2
      name: web2
      priority_group: 3
    - host: 3.3.3.3
      name: web3
      priority_group: 2
    - host: 4.4.4.4
      name: web4
      priority_group: 1

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
address string	changed	The address of the pool member. Sample: 1.2.3.4
connection_limit int	changed	The new connection limit of the pool member Sample: 1000
description string	changed	The new description of pool member. Sample: My pool member
fqdn string	changed	The FQDN of the pool member. Sample: foo.bar.com
fqdn_auto_populate bool	changed	Whether FQDN auto population was set on the member or not. Sample: True
priority_group int	changed	The new priority group. Sample: 3
rate_limit int	changed	The new rate limit, in connections per second, of the pool member. Sample: 100
ratio int	changed	The new pool member ratio weight. Sample: 50

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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