bigip_remote_role - Manage remote roles on a BIG-IP¶

New in version 2.7.

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

Synopsis ¶

Manages remote roles on a BIG-IP. Remote roles are used in situations where user authentication is handled off-box. Local access control to the BIG-IP is controlled by the defined remote role. Where-as authentication (and by extension, assignment to the role) is handled off-box.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
assigned_role			Specifies the authorization (level of access) for the account. When creating a new remote role, if this parameter is not provided, the default is `none`. The `partition_access` parameter controls which partitions the account can access. The chosen role may affect the partitions that one is allowed to specify. Specifically, roles such as `administrator`, `auditor` and `resource-administrator` required a `partition_access` of `all`. A set of pre-existing roles ship with the system. They are `none`, `guest`, `operator`, `application-editor`, `manager`, `certificate-manager`, `irule-manager`, `user-manager`, `resource-administrator`, `auditor`, `administrator`, `firewall-manager`.
attribute_string			Specifies the user account attributes saved in the group, in the format `cn=, ou=, dc=`. When creating a new remote role, this parameter is required.
line_order			Specifies the order of the line in the file `/config/bigip/auth/remoterole`. The LDAP and Active Directory servers read this file line by line. The order of the information is important; therefore, F5 recommends that you set the first line at 1000. This allows you, in the future, to insert lines before the first line. When creating a new remote role, this parameter is required.
name required			Specifies the name of the remote role.
partition_access			Specifies the accessible partitions for the account. This parameter supports the reserved names `all` and `Common`, as well as specific partitions a user may access. Users who have access to a partition can operate on objects in that partition, as determined by the permissions conferred by the user's `assigned_role`. When creating a new remote role, if this parameter is not specified, the default is `all`.
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.
remote_access bool		Choices: no yes	Enables or disables remote access for the specified group of remotely authenticated users. When creating a new remote role, if this parameter is not specified, the default 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: absent present ←	When `present`, guarantees that the remote role exists. When `absent`, removes the remote role from the system.
terminal_access			Specifies terminal-based accessibility for remote accounts not already explicitly assigned a user role. Common values for this include `tmsh` and `none`, however custom values may also be specified. When creating a new remote role, if this parameter is not specified, the default is `none`.
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 remote role
  bigip_remote_role:
    name: foo
    group_name: ldap_group
    line_order: 1
    attribute_string: memberOf=cn=ldap_group,cn=ldap.group,ou=ldap
    remote_access: enabled
    assigned_role: administrator
    partition_access: all
    terminal_access: none
    state: present
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      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
assigned_role string	changed	System role that this remote role is associated with. Sample: administrator
attribute_string string	changed	The new attribute string of the resource. Sample: memberOf=cn=ldap_group,cn=ldap.group,ou=ldap
line_order int	changed	Order of the remote role for LDAP and Active Directory servers. Sample: 1000
partition_access string	changed	Partition that the role has access to. Sample: all
remote_access bool	changed	Whether remote access is allowed or not.
terminal_access string	changed	The terminal setting of the remote role. Sample: tmsh

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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