bigiq_utility_license_assignment - Manage utility license assignment on BIG-IPs from a BIG-IQ¶

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Manages the assignment of utility licenses on a BIG-IQ. Assignment means that the license is assigned to a BIG-IP, or, it needs to be assigned to a BIG-IP. Additionally, this module supported revoking the assignments from BIG-IP devices.

Requirements ¶

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
device			When `managed` is `no`, specifies the address, or hostname, where the BIG-IQ can reach the remote device to register. When `managed` is `yes`, specifies the managed device, or device UUID, that you want to register. If `managed` is `yes`, it is very important that you do not have more than one device with the same name. BIG-IQ internally recognizes devices by their ID, and therefore, this module's cannot guarantee that the correct device will be registered. The device returned is the device that will be used.
device_password			The password of the `device_username`. When `managed` is `no`, this parameter is required.
device_port		Default: 443	Specifies the port of the remote device to connect to. If this parameter is not specified, the default of `443` will be used.
device_username			The username used to connect to the remote device. This username should be one that has sufficient privileges on the remote device to do licensing. Usually this is the `Administrator` role. When `managed` is `no`, this parameter is required.
key required			The registration key that you want choose an offering from.
managed bool		Choices: no yes	Whether the specified device is a managed or un-managed device. When `state` is `present`, this parameter is required.
offering			Name of the license offering to assign to the device.
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.
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 device is assigned the specified license. When `absent`, ensures the license is revokes from the remote device and freed on the BIG-IQ.
unit_of_measure		Choices: hourly ← daily monthly yearly	Sets the rate at which this license usage is billed. Depending on your license, you may have different units of measures available to you. If a particular unit is not available to you, the module will notify you at licensing time.
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: Register an unmanaged device
  bigiq_utility_license_assignment:
    key: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    offering: F5-BIG-MSP-AFM-10G-LIC
    device: 1.1.1.1
    managed: no
    device_username: admin
    device_password: secret
    state: present
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Register a managed device, by name
  bigiq_utility_license_assignment:
    key: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    offering: F5-BIG-MSP-AFM-10G-LIC
    device: bigi1.foo.com
    managed: yes
    state: present
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Register a managed device, by UUID
  bigiq_utility_license_assignment:
    key: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    offering: F5-BIG-MSP-AFM-10G-LIC
    device: 7141a063-7cf8-423f-9829-9d40599fa3e0
    managed: yes
    state: present
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

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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