f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_asm_policy_import – Manage BIG-IP ASM policy imports

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f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_asm_policy_import – Manage BIG-IP ASM policy imports

Note

This plugin is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.6.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_modules.

To use it in a playbook, specify: f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_asm_policy_import.


New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules


Synopsis

  • Manage the policy imports for BIG-IP ASM policies.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

base64

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Indicates if the imported policy string is encoded in Base64.

Parameter only takes effect when using the inline method of import.

encoding

string

  • windows-874
  • utf-8
  • koi8-r
  • windows-1253
  • iso-8859-10
  • gbk
  • windows-1256
  • windows-1250
  • iso-8859-13
  • iso-8859-9
  • windows-1251
  • iso-8859-6
  • big5
  • gb2312
  • iso-8859-1
  • windows-1252
  • iso-8859-4
  • iso-8859-2
  • iso-8859-3
  • gb18030
  • shift_jis
  • iso-8859-8
  • euc-kr
  • iso-8859-5
  • iso-8859-7
  • windows-1255
  • euc-jp
  • iso-8859-15
  • windows-1257
  • iso-8859-16
  • auto-detect

Specifies the desired application language of the imported policy.

The imported policy cannot be a parent type or attached to a parent policy when auto-detect encoding is set.

When importing a policy to attach to a parent policy, the encoding of the imported policy, if different, must be set to be the same value as parent_policy, otherwise import will fail.

This parameter is available on TMOS version 13.x and later and only takes effect when the inline import method is used.

force

boolean

  • no

  • yes

When set to yes any existing policy with the same name will be overwritten by the new import.

Works for both inline and file imports, if the policy does not exist this setting is ignored.

inline

string

When specified, the ASM policy is created from a provided string.

Content needs to be provided in a valid XML format, otherwise the operation will fail.

name

string / required

The ASM policy to create or override.

parent_policy

string

The parent policy to which the newly imported policy should be attached as child.

When parent_policy is specified, the imported policy_type must not be parent.

This parameter is available on TMOS version 13.x and later and only takes effect when inline import method is used.

partition

string

Default:

"Common"

Device partition on which to create the policy.

This parameter is also applied to indicate the partition of the parent policy.

policy_type

string

  • security

  • parent

The type of the policy to import.

When policy_type is security, the policy is imported as an application security policy that you can apply to a virtual server.

When policy_type is parent, the policy becomes a parent to which other Security policies attach, inheriting its attributes. This policy type cannot be applied to Virtual Servers.

This parameter is available on TMOS version 13.x and later and only takes effect when the inline import method is used.

provider

dictionary

added in 1.0.0 of f5networks.f5_modules

A dict object containing connection details.

auth_provider

string

Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device.

This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.

no_f5_teem

boolean

  • no
  • yes

If yes, TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_TEEM.

password

string / 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

server

string / required

The BIG-IP host.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.

server_port

integer

Default:

443

The BIG-IP server port.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.

timeout

integer

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.

transport

string

  • rest

Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.

user

string / 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

boolean

  • 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.

retain_inheritance_settings

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Indicate if an imported security type policy should retain settings when attached to parent policy.

This parameter is available on TMOS version 13.x and later and only takes effect when the inline import method is used.

source

path

Full path to a policy file to be imported into the BIG-IP ASM.

Policy files exported from newer versions of BIG-IP cannot be imported into older versions of BIG-IP. The opposite, however, is true; you can import older into newer.

The file format can be binary or XML.



Notes

Note

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
  • 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 f5networks.f5_modules.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: Import ASM policy
  bigip_asm_policy_import:
    name: new_asm_policy
    file: /root/asm_policy.xml
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Import ASM policy inline
  bigip_asm_policy_import:
    name: foo-policy4
    inline: <xml>content</xml>
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Override existing ASM policy
  bigip_asm_policy:
    name: new_asm_policy
    source: /root/asm_policy_new.xml
    force: yes
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

base64

boolean

changed

Indicates if the imported policy string is encoded in Base64.


Sample:

True

encoding

string

changed

The desired application language of the imported policy.


Sample:

utf-8

force

boolean

changed

Set when overwriting an existing policy.


Sample:

True

inline

string

changed

Contents of a policy as an inline string.


Sample:

foobar contents

name

string

changed

Name of the ASM policy to be created/overwritten.


Sample:

Asm_APP1_Transparent

parent_policy

string

changed

The parent policy to which the newly imported policy should be attached as child.


Sample:

/Common/parent

policy_type

string

changed

The type of the policy to import.


Sample:

security

retain_inheritance_settings

boolean

changed

Indicate if an imported security type policy should retain settings when attached to the parent policy.


Sample:

True

source

string

changed

Local path to an ASM policy file.


Sample:

/root/some_policy.xml




Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)
  • Nitin Khanna (@nitinthewiz)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/f5networks/f5_modules/bigip_asm_policy_import_module.html