bigip_cli_alias – Manage CLI aliases on a BIG-IP
bigip_cli_alias – Manage CLI aliases on a BIG-IP
New in version 2.7.
Synopsis
- Allows for managing both private and shared aliases on a BIG-IP.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- f5-sdk >= 3.0.16
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
command - |
The command to alias. | ||
description - |
Description of the alias. | ||
name - / required |
Specifies the name of the alias. | ||
partition - |
Default: "Common" |
Device partition to manage resources on. This parameter is disregarded when the | |
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
| ||
provider - added in 2.5 |
Default: null |
A dict object containing connection details. | |
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
| ||
server - / required |
The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | ||
server_port - |
Default: 443 |
The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | |
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 | ||
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. | |
transport - / required |
|
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. | |
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 | ||
validate_certs boolean |
|
If You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | |
scope - |
|
The scope of the alias; whether it is shared on the system, or usable only for the user who created it. | |
server - / required |
The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | ||
server_port - added in 2.2 |
Default: 443 |
The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | |
state - |
|
When When | |
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 | ||
validate_certs boolean added in 2.0 |
|
If You may omit this option by setting the environment variable |
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 new alias
bigip_cli_alias:
name: sync_device_to_bside
scope: shared
command: save /sys config partitions all; run /cm config-sync to-group device-group-1
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 |
---|---|---|
command string |
changed |
The new command that is aliased.
Sample: run /util bash |
description string |
changed |
The new description of the alias.
Sample: Run the bash shell |
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]
Authors
- Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/bigip_cli_alias_module.html