bigip_gtm_datacenter – Manage Datacenter configuration in BIG-IP

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bigip_gtm_datacenter – Manage Datacenter configuration in BIG-IP

New in version 2.2.


Synopsis

  • Manage BIG-IP data center configuration. A data center defines the location where the physical network components reside, such as the server and link objects that share the same subnet on the network. This module is able to manipulate the data center definitions in 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

contact

-

The name of the contact for the data center.

description

-

The description of the data center.

location

-

The location of the data center.

name

- / required

The name of the data center.

partition

-

added in 2.5

Default:

"Common"

Device partition to manage resources on.

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:

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 F5_PASSWORD.


aliases: pass, pwd

server

- / required

The BIG-IP host.

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

server_port

-

Default:

443

The BIG-IP server port.

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

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.

transport

- / required

  • rest
  • cli

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 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.

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

-

  • present

  • absent
  • enabled
  • disabled

The virtual address state. If absent, an attempt to delete the virtual address will be made. This will only succeed if this virtual address is not in use by a virtual server. present creates the virtual address and enables it. If enabled, enable the virtual address if it exists. If disabled, create the virtual address if needed, and set state to disabled.

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

boolean

added in 2.0

  • 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 data center "New York"
  bigip_gtm_datacenter:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    name: New York
    location: 222 West 23rd
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description

contact

string

changed

The contact that was set on the datacenter.


Sample:

description

string

changed

The description that was set for the datacenter.


Sample:

Datacenter in NYC

disabled

boolean

changed

Whether the datacenter is disabled or not.


Sample:

True

enabled

boolean

changed

Whether the datacenter is enabled or not


Sample:

True

location

string

changed

The location that is set for the datacenter.


Sample:

222 West 23rd

state

string

changed

State of the datacenter.


Sample:

disabled




Status

  • This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
  • This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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