bigip_software_update – Manage the software update settings of a BIG-IP

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bigip_software_update – Manage the software update settings of a BIG-IP

New in version 2.5.


Synopsis

  • Manage the software update settings of 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

auto_check

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Specifies whether to automatically check for updates on the F5 Networks downloads server.

auto_phone_home

boolean

  • no
  • yes

Specifies whether to automatically send phone home data to the F5 Networks PhoneHome server.

frequency

-

  • daily
  • monthly
  • weekly

Specifies the schedule for the automatic update check.

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.

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: Enable automatic update checking
  bigip_software_update:
    auto_check: yes
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Disable automatic update checking and phoning home
  bigip_software_update:
    auto_check: no
    auto_phone_home: no
    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

auto_check

boolean

changed

Whether the system checks for updates automatically.


Sample:

True

auto_phone_home

boolean

changed

Whether the system automatically sends phone home data.


Sample:

True

frequency

string

changed

Frequency of auto update checks


Sample:

weekly




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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