bigip_management_route – Manage system management routes on a BIG-IP
bigip_management_route – Manage system management routes on a BIG-IP
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- Configures route settings for the management interface of a BIG-IP.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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description string |
Description of the management route. | ||
gateway string |
Specifies that the system forwards packets to the destination through the gateway with the specified IP address. | ||
name string / required |
Specifies the name of the management route. | ||
network string |
The subnet and netmask to be used for the route. To specify that the route is the default route for the system, provide the value Only one This parameter cannot be changed after it is set. Therefore, if you do need to change it, it is required that you delete and create a new route. | ||
partition string |
Default: "Common" |
Device partition to manage resources on. | |
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
| ||
provider dictionary added in 2.5 |
A dict object containing connection details. | ||
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
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server string / required |
The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | ||
server_port integer |
Default: 443 |
The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | |
ssh_keyfile path |
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 integer |
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 string |
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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 | ||
validate_certs boolean |
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If You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | |
server string / required |
The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | ||
server_port integer added in 2.2 |
Default: 443 |
The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable | |
state string |
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When When | |
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 | ||
validate_certs boolean added in 2.0 |
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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 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 management route
bigip_management_route:
name: tacacs
description: Route to TACACS
gateway: 10.10.10.10
network: 11.11.11.0/24
state: present
provider:
user: admin
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
delegate_to: localhost
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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description string |
changed |
The new description of the management route.
Sample: Route to TACACS |
gateway string |
changed |
The new gateway of the management route.
Sample: 10.10.10.10 |
network string |
changed |
The new network to use for the management route.
Sample: default |
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)
- Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/bigip_management_route_module.html