bigip_ucs_fetch – Fetches a UCS file from remote nodes
bigip_ucs_fetch – Fetches a UCS file from remote nodes
New in version 2.5.
Synopsis
- This module is used for fetching UCS files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostname. Note that this module is written to transfer UCS files that might not be present, so a missing remote UCS won’t be an error unless fail_on_missing is set to ‘yes’.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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backup boolean |
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Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly. | |
create_on_missing boolean |
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Creates the UCS based on the value of | |
dest path / required |
A directory to save the UCS file into. | ||
encryption_password string |
Password to use to encrypt the UCS file if desired. | ||
fail_on_missing boolean |
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Make the module fail if the UCS file on the remote system is missing. | |
force boolean |
|
If | |
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
| ||
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 | |
src string |
The name of the UCS file to create on the remote server for downloading | ||
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
- BIG-IP provides no way to get a checksum of the UCS files on the system via any interface except, perhaps, logging in directly to the box (which would not support appliance mode). Therefore, the best this module can do is check for the existence of the file on disk; no check-summing.
- If you are using this module with either Ansible Tower or Ansible AWX, you should be aware of how these Ansible products execute jobs in restricted environments. More information can be found here https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/orchestration/ansible/devel/usage/module-usage-with-tower.html
- 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: Download a new UCS
bigip_ucs_fetch:
src: cs_backup.ucs
dest: /tmp/cs_backup.ucs
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 |
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backup_file string |
changed and if backup=yes |
Name of backup file created
Sample: /path/to/file.txt.2015-02-12@22:09~ |
checksum string |
success or changed |
The SHA1 checksum of the downloaded file
Sample: 7b46bbe4f8ebfee64761b5313855618f64c64109 |
dest string |
success |
Location on the ansible host that the UCS was saved to
Sample: /path/to/file.txt |
gid integer |
success |
Group id of the UCS file, after execution
Sample: 100 |
group string |
success |
Group of the UCS file, after execution
Sample: httpd |
md5sum string |
changed or success |
The MD5 checksum of the downloaded file
Sample: 96cacab4c259c4598727d7cf2ceb3b45 |
mode string |
success |
Permissions of the target UCS, after execution
Sample: 420 |
owner string |
success |
Owner of the UCS file, after execution
Sample: httpd |
size integer |
success |
Size of the target UCS, after execution
Sample: 1220 |
src string |
changed |
Name of the UCS file on the remote BIG-IP to download. If not specified, then this will be a randomly generated filename
Sample: cs_backup.ucs |
uid integer |
success |
Owner id of the UCS file, after execution
Sample: 100 |
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_ucs_fetch_module.html