bigip_vlan – Manage VLANs on a BIG-IP system

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bigip_vlan – Manage VLANs on a BIG-IP system

New in version 2.2.


Synopsis

  • Manage VLANs on a BIG-IP system

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

cmp_hash

string

added in 2.5

  • default
  • destination-address
  • source-address
  • dst-ip
  • src-ip
  • dest
  • destination
  • source
  • dst
  • src

Specifies how the traffic on the VLAN will be disaggregated. The value selected determines the traffic disaggregation method. You can choose to disaggregate traffic based on source-address (the source IP address), destination-address (destination IP address), or default, which specifies that the default CMP hash uses L4 ports.

When creating a new VLAN, if this parameter is not specified, the default of default is used.

dag_round_robin

boolean

added in 2.5

  • no
  • yes

Specifies whether some of the stateless traffic on the VLAN should be disaggregated in a round-robin order instead of using a static hash. The stateless traffic includes non-IP L2 traffic, ICMP, some UDP protocols, and so on.

When creating a new VLAN, if this parameter is not specified, the default of (no) is used.

dag_tunnel

string

added in 2.5

  • inner
  • outer

Specifies how the disaggregator (DAG) distributes received tunnel-encapsulated packets to TMM instances. Select inner to distribute packets based on information in inner headers. Select outer to distribute packets based on information in outer headers without inspecting inner headers.

When creating a new VLAN, if this parameter is not specified, the default of outer is used.

This parameter is not supported on Virtual Editions of BIG-IP.

description

string

The description to give to the VLAN.

fail_safe

boolean

added in 2.8

  • no
  • yes

When yes, specifies that the VLAN takes the specified fail_safe_action if the system detects a loss of traffic on this VLAN's interfaces.

fail_safe_action

string

added in 2.8

  • reboot
  • restart-all
  • failover

Specifies the action that the system takes when it does not detect any traffic on this VLAN, and the fail_safe_timeout has expired.

fail_safe_timeout

integer

added in 2.8

Specifies the number of seconds that a system can run without detecting network traffic on this VLAN before it takes the fail_safe_action.

interfaces

list

added in 2.8

Interfaces that you want added to the VLAN. This can include both tagged and untagged interfaces as the tagging parameter specifies.

This parameter is mutually exclusive with the untagged_interfaces and tagged_interfaces parameters.

interface

string

The name of the interface

tagging

string

  • tagged
  • untagged

Whether the interface is tagged or untagged.

mtu

integer

added in 2.5

Specifies the maximum transmission unit (MTU) for traffic on this VLAN. When creating a new VLAN, if this parameter is not specified, the default value used will be 1500.

This number must be between 576 to 9198.

name

string / required

The VLAN to manage. If the special VLAN ALL is specified with the state value of absent then all VLANs will be removed.

partition

string

added in 2.5

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 F5_PASSWORD.


aliases: pass, pwd

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 F5_PASSWORD.


aliases: pass, pwd

server

string / required

The BIG-IP host.

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

server_port

integer

Default:

443

The BIG-IP server port.

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

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 ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE.

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

  • cli
  • rest

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 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

string / required

The BIG-IP host.

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

server_port

integer

added in 2.2

Default:

443

The BIG-IP server port.

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

sflow_poll_interval

integer

added in 2.8

Specifies the maximum interval in seconds between two pollings.

sflow_sampling_rate

integer

added in 2.8

Specifies the ratio of packets observed to the samples generated.

source_check

boolean

added in 2.8

  • no
  • yes

When yes, specifies that the system verifies that the return route to an initial packet is the same VLAN from which the packet originated.

The system performs this verification only if the auto_last_hop option is no.

state

string

  • absent
  • present

The state of the VLAN on the system. When present, guarantees that the VLAN exists with the provided attributes. When absent, removes the VLAN from the system.

tag

integer

Tag number for the VLAN. The tag number can be any integer between 1 and 4094. The system automatically assigns a tag number if you do not specify a value.

tagged_interfaces

list

Specifies a list of tagged interfaces and trunks that you want to configure for the VLAN. Use tagged interfaces or trunks when you want to assign a single interface or trunk to multiple VLANs.

This parameter is mutually exclusive with the untagged_interfaces and interfaces parameters.


aliases: tagged_interface

untagged_interfaces

list

Specifies a list of untagged interfaces and trunks that you want to configure for the VLAN.

This parameter is mutually exclusive with the tagged_interfaces and interfaces parameters.


aliases: untagged_interface

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 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

  • Requires BIG-IP versions >= 12.0.0
  • 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 VLAN
  bigip_vlan:
    name: net1
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set VLAN tag
  bigip_vlan:
    name: net1
    tag: 2345
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add VLAN 2345 as tagged to interface 1.1
  bigip_vlan:
    tagged_interface: 1.1
    name: net1
    tag: 2345
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add VLAN 1234 as tagged to interfaces 1.1 and 1.2
  bigip_vlan:
    tagged_interfaces:
      - 1.1
      - 1.2
    name: net1
    tag: 1234
    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

cmp_hash

string

changed

New traffic disaggregation method.


Sample:

source-address

dag_tunnel

string

changed

The new DAG tunnel setting.


Sample:

outer

description

string

changed

The description set on the VLAN.


Sample:

foo VLAN

fail_safe

boolean

changed

The new Fail Safe setting.


fail_safe_action

string

changed

The new Fail Safe Action setting.


Sample:

reboot

fail_safe_timeout

integer

changed

The new Fail Safe Timeout setting.


Sample:

90

interfaces

list

changed

Interfaces that the VLAN is assigned to.


Sample:

['1.1', '1.2']

partition

string

changed

The partition that the VLAN was created on.


Sample:

Common

sflow_poll_interval

integer

changed

The new sFlow Polling Interval setting.


Sample:

10

sflow_sampling_rate

integer

changed

The new sFlow Sampling Rate setting.


Sample:

20

source_check

boolean

changed

The new Source Check setting.


Sample:

True

tag

integer

changed

The ID of the VLAN.


Sample:

2345




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)
  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/bigip_vlan_module.html