bigip_management_route - Manage system management routes on a BIG-IP¶

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Configures route settings for the management interface of a BIG-IP.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
description			Description of the management route.
gateway			Specifies that the system forwards packets to the destination through the gateway with the specified IP address.
name required			Specifies the name of the management route.
network			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 `default`. Only one `default` entry is allowed. 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		Default: Common	Device partition to manage resources on.
password required			The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD` is set. aliases: pass, pwd
provider (added in 2.5)			A dict object containing connection details.
	ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	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.
	server required		The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER` is set.
	user required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_USER` is set.
	server_port	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT` is set.
	password required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD` is set. aliases: pass, pwd
	validate_certs	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS` is set.
	transport required	Choices: rest cli ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
server required			The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER` is set.
server_port (added in 2.2)		Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT` is set.
state		Choices: present ← absent	When `present`, ensures that the resource exists. When `absent`, ensures the resource is removed.
user required			The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_USER` is set.
validate_certs (added in 2.0)		Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS` is set.

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.

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
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    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
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 flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author ¶

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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