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bigip_profile_udp - Manage UDP profiles on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis

  • Manage UDP profiles on a BIG-IP. There are a variety of UDP profiles, each with their own adjustments to the standard udp profile. Users of this module should be aware that many of the adjustable knobs have no module default. Instead, the default is assigned by the BIG-IP system itself which, in most cases, is acceptable.

Requirements

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

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
datagram_load_balancing
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specifies, when yes, that the system load balances UDP traffic packet-by-packet.
idle_timeout
Specifies the length of time that a connection is idle (has no traffic) before the connection is eligible for deletion.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the remote device will choose a default value appropriate for the profile, based on its parent profile.
When a number is specified, indicates the number of seconds that the UDP connection can remain idle before the system deletes it.
When 0, or indefinite, specifies that UDP connections can remain idle indefinitely.
When immediate, specifies that you do not want the UDP connection to remain idle, and that it is therefore immediately eligible for deletion.
name
required
Specifies the name of the profile.
parent
Specifies the profile from which this profile inherits settings.
When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is the system-supplied udp profile.
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 profile exists.
When absent, ensures the profile 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

Examples

- name: Create a TCP profile
  bigip_profile_tcp:
    name: foo
    parent: udp
    idle_timeout: 300
    datagram_load_balancing: no
    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
datagram_load_balancing
bool
 changed
The new datagram load balancing setting of the resource.

Sample:
True
idle_timeout
int
 changed
The new idle timeout of the resource.

Sample:
100
parent
string
 changed
The new parent of the resource.

Sample:
udp


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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