New in version 1.6.
Removed in Ansible: | |
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version: 2.11 | |
Why: | The bigip_facts module relies on SOAP to communicate with the BIG-IP, and has a large amount of code that does not conform to existing F5 standards. The bigip_device_facts module is easier to maintain and use. |
Alternative: | bigip_device_facts |
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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filter |
Shell-style glob matching string used to filter fact keys. Not applicable for software, provision, and system_info fact categories.
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include
required |
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Fact category or list of categories to collect
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password
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 |
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provider
(added in 2.5) |
Default: None
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A dict object containing connection details.
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password
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 |
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server
required |
The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable
F5_SERVER . |
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server_port |
Default: 443
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The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable
F5_SERVER_PORT . |
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user
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 . |
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validate_certs
bool |
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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 . |
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timeout |
Default: 10
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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.
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ssh_keyfile |
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 . |
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transport
required |
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Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
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server
required |
The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable
F5_SERVER . |
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server_port
(added in 2.2) |
Default: 443
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The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable
F5_SERVER_PORT . |
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session
bool |
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BIG-IP session support; may be useful to avoid concurrency issues in certain circumstances.
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user
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 . |
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validate_certs
bool (added in 2.0) |
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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 . |
Note
provision
facts were added in 2.2bigip_device_facts
module instead.pip install f5-sdk
.- name: Collect BIG-IP facts
bigip_facts:
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
password: secret
include:
- interface
- vlan
delegate_to: localhost
This module is flagged as deprecated and will be removed in version 2.11. For more information see DEPRECATED.
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