New in version 2.5.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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delay |
Default: 0
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Number of seconds to wait before starting to poll.
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msg |
This overrides the normal error message from a failure to meet the required conditions.
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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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sleep |
Default: 1
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Number of seconds to sleep between checks, before 2.3 this was hardcoded to 1 second.
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timeout |
Default: 7200
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Maximum number of seconds to wait for.
When used without other conditions it is equivalent of just sleeping.
The default timeout is deliberately set to 2 hours because no individual REST API.
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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
pip install f5-sdk
.- name: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
bigip_wait:
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Wait a maximum of 300 seconds for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
bigip_wait:
timeout: 300
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
- name: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready, don't start checking for 10 seconds
bigip_wait:
delay: 10
password: secret
server: lb.mydomain.com
user: admin
delegate_to: localhost
This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.
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