f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_pool – Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM pools

Note

This plugin is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.6.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_modules.

To use it in a playbook, specify: f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_pool.

New in version 1.0.0: of f5networks.f5_modules

Synopsis

  • Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM pools via iControl REST API.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
list / elements=dictionary
List of pool definitions to be created, modified, or removed.
When using aggregates, if one of the aggregate definitions is invalid, the aggregate run will fail, indicating the error it last encountered.
The module will NOT rollback any changes it has made prior to encountering the error.
The module also will not indicate which changes were made prior to failure. Therefore we strongly advise you run the module in check mode to ensure basic validation prior to executing this module.

aliases: pools
description
string
Specifies descriptive text that identifies the pool.
lb_method
string
    Choices:
  • dynamic-ratio-member
  • dynamic-ratio-node
  • fastest-app-response
  • fastest-node
  • least-connections-member
  • least-connections-node
  • least-sessions
  • observed-member
  • observed-node
  • predictive-member
  • predictive-node
  • ratio-least-connections-member
  • ratio-least-connections-node
  • ratio-member
  • ratio-node
  • ratio-session
  • round-robin
  • weighted-least-connections-member
  • weighted-least-connections-node
Load balancing method. When creating a new pool, if this value is not specified, the default of round-robin is used.
metadata
raw
Arbitrary key/value pairs you can attach to a pool. This is useful in situations where you might want to annotate a pool to be managed by Ansible.
Key names are stored as strings; this includes names that are numbers.
Values for all of the keys are stored as strings; this includes values that are numbers.
Data will be persisted, not ephemeral.
monitor_type
string
    Choices:
  • and_list
  • m_of_n
  • single
Monitor rule type when monitors is specified.
When creating a new pool, if this value is not specified, the default of and_list is used.
When single, ensures all specified monitors are checked, but additionally includes checks to make sure you only specified a single monitor.
When and_list, ensures all monitors are checked.
When m_of_n, ensures quorum of monitors are checked. m_of_n requires a quorum of 1 or greater be set either in the playbook, or already exist on the device.
Both single and and_list are functionally identical, as BIG-IP considers all monitors as "a list".
monitors
list / elements=string
Monitor template name list. If the partition is not provided as part of the monitor name, the partition option is used instead.
name
string
Pool name

aliases: pool
partition
string
Default:
"Common"
Device partition to manage resources on.
priority_group_activation
integer
Specifies whether the system load balances traffic according to the priority number assigned to the pool member.
When creating a new pool, if this parameter is not specified, the default of 0 is used.
To disable this setting, provide the value 0.
Once you enable this setting, you can specify pool member priority when you create a new pool or on a pool member's properties screen.
The system treats same-priority pool members as a group.
To enable priority group activation, provide a number from 0 to 65535 that represents the minimum number of members that must be available in one priority group before the system directs traffic to members in a lower priority group.
When a sufficient number of members become available in the higher priority group, the system again directs traffic to the higher priority group.

aliases: minimum_active_members
provider
dictionary
added in 1.0.0 of f5networks.f5_modules
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_provider
string
Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device.
This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
no_f5_teem
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If yes, TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_TEEM.
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.
timeout
integer
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
    Choices:
  • 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
    Choices:
  • 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.
quorum
integer
Monitor quorum value when monitor_type is m_of_n.
Quorum must be a value of 1 or greater when monitor_type is m_of_n.
replace_all_with
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Removes pools not defined in the aggregate parameter.
This operation is all or none, meaning it will stop if there are some pools that cannot be removed.

aliases: purge
reselect_tries
integer
Sets the number of times the system tries to contact a pool member after a passive failure.
service_down_action
string
    Choices:
  • none
  • reset
  • drop
  • reselect
Sets the action to take when node goes down in pool.
slow_ramp_time
integer
Sets the ramp-up time (in seconds) to gradually ramp up the load on newly added or freshly detected up pool members.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
When present, guarantees the pool exists with the provided attributes.
When absent, removes the pool from the system.

Notes

Note

  • 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 f5networks.f5_modules.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 pool
  bigip_pool:
    state: present
    name: my-pool
    partition: Common
    lb_method: least-connections-member
    slow_ramp_time: 120
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify load balancer method
  bigip_pool:
    state: present
    name: my-pool
    partition: Common
    lb_method: round-robin
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set a single monitor (with enforcement)
  bigip_pool:
    state: present
    name: my-pool
    partition: Common
    monitor_type: single
    monitors:
      - http
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set a single monitor (without enforcement)
  bigip_pool:
    state: present
    name: my-pool
    partition: Common
    monitors:
      - http
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set multiple monitors (all must succeed)
  bigip_pool:
    state: present
    name: my-pool
    partition: Common
    monitor_type: and_list
    monitors:
      - http
      - tcp
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set multiple monitors (at least 1 must succeed)
  bigip_pool:
    state: present
    name: my-pool
    partition: Common
    monitor_type: m_of_n
    quorum: 1
    monitors:
      - http
      - tcp
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete pool
  bigip_pool:
    state: absent
    name: my-pool
    partition: Common
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add metadata to pool
  bigip_pool:
    state: present
    name: my-pool
    partition: Common
    metadata:
      ansible: 2.4
      updated_at: 2017-12-20T17:50:46Z
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add pools Aggregate
  bigip_pool:
    aggregate:
      - name: my-pool
        partition: Common
        lb_method: least-connections-member
        slow_ramp_time: 120
      - name: my-pool2
        partition: Common
        lb_method: least-sessions
        slow_ramp_time: 120
      - name: my-pool3
        partition: Common
        lb_method: round-robin
        slow_ramp_time: 120
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add pools Aggregate, purge others
  bigip_pool:
    aggregate:
      - name: my-pool
        partition: Common
        lb_method: least-connections-member
        slow_ramp_time: 120
      - name: my-pool2
        partition: Common
        lb_method: least-sessions
        slow_ramp_time: 120
      - name: my-pool3
        partition: Common
        lb_method: round-robin
        slow_ramp_time: 120
    replace_all_with: yes
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  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
Description set on the pool.

Sample:
Pool of web servers
lb_method
string
changed
The load balancing method set for the pool.

Sample:
round-robin
metadata
dictionary
changed
The new value of the pool.

Sample:
{'key1': 'foo', 'key2': 'bar'}
monitor_type
string
changed
Changed value for the monitor_type of the pool.

Sample:
m_of_n
monitors
list / elements=string
changed
Monitors set on the pool.

Sample:
['/Common/http', '/Common/gateway_icmp']
priority_group_activation
integer
changed
The new minimum number of members to activate the priority group.

Sample:
10
quorum
integer
changed
The quorum that was set on the pool.

Sample:
2
replace_all_with
boolean
changed
Purges all non-aggregate pools from device

Sample:
True
reselect_tries
integer
changed
The new value set for the number of tries to contact member.

Sample:
10
service_down_action
string
changed
Service down action that is set on the pool.

Sample:
reset
slow_ramp_time
integer
changed
The new value set for the slow ramp-up time.

Sample:
500


Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/f5networks/f5_modules/bigip_pool_module.html