bigip_configsync_actions - Perform different actions related to config-sync.

Synopsis

  • Allows one to run different config-sync actions. These actions allow you to manually sync your configuration across multiple BIG-IPs when those devices are in an HA pair.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • f5-sdk >= 2.2.3

Options

parameter required default choices comments
device_group
 yes
The device group that you want to perform config-sync actions on.
overwrite_config
 no
  • True
  • False
Indicates that the sync operation overwrites the configuration on the target.
password
 yes
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.
server
 yes
The BIG-IP host. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
server_port
(added in 2.2)
 no 443
The BIG-IP server port. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
sync_device_to_group
 no
  • True
  • False
Specifies that the system synchronizes configuration data from this device to other members of the device group. In this case, the device will do a "push" to all the other devices in the group. This option is mutually exclusive with the sync_group_to_device option.
sync_most_recent_to_device
 no
  • True
  • False
Specifies that the system synchronizes configuration data from the device with the most recent configuration. In this case, the device will do a "pull" from the most recently updated device. This option is mutually exclusive with the sync_device_to_group options.
user
 yes
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
validate_certs
(added in 2.0)
 no True
  • True
  • False
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.

Examples

- name: Sync configuration from device to group
  bigip_configsync_actions:
      device_group: "foo-group"
      sync_device_to_group: yes
      server: "lb01.mydomain.com"
      user: "admin"
      password: "secret"
      validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Sync configuration from most recent device to the current host
  bigip_configsync_actions:
      device_group: "foo-group"
      sync_most_recent_to_device: yes
      server: "lb01.mydomain.com"
      user: "admin"
      password: "secret"
      validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Perform an initial sync of a device to a new device group
  bigip_configsync_actions:
      device_group: "new-device-group"
      sync_device_to_group: yes
      server: "lb01.mydomain.com"
      user: "admin"
      password: "secret"
      validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

Notes

Note

  • Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install f5-sdk.
  • Requires the objectpath Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install objectpath.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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