bigip_iapp_service - Manages TCL iApp services on a BIG-IP

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status
  • Author

Synopsis

• Manages TCL iApp services on a BIG-IP.

Requirements

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

• f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Create HTTP iApp service from iApp template
  bigip_iapp_service:
    name: foo-service
    template: f5.http
    parameters: "{{ lookup('file', 'f5.http.parameters.json') }}"
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Upgrade foo-service to v1.2.0rc4 of the f5.http template
  bigip_iapp_service:
    name: foo-service
    template: f5.http.v1.2.0rc4
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Configure a service using parameters in YAML
  bigip_iapp_service:
    name: tests
    template: web_frontends
    password: admin
    server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    server_port: "{{ bigip_port }}"
    validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
    state: present
    user: admin
    parameters:
      variables:
        - name: var__vs_address
          value: 1.1.1.1
        - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http
          value: 2.2.2.1:80
        - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https
          value: 2.2.2.2:80
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Re-configure a service whose underlying iApp was updated in place
  bigip_iapp_service:
    name: tests
    template: web_frontends
    password: admin
    force: yes
    server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    server_port: "{{ bigip_port }}"
    validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
    state: present
    user: admin
    parameters:
      variables:
        - name: var__vs_address
          value: 1.1.1.1
        - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http
          value: 2.2.2.1:80
        - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https
          value: 2.2.2.2:80
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Try to remove the iApp template before the associated Service is removed
  bigip_iapp_template:
    name: web_frontends
    state: absent
  register: result
  failed_when:
    - result is not success
    - "'referenced by one or more applications' not in result.msg"

- name: Configure a service using more complicated parameters
  bigip_iapp_service:
    name: tests
    template: web_frontends
    password: admin
    server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    server_port: "{{ bigip_port }}"
    validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}"
    state: present
    user: admin
    parameters:
      variables:
        - name: var__vs_address
          value: 1.1.1.1
        - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http
          value: 2.2.2.1:80
        - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https
          value: 2.2.2.2:80
      lists:
        - name: irules__irules
          value:
            - foo
            - bar
      tables:
        - name: basic__snatpool_members
        - name: net__snatpool_members
        - name: optimizations__hosts
        - name: pool__hosts
          columnNames:
            - name
          rows:
            - row:
                - internal.company.bar
        - name: pool__members
          columnNames:
            - addr
            - port
            - connection_limit
          rows:
            - row:
                - "none"
                - 80
                - 0
        - name: server_pools__servers
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

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

Author

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)