bigip_pool - Manages F5 BIG-IP LTM pools

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

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

Requirements

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

• f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters

Notes

Examples

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

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

- name: Add pool member
  bigip_pool_member:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    state: present
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost

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

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

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

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

- name: Remove pool member from pool
  bigip_pool_member:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    state: absent
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost

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

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

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

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