bigip_snmp - Manipulate general SNMP settings on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manipulate general SNMP settings on a BIG-IP.

Requirements

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

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.9
  • netaddr

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
agent_authentication_traps
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
When enabled, ensures that the system sends authentication warning traps to the trap destinations. This is usually disabled by default on a BIG-IP.
agent_status_traps
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
When enabled, ensures that the system sends a trap whenever the SNMP agent starts running or stops running. This is usually enabled by default on a BIG-IP.
allowed_addresses
(added in 2.6)
Configures the IP addresses of the SNMP clients from which the snmpd daemon accepts requests.
This value can be hostnames, IP addresses, or IP networks.
You may specify a single list item of default to set the value back to the system's default of 127.0.0.0/8.
You can remove all allowed addresses by either providing the word none, or by providing the empty string "".
contact
Specifies the name of the person who administers the SNMP service for this system.
device_warning_traps
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
When enabled, ensures that the system sends device warning traps to the trap destinations. This is usually enabled by default on a BIG-IP.
location
Specifies the description of this system's physical location.
password
required
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.

aliases: pass, pwd
provider
(added in 2.5)
A dict object containing connection details.
password
required
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.

aliases: pass, pwd
server
required
The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
server_port Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
user
required
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.
timeout Default:
10
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.
ssh_keyfile
Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
transport
required
    Choices:
  • rest
  • cli
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
server
required
The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
server_port
(added in 2.2)
Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
user
required
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
validate_certs
bool

(added in 2.0)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.

Notes

Note

  • Requires the netaddr Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install netaddr.
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
  • Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install f5-sdk.

Examples

- name: Set snmp contact
  bigip_snmp:
    contact: Joe User
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    validate_certs: false
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set snmp location
  bigip_snmp:
    location: US West 1
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
agent_authentication_traps
string
changed
Value that the authentication status traps was set to.

Sample:
enabled
agent_status_traps
string
changed
Value that the agent status traps was set to.

Sample:
enabled
allowed_addresses
list
changed
The new allowed addresses for SNMP client connections.

Sample:
['127.0.0.0/8', 'foo.bar.com', '10.10.10.10']
contact
string
changed
The new value for the person who administers SNMP on the device.

Sample:
Joe User
device_warning_traps
string
changed
Value that the warning status traps was set to.

Sample:
enabled
location
string
changed
The new value for the system's physical location.

Sample:
US West 1a


Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

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)

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