bigip_gtm_global – Manages global GTM settings

New in version 2.6.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

Manages global GTM settings. These settings include general, load balancing, and metrics related settings.

Requirements

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

f5-sdk >= 3.0.16

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
password - / 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
provider - added in 2.5		Default: null	A dict object containing connection details.
	password - / 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 - / required		The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
	server_port -	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
	ssh_keyfile -		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE`.
	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.
	transport - / required	Choices: rest cli ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
	user - / 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`.
server - / required			The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
server_port - added in 2.2		Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
synchronization boolean		Choices: no yes	Specifies whether this system is a member of a synchronization group. When you enable synchronization, the system periodically queries other systems in the synchronization group to obtain and distribute configuration and metrics collection updates. The synchronization group may contain systems configured as Global Traffic Manager and Link Controller systems.
synchronization_group_name -			Specifies the name of the synchronization group to which the system belongs.
synchronize_zone_files boolean		Choices: no yes	Specifies that the system synchronizes Domain Name System (DNS) zone files among the synchronization group members.
user - / 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 added in 2.0		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`.

Notes

Note

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.
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 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: Configure synchronization settings
  bigip_gtm_global:
    synchronization: yes
    synchronization_group_name: my-group
    synchronize_zone_files: yes
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
synchronization boolean	changed	The synchronization setting on the system. Sample: True
synchronization_group_name string	changed	The synchronization group name. Sample: my-group
synchronize_zone_files string	changed	Whether or not the system will sync zone files. Sample: my-group

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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