The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
device_group required | The device group that you want to perform config-sync actions on. | ||
overwrite_config bool |
| Indicates that the sync operation overwrites the configuration on the target. | |
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: None | A dict object containing connection details. | |
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. | |
server required | The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER . | ||
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 . | ||
server_port | Default: 443 | The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT . | |
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 | ||
validate_certs bool |
| 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 . | |
transport required |
| Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. | |
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 . | |
sync_device_to_group bool |
| 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 bool |
| 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 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 bool (added in 2.0) |
| 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 . |
Note
pip install objectpath
.pip install f5-sdk
.- name: Sync configuration from device to group bigip_configsync_action: device_group: foo-group sync_device_to_group: yes server: lb.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_action: device_group: foo-group sync_most_recent_to_device: yes server: lb.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_action: device_group: new-device-group sync_device_to_group: yes server: lb.mydomain.com user: admin password: secret validate_certs: no delegate_to: localhost
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