New in version 2.5.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
auto_check bool |
| Specifies whether to automatically check for updates on the F5 Networks downloads server. | |
auto_phone_home bool |
| Specifies whether to automatically send phone home data to the F5 Networks PhoneHome server. | |
frequency |
| Specifies the schedule for the automatic update check. | |
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 . | |
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 f5-sdk
.- name: Enable automatic update checking bigip_software_update: auto_check: yes password: secret server: lb.mydomain.com user: admin delegate_to: localhost - name: Disable automatic update checking and phoning home bigip_software_update: auto_check: no auto_phone_home: no password: secret server: lb.mydomain.com user: admin delegate_to: localhost
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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auto_check bool | changed | Whether the system checks for updates automatically. Sample: True |
auto_phone_home bool | changed | Whether the system automatically sends phone home data. Sample: True |
frequency string | changed | Frequency of auto update checks Sample: weekly |
This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
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