New in version 2.2.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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content | Sets the contents of a certificate directly to the specified value. This is used with lookup plugins or for anything with formatting or content must be provided when state is present .aliases: cert_content | ||
issuer_cert (added in 2.5) | Issuer certificate used for OCSP monitoring. This parameter is only valid on versions of BIG-IP 13.0.0 or above. | ||
name required | SSL Certificate Name. This is the cert name used when importing a certificate into the F5. It also determines the filenames of the objects on the LTM. | ||
partition (added in 2.5) | Default: Common | Device partition to manage resources on. | |
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 . | |
state |
| Certificate state. This determines if the provided certificate and key is to be made present on the device or absent . | |
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: Use a file lookup to import PEM Certificate bigip_ssl_certificate: name: certificate-name server: lb.mydomain.com user: admin password: secret state: present content: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/cert.crt') }}" delegate_to: localhost - name: Use a file lookup to import CA certificate chain bigip_ssl_certificate: name: ca-chain-name server: lb.mydomain.com user: admin password: secret state: present content: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/ca-chain.crt') }}" delegate_to: localhost - name: Delete Certificate bigip_ssl_certificate: name: certificate-name server: lb.mydomain.com user: admin password: secret state: absent 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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cert_name string | created | The name of the certificate that the user provided Sample: cert1 |
checksum string | changed and created | SHA1 checksum of the cert that was provided. Sample: f7ff9e8b7bb2e09b70935a5d785e0cc5d9d0abf0 |
filename string | created | The name of the SSL certificate. Sample: cert1.crt |
source_path string | created | Path on BIG-IP where the source of the certificate is stored. Sample: /var/config/rest/downloads/cert1.crt |
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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