bigip_asm_policy_server_technology – Manages Server Technology on ASM policy

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • Manages Server Technology on ASM policy.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
name
string / required
    Choices:
  • jQuery
  • Java Servlets/JSP
  • ASP
  • WebDAV
  • IIS
  • Front Page Server Extensions (FPSE)
  • ASP.NET
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Unix/Linux
  • Macromedia ColdFusion
  • WordPress
  • Apache Tomcat
  • Apache/NCSA HTTP Server
  • Outlook Web Access
  • PHP
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • MySQL
  • Lotus Domino
  • BEA Systems WebLogic Server
  • Macromedia JRun
  • Novell
  • Cisco
  • SSI (Server Side Includes)
  • Proxy Servers
  • CGI
  • Sybase/ASE
  • IBM DB2
  • PostgreSQL
  • XML
  • Apache Struts
  • Elasticsearch
  • JBoss
  • Citrix
  • Node.js
  • Django
  • MongoDB
  • Ruby
  • JavaServer Faces (JSF)
  • Joomla
  • Jetty
Specifies the name of the server technology to apply on or remove from the ASM policy.
partition
string
Default:
"Common"
This parameter is only used when identifying ASM policy.
policy_name
string / required
Specifies the name of an existing ASM policy to add or remove server technology.
provider
dictionary
added in 2.5
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_provider
string
Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device.
This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
password
string / 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
string / required
The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
server_port
integer
Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.
ssh_keyfile
path
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
integer
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
string
    Choices:
  • cli
  • rest ←
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
user
string / 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.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
When present, ensures that the resource exists.
When absent, ensures the resource is removed.

Notes

Note

  • This module is primarily used as a component of configuring ASM policy in Ansible Galaxy ASM Policy Role.
  • Requires BIG-IP >= 13.0.0
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
  • 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: Add Server Technology to ASM Policy
  bigip_asm_policy_server_technology:
    name: Joomla
    policy_name: FooPolicy
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost
- name: Remove Server Technology from ASM Policy
  bigip_asm_policy_server_technology:
    name: Joomla
    policy_name: FooPolicy
    state: absent
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      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
name
string
changed
The name of Server Technology added/removed on ASM policy

Sample:
Joomla
policy_name
string
changed
The name of the ASM policy

Sample:
FooPolicy


Status

Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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