bigip_ucs_fetch – Fetches a UCS file from remote nodes

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module is used for fetching UCS files from remote machines and storing them locally in a file tree, organized by hostname. Note that this module is written to transfer UCS files that might not be present, so a missing remote UCS won’t be an error unless fail_on_missing is set to ‘yes’.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
backup
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Create a backup file including the timestamp information so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
create_on_missing
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Creates the UCS based on the value of src if the file does not already exist on the remote system.
dest
path / required
A directory to save the UCS file into.
encryption_password
string
Password to use to encrypt the UCS file if desired.
fail_on_missing
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Make the module fail if the UCS file on the remote system is missing.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, the file will only be transferred if the destination does not exist.
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.
src
string
The name of the UCS file to create on the remote server for downloading

Notes

Note

  • BIG-IP provides no way to get a checksum of the UCS files on the system via any interface except, perhaps, logging in directly to the box (which would not support appliance mode). Therefore, the best this module can do is check for the existence of the file on disk; no check-summing.
  • If you are using this module with either Ansible Tower or Ansible AWX, you should be aware of how these Ansible products execute jobs in restricted environments. More information can be found here https://clouddocs.f5.com/products/orchestration/ansible/devel/usage/module-usage-with-tower.html
  • 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: Download a new UCS
  bigip_ucs_fetch:
    src: cs_backup.ucs
    dest: /tmp/cs_backup.ucs
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
backup_file
string
changed and if backup=yes
Name of backup file created

Sample:
/path/to/file.txt.2015-02-12@22:09~
checksum
string
success or changed
The SHA1 checksum of the downloaded file

Sample:
7b46bbe4f8ebfee64761b5313855618f64c64109
dest
string
success
Location on the ansible host that the UCS was saved to

Sample:
/path/to/file.txt
gid
integer
success
Group id of the UCS file, after execution

Sample:
100
group
string
success
Group of the UCS file, after execution

Sample:
httpd
md5sum
string
changed or success
The MD5 checksum of the downloaded file

Sample:
96cacab4c259c4598727d7cf2ceb3b45
mode
string
success
Permissions of the target UCS, after execution

Sample:
420
owner
string
success
Owner of the UCS file, after execution

Sample:
httpd
size
integer
success
Size of the target UCS, after execution

Sample:
1220
src
string
changed
Name of the UCS file on the remote BIG-IP to download. If not specified, then this will be a randomly generated filename

Sample:
cs_backup.ucs
uid
integer
success
Owner id of the UCS file, after execution

Sample:
100


Status

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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