bigip_firewall_dos_profile – Manage AFM DoS profiles on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.7.

Synopsis

• Manages AFM Denial of Service (DoS) profiles on a BIG-IP. To manage the vectors associated with a DoS profile, refer to the bigip_firewall_dos_vector module.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
default_whitelist string			The default whitelist address list for the system to use to determine which IP addresses are legitimate. The system does not examine traffic from the IP addresses in the list when performing DoS prevention. To define a new whitelist, use the bigip_firewall_address_list module.
description string			The description of the DoS profile.
name string / required			Specifies the name of the profile.
partition string		Default: "Common"	Device partition to manage resources on.
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.
threshold_sensitivity string		Choices: low medium high	Specifies the threshold sensitivity for the DoS profile. Thresholds for detecting attacks are higher when sensitivity is low, and lower when sensitivity is high. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is medium.

Notes

Note

• 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: Create a new DoS profile
  bigip_firewall_dos_profile:
    name: profile1
    description: DoS profile 1
    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
default_whitelist string	changed	The new whitelist attached to the profile. Sample: /Common/whitelist1
description string	changed	The description of the profile. Sample: New description
threshold_sensitivity string	changed	The new threshold sensitivity of the profile. Sample: low

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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