bigip_message_routing_peer – Manage peers for routing generic message protocol messages

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

• Manage peers for routing generic message protocol messages.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
auto_init boolean		Choices: no yes	If yes, the BIGIP will automatically create outbound connections to the active pool members in the specified pool using the configuration of the specified transport_config. For auto-initialization to attempt to create a connection, the peer must be included in a route that is attached to a router instance. For each router instance that the peer is contained in, a connection will be initiated. The auto_init logic will verify at auto_init_interval if the a connection exists between the BIG-IP and the pool members of the pool. If a connection does not exist, it will attempt to reestablish one.
auto_init_interval integer			Specifies the interval that attempts to initiate a connection occur. The default value upon peer object creation, that supplied by the system is 5000 milliseconds. The accepted range is between 0 and 4294967295 inclusive.
connection_mode string		Choices: per-blade per-client per-peer per-tmm	Specifies how the number of connections per host are to be limited.
description string			The user defined description of the peer.
name string / required			Specifies the name of the peer to manage.
number_of_connections integer			Specifies the distribution of connections between the BIG-IP and a remote host. The accepted range is between 0 and 65535 inclusive.
partition string		Default: "Common"	Device partition to create peer object on.
pool string			Specifies the name of the pool that messages will be routed towards. The specified pool must be on the same partition as the peer.
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.
ratio integer			Specifies the ratio to be used for selection of a peer within a list of peers in a ltm route. The accepted range is between 0 and 4294967295 inclusive.
state string		Choices: present ← absent	When present, ensures that the peer exists. When absent, ensures the peer is removed.
transport_config string			The name of the ltm virtual or ltm transport-config to use for creating an outgoing connection. The resource must exist on the same partition as the peer object.
type string		Choices: generic ←	Parameter used to specify the type of the peer to manage. Default setting is generic with more options added in future.

Notes

Note

• Requires BIG-IP >= 14.0.0
• 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: Create a simple peer
  bigip_message_routing_peer:
    name: foobar
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create message routing peer with additional settings
  bigip_message_routing_peer:
    name: foobar
    connection_mode: per-blade
    pool: /baz/bar
    partition: baz
    transport_config: foovirtual
    ratio: 10
    auto_init: yes
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify message routing peer settings
  bigip_message_routing_peer:
    name: foobar
    partition: baz
    ratio: 20
    auto_init_interval: 2000
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove message routing peer
  bigip_message_routing_peer:
    name: foobar
    partition: baz
    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
auto_init boolean	changed	Enables creation of outbound connections to the active pool members. Sample: True
auto_init_interval integer	changed	The interval that attempts to initiate a connection occur. Sample: 2000
connection_mode string	changed	Specifies how the number of connections per host are to be limited. Sample: per-peer
description string	changed	The user defined description of the peer. Sample: Some description
number_of_connections integer	changed	The distribution of connections between the BIG-IP and a remote host. Sample: 2000
pool string	changed	The name of the pool that messages will be routed towards. Sample: /Bazbar/foobar
ratio integer	changed	The ratio to be used for selection of a peer within a list of peers in a ltm route. Sample: 500
transport_config string	changed	The ltm virtual or ltm transport-config to use for creating an outgoing connection. Sample: /Common/foobar

Status

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

Authors

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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