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bigip_security_port_list - Manage port lists on BIG-IP AFM

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • Manages the AFM port lists on a BIG-IP. This module can be used to add and remove port list entries.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • f5-sdk >= 3.0.9

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
Description of the port list
name
required
Specifies the name of the port list.
partition Default:
"Common"
Device partition to manage resources on.
password
required
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.

aliases: pass, pwd
port_lists
Simple list of existing port lists to add to this list. Port lists can be specified in either their fully qualified name (/Common/foo) or their short name (foo). If a short name is used, the partition argument will automatically be prepended to the short name.
port_ranges
A list of port ranges where the range starts with a port number, is followed by a dash (-) and then a second number.
If the first number is greater than the second number, the numbers will be reversed so-as to be properly formatted. ie, 90-78 would become 78-90.
ports
Simple list of port values to add to the list
provider
(added in 2.5)
A dict object containing connection details.
password
required
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set.

aliases: pass, pwd
server
required
The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
server_port Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
user
required
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
validate_certs
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.
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.
ssh_keyfile
Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
transport
required
    Choices:
  • rest
  • cli ←
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
server
required
The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set.
server_port
(added in 2.2)
Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
When present, ensures that the address list and entries exists.
When absent, ensures the address list is removed.
user
required
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_USER is set.
validate_certs
bool

(added in 2.0)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set.

Notes

Note

Examples

- name: Create a simple port list
  bigip_security_port_list:
    name: foo
    ports:
      - 80
      - 443
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Override the above list of ports with a new list
  bigip_security_port_list:
    name: foo
    ports:
      - 3389
      - 8080
      - 25
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create port list with series of ranges
  bigip_security_port_list:
    name: foo
    port_ranges:
      - 25-30
      - 80-500
      - 50-78
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Use multiple types of port arguments
  bigip_security_port_list:
    name: foo
    port_ranges:
      - 25-30
      - 80-500
      - 50-78
    ports:
      - 8080
      - 443
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove port list
  bigip_security_port_list:
    name: foo
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: absent
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create port list from a file with one port per line
  bigip_security_port_list:
    name: lot-of-ports
    ports: "{{ lookup('file', 'my-large-port-list.txt').split('\n') }}"
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    state: present
    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
description
string
changed
The new description of the port list.

Sample:
My port list
port_lists
list
changed
The new list of port list names applied to the port list.

Sample:
['/Common/list1', '/Common/list2']
port_ranges
list
changed
The new list of port ranges applied to the port list.

Sample:
['80-100', '200-8080']
ports
list
changed
The new list of ports applied to the port list.

Sample:
[80, 443]


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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