ansible.builtin.bigip_partition (v2.5.6) — module

Manage BIG-IP partitions

| "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.5.6

Description

Manage BIG-IP partitions.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create partition "foo" using the default route domain
  bigip_partition:
    name: foo
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Create partition "bar" using a custom route domain
  bigip_partition:
    name: bar
    route_domain: 3
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Change route domain of partition "foo"
  bigip_partition:
    name: foo
    route_domain: 8
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Set a description for partition "foo"
  bigip_partition:
    name: foo
    description: Tenant CompanyA
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Delete the "foo" partition
  bigip_partition:
    name: foo
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - Name of the partition
    required: true

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Whether the partition should exist or not.

provider:
    description:
    - A dict object containing connection details.
    suboptions:
      auth_provider:
        description:
        - Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote
          device.
        - This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
        type: str
      no_f5_teem:
        default: false
        description:
        - If C(yes), TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5.
        - You may omit this option by setting the environment variable C(F5_TELEMETRY_OFF).
        - Previously used variable C(F5_TEEM) is deprecated as its name was confusing.
        type: bool
      password:
        aliases:
        - pass
        - pwd
        description:
        - The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP or the BIG-IQ.
        - You may omit this option by setting the environment variable C(F5_PASSWORD).
        required: true
        type: str
      server:
        description:
        - The BIG-IP host or the BIG-IQ host.
        - You may omit this option by setting the environment variable C(F5_SERVER).
        required: true
        type: str
      server_port:
        default: 443
        description:
        - The BIG-IP server port.
        - You may omit this option by setting the environment variable C(F5_SERVER_PORT).
        type: int
      timeout:
        description:
        - 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.
        type: int
      transport:
        choices:
        - rest
        default: rest
        description:
        - Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
        type: str
      user:
        description:
        - The username to connect to the BIG-IP or the BIG-IQ. This user must have administrative
          privileges on the device.
        - You may omit this option by setting the environment variable C(F5_USER).
        required: true
        type: str
      validate_certs:
        default: true
        description:
        - If C(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 C(F5_VALIDATE_CERTS).
        type: bool
    type: dict
    version_added: 1.0.0
    version_added_collection: f5networks.f5_modules

description:
    description:
    - The description to attach to the Partition.

route_domain:
    description:
    - The default Route Domain to assign to the Partition. If no route domain is specified,
      then the default route domain for the system (typically zero) will be used only
      when creating a new partition.

Outputs

description:
  description: The description of the partition.
  returned: changed and success
  sample: Example partition
  type: string
route_domain:
  description: Name of the route domain associated with the partition.
  returned: changed and success
  sample: 0
  type: int