f5networks.f5_bigip.bigip_imish_config (3.4.0) — module

Manage BIG-IP advanced routing configuration sections

| "added in version" 1.0.0 of f5networks.f5_bigip"

Authors: Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

This plugin has a corresponding action plugin.

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_bigip:==3.4.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: f5networks.f5_bigip
      version: 3.4.0

Description

This module provides an implementation for working with advanced routing configuration sections in a deterministic way.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Configure top level configuration and save it
  bigip_imish_config:
    lines: bfd slow-timer 2000
    save_when: modified
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Diff the running-config against a provided config
  bigip_imish_config:
    diff_against: intended
    intended_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'master.cfg') }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Add config to a parent block
  bigip_imish_config:
    lines:
      - bgp graceful-restart restart-time 120
      - redistribute kernel route-map rhi
      - neighbor 10.10.10.11 remote-as 65000
      - neighbor 10.10.10.11 fall-over bfd
      - neighbor 10.10.10.11 remote-as 65000
      - neighbor 10.10.10.11 fall-over bfd
    parents: router bgp 64664
    match: exact
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Remove an existing acl before writing it
  bigip_imish_config:
    lines:
      - access-list 10 permit 20.20.20.20
      - access-list 10 permit 20.20.20.21
      - access-list 10 deny any
    before: no access-list 10
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: For idempotency, use full-form commands
  bigip_imish_config:
    lines:
      # - desc My interface
      - description My Interface
    # parents: int ANYCAST-P2P-2
    parents: interface ANYCAST-P2P-2
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Configurable backup path
  bigip_imish_config:
    lines: bfd slow-timer 2000
    backup: true
    backup_options:
      filename: backup.cfg
      dir_path: /home/user

Inputs

    
src:
    description:
    - The I(src) argument provides a path to the configuration file to load into the remote
      system.
    - The path can either be a full system path to the configuration file if the value
      starts with /, or relative to the root of the implemented role or playbook.
    - This argument is mutually exclusive with the I(lines) and I(parents) arguments.
    type: path

mode:
    description:
    - The permissions the resulting filesystem object should have.
    - For those used to I(/usr/bin/chmod) remember that modes are actually octal numbers.
      You must give Ansible enough information to parse them correctly. For consistent
      results, quote octal numbers (for example, V('644') or V('1777')) so Ansible receives
      a string and can do its own conversion from string into number. Adding a leading
      zero (for example, V(0755)) works sometimes, but can fail in loops and some other
      circumstances.
    - Giving Ansible a number without following either of these rules will end up with
      a decimal number which will have unexpected results.
    - As of Ansible 1.8, the mode may be specified as a symbolic mode (for example, V(u+rwx)
      or V(u=rw,g=r,o=r)).
    - If O(mode) is not specified and the destination filesystem object B(does not) exist,
      the default C(umask) on the system will be used when setting the mode for the newly
      created filesystem object.
    - If O(mode) is not specified and the destination filesystem object B(does) exist,
      the mode of the existing filesystem object will be used.
    - Specifying O(mode) is the best way to ensure filesystem objects are created with
      the correct permissions. See CVE-2020-1736 for further details.
    type: raw

after:
    description:
    - The ordered set of commands to append to the end of the command stack if a change
      needs to be made.
    - Just like with I(before), this allows the playbook designer to append a set of commands
      to be executed after the command set.
    elements: str
    type: list

group:
    description:
    - Name of the group that should own the filesystem object, as would be fed to I(chown).
    - When left unspecified, it uses the current group of the current user unless you
      are root, in which case it can preserve the previous ownership.
    type: str

lines:
    aliases:
    - commands
    description:
    - The ordered set of commands that should be configured in the section.
    - The commands must be the exact same as those found in the device running-config.
    - Be sure to note the configuration command syntax, as some commands are automatically
      modified by the device config parser.
    elements: str
    type: list

match:
    choices:
    - line
    - strict
    - exact
    - none
    default: line
    description:
    - Instructs the module on the way to perform the matching of the set of commands against
      the current device config.
    - If match is set to I(line), commands are matched line by line.
    - If match is set to I(strict), command lines are matched with respect to position.
    - If match is set to I(exact), command lines must be an equal match.
    - Finally, if match is set to I(none), the module will not attempt to compare the
      source configuration with the running configuration on the remote device.
    type: str

owner:
    description:
    - Name of the user that should own the filesystem object, as would be fed to I(chown).
    - When left unspecified, it uses the current user unless you are root, in which case
      it can preserve the previous ownership.
    - Specifying a numeric username will be assumed to be a user ID and not a username.
      Avoid numeric usernames to avoid this confusion.
    type: str

backup:
    default: 'false'
    description:
    - This argument will cause the module to create a full backup of the current C(running-config)
      from the remote device before any changes are made.
    - The backup file is written to the C(backup) folder in the playbook root directory
      or role root directory, if playbook is part of an Ansible role. If the directory
      does not exist, it is created.
    type: bool

before:
    description:
    - The ordered set of commands to push onto the command stack if a change needs to
      be made.
    - This allows the playbook designer the opportunity to perform configuration commands
      prior to pushing any changes, without affecting how the set of commands are matched
      against the system.
    elements: str
    type: list

serole:
    description:
    - The role part of the SELinux filesystem object context.
    - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(role) portion of the policy if available.
    type: str

setype:
    description:
    - The type part of the SELinux filesystem object context.
    - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(type) portion of the policy if available.
    type: str

seuser:
    description:
    - The user part of the SELinux filesystem object context.
    - By default it uses the V(system) policy, where applicable.
    - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(user) portion of the policy if available.
    type: str

parents:
    description:
    - The ordered set of parents that uniquely identify the section or hierarchy against
      which to compare the commands.
    - If the C(parents) argument is omitted, the commands are checked against the set
      of top level or global commands.
    elements: str
    type: list

replace:
    choices:
    - line
    - block
    default: line
    description:
    - Instructs the module on the way to perform the configuration on the device.
    - If the replace argument is set to I(line), the modified lines are pushed to the
      device in configuration mode.
    - If the replace argument is set to I(block), the entire command block is pushed to
      the device in configuration mode if any line is not correct.
    type: str

selevel:
    description:
    - The level part of the SELinux filesystem object context.
    - This is the MLS/MCS attribute, sometimes known as the C(range).
    - When set to V(_default), it will use the C(level) portion of the policy if available.
    type: str

save_when:
    choices:
    - always
    - never
    - modified
    - changed
    default: never
    description:
    - When changes are made to the device running-configuration, the changes are not copied
      to non-volatile storage by default.
    - If the argument is set to I(always), the running-config will always be copied to
      the startup-config and the I(modified) flag will always be set to C(True).
    - If the argument is set to I(modified), the running-config will only be copied to
      the startup-config if it has changed since the last save to startup-config.
    - If the argument is set to I(never), the running-config will never be copied to the
      startup-config.
    - If the argument is set to I(changed), the running-config will only be copied to
      the startup-config if the task has made a change.
    type: str

attributes:
    aliases:
    - attr
    description:
    - The attributes the resulting filesystem object should have.
    - To get supported flags look at the man page for I(chattr) on the target system.
    - This string should contain the attributes in the same order as the one displayed
      by I(lsattr).
    - The C(=) operator is assumed as default, otherwise C(+) or C(-) operators need to
      be included in the string.
    type: str
    version_added: '2.3'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

diff_against:
    choices:
    - startup
    - intended
    - running
    default: startup
    description:
    - When using the C(ansible-playbook --diff) command line argument, the module can
      generate diffs against different sources.
    - When this option is configured as I(startup), the module will return the diff of
      the running-config against the startup-config.
    - When this option is configured as I(intended), the module will return the diff of
      the running-config against the configuration provided in the C(intended_config)
      argument.
    - When this option is configured as I(running), the module will return the before
      and after diff of the running-config with respect to any changes made to the device
      configuration.
    type: str

route_domain:
    default: 0
    description:
    - Route domain on which to manage the BGP configuration.
    type: int

unsafe_writes:
    default: false
    description:
    - Influence when to use atomic operation to prevent data corruption or inconsistent
      reads from the target filesystem object.
    - By default this module uses atomic operations to prevent data corruption or inconsistent
      reads from the target filesystem objects, but sometimes systems are configured or
      just broken in ways that prevent this. One example is docker mounted filesystem
      objects, which cannot be updated atomically from inside the container and can only
      be written in an unsafe manner.
    - This option allows Ansible to fall back to unsafe methods of updating filesystem
      objects when atomic operations fail (however, it doesn't force Ansible to perform
      unsafe writes).
    - IMPORTANT! Unsafe writes are subject to race conditions and can lead to data corruption.
    type: bool
    version_added: '2.2'
    version_added_collection: ansible.builtin

backup_options:
    description:
    - This is a dict object containing configurable options related to backup file path.
      The value of this option is read-only when C(backup) is set to I(yes). If C(backup)
      is set to I(no), this option will be silently ignored.
    suboptions:
      dir_path:
        description:
        - This option provides the path ending with directory name in which the backup
          configuration file will be stored. If the directory does not exist, it will
          be first created and the filename is either the value of C(filename) or default
          filename as described in C(filename) options description. If the path value
          is not given, a I(backup) directory will be created in the current working directory
          and backup configuration will be copied in C(filename) within the I(backup)
          directory.
        type: path
      filename:
        description:
        - Name of the file you will use for storing the backup configuration. If the filename
          is not given, it will be generated based on the hostname, current time and date
          in the format defined by <hostname>_config.<current-date>@<current-time>
        type: str
    type: dict

running_config:
    aliases:
    - config
    description:
    - By default, the module will connect to the remote device and retrieve the current
      running-config to use as a base for comparing against the contents of source.
    - There are times when you do not want to have the task get the current running-config
      for every task in a playbook.
    - The I(running_config) argument allows the implementer to pass in the configuration
      to use as the base config for comparison.
    type: str

intended_config:
    description:
    - The C(intended_config) provides the master configuration to which the node should
      conform and is used to compare against the final running-config.
    - This argument will not change any settings on the remote device. Only use this argument
      to compare against the compliance of the current device's configuration.
    - When specifying this argument, the task should also modify the C(diff_against) value
      and set it to I(intended).
    type: str

allow_duplicates:
    default: 'false'
    description:
    - Allows duplicate commands to be sent to the device. This is to accommodate scenarios
      where address families are configured.
    - Only used with the C(lines) parameter.
    type: bool
    version_added: 1.2.0
    version_added_collection: f5networks.f5_bigip

diff_ignore_lines:
    description:
    - Use this argument to specify one or more lines that should be ignored during the
      diff.
    - This is used for lines in the configuration that are automatically updated by the
      system.
    - This argument takes a list of regular expressions or exact line matches.
    elements: str
    type: list

Outputs

backup_path:
  description: The full path to the backup file.
  returned: when backup is yes
  sample: /playbooks/ansible/backup/bigip_imish_config.2016-07-16@22:28:34
  type: str
commands:
  description: The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device.
  returned: always
  sample:
  - interface ANYCAST-P2P-2
  - neighbor 20.20.20.21 remote-as 65000
  - neighbor 20.20.20.21 fall-over bfd
  type: list
updates:
  description: The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device.
  returned: always
  sample:
  - interface ANYCAST-P2P-2
  - neighbor 20.20.20.21 remote-as 65000
  - neighbor 20.20.20.21 fall-over bfd
  type: list