f5devcentral.backup_config

Ansible Role: Backup Config

This role collects the current device settings and saves them on the Ansible controller with a user-defined backup filename and location.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Here are the variables you can use. To see their default values, check defaults/main.yml:

provider_server: localhost
provider_server_port: 443
provider_user: admin
provider_password: secret
provider_validate_certs: no
provider_transport: rest
provider_timeout: 120

These values help connect to your BIG-IQ and are used in the provider module.

filename: This is the name of the file where settings will be saved. Since multiple files are backed up, they will use this name, but the file extensions will be different. For example, if you set filename to "backup", it will create backup.qkview and backup.ucs.
path: This is the location (absolute or relative) where the configuration files will be saved.
backup: This is a true/false option to decide if we should backup the settings before replacing them with new ones.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- name: Backup config
  hosts: bigip
  vars:
    backup_config:
      filename: "config_{{ ansible_host }}"
      path: "~/network_configs_1/"
      backup: yes
  roles:
    - { role: f5devcentral.backup_config }