Ansible Role f5_ltm

THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AS OF DEC 2023.

This role is used to set up F5 LTM nodes, pools, pool members, and virtual servers.

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Example Playbook

Here’s an example taken from molecule/default/converge.yml that is tested with each update.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.f5_ltm

Before running this, make sure your machine is set up. In CI, this can be done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

Also, check out a full explanation and example on how to use this role.

Role Variables

Default variable values are found in defaults/main.yml:

---
# Defaults for f5_ltm

# F5 LTM connection details.
# f5_ltm_provider:
#   server: "192.168.1.254"
#   user: root
#   password: password
#   server_port: 8443
#   validate_certs: no

# General F5 LTM settings.
f5_ltm_partition: Common
f5_ltm_hostname: f5.example.com
f5_ltm_timezone: "Europe/Amsterdam"
f5_ltm_ntp_servers:
  - "1.1.1.1"
  - "8.8.8.8"

# Nodes list.
# f5_ltm_nodes:
#   - name: node1.example.com
#     host: "192.168.1.1"
#   - name: node2.example.com
#     host: "192.168.1.2"

# Pools list.
# f5_ltm_pools:
#   - name: pool1.example.com
#     lb_method: http_pool
#     monitors: /Common/http
#     monitor_type: and_list

# Pools and members list.
# f5_ltm_pool_members:
#   - name: pool1.example.com
#     members:
#       - name: node1.example.com
#         port: 80
#       - name: node2.example.com
#         port: 80

# Virtual servers list.
# f5_ltm_virtual_servers:
#   - name: virtual_server1.example.com
#     pool: pool1.example.com
#     destination: "192.168.1.254"
#     port: 443
#     enable_vlans: all
#     all_profiles:
#       - http
#       - clientssl
#       - oneconnect
#     snat: Automap

Requirements

You need to install pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of Used Roles

This role depends on other roles for system preparation. You can prepare your system in a different way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap

Context

This role is part of many compatible roles. You can find more information in the documentation of these roles.

Here’s a view of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested with various container images:

The minimum Ansible version required is 2.12. Testing has been performed on:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you encounter any issues, please report them on GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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