f5

Ansible Role for F5 systems

An Ansible module to perform specific operational and configuration tasks on F5 systems. Over 190 components supported (and counting).

Supported F5 systems:

BIG-IP
BIG-IQ
iWorkflow

Requirements

Ansible >= 2.8.0 (ansible)
F5 Python SDK >= 3.0.21 (f5-sdk)
Deep Difference >= 4.2.0 (deepdiff)
Requests: HTTP for Humans >= 2.22.0 (requests)

Installation

1. Install requirements

pip3 install "ansible>=2.8.0"
pip3 install "deepdiff>=4.2.0"
pip3 install "f5-sdk>=3.0.21"
pip3 install "requests>=2.22.0"

2. Install F5 Role from Ansible Galaxy

ansible-galaxy install erjac77.f5

Example Playbook

- hosts: bigips
  connection: local
  roles:
    - erjac77.f5

  tasks:
    - name: Create LTM Pool
      f5bigip_ltm_pool:
        provider:
          server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
          server_port: 443
          user: admin
          password: admin
          validate_certs: false
        name: my_pool
        partition: Common
        description: My Pool
        load_balancing_mode: least-connections-members
        state: present

You'll find more examples in the Wiki.