backup_config

Ansible Role: Backup Config

Role to collect the current device configurations and store it on the Ansible controller with a user specific backup filename and path.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below. For their default values, see 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

Establishes initial connection to your BIG-IQ. These values are substituted into your provider module parameter.

filename

Specifies the filename to store configurations. Since this role backs up multiple files, the multiple files created will be named the value specified here, however the extensions will differ for the backed up files. For example, if filename is "backup", this role will create backup.qkview and backup.ucs.

path

Absolute or relative path of folder where config will be stored.

backup

Boolean flag to indicate if we need to backup configurations before overwriting it with new configurations.

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 }