Ansible role f5_ltm

THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AS OF DEC 2023.

Configure an F5 LTMs nodes, pool, pool members and virtual servers.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

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

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.f5_ltm

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

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

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for f5_ltm

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

# General settings for the F5 LTM.
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"

# The list of nodes.
# f5_ltm_nodes:
#   - name: node1.example.com
#     host: "192.168.1.1"
#   - name: node2.example.com
#     host: "192.168.1.2"

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

# The list of pools and their members.
# f5_ltm_pool_members:
#   - name: pool1.example.com
#     members:
#       - name: node1.example.com
#         port: 80
#       - name: node2.example.com
#         port: 80

# The list of virtual_servers.
# 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

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

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

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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