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bigip_message_routing_peer – Manage peers for routing generic message protocol messages

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Manage peers for routing generic message protocol messages.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auto_init
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If yes, the BIGIP will automatically create outbound connections to the active pool members in the specified pool using the configuration of the specified transport_config.
For auto-initialization to attempt to create a connection, the peer must be included in a route that is attached to a router instance. For each router instance that the peer is contained in, a connection will be initiated.
The auto_init logic will verify at auto_init_interval if the a connection exists between the BIG-IP and the pool members of the pool. If a connection does not exist, it will attempt to reestablish one.
auto_init_interval
integer
Specifies the interval that attempts to initiate a connection occur.
The default value upon peer object creation, that supplied by the system is 5000 milliseconds.
The accepted range is between 0 and 4294967295 inclusive.
connection_mode
string
    Choices:
  • per-blade
  • per-client
  • per-peer
  • per-tmm
Specifies how the number of connections per host are to be limited.
description
string
The user defined description of the peer.
name
string / required
Specifies the name of the peer to manage.
number_of_connections
integer
Specifies the distribution of connections between the BIG-IP and a remote host.
The accepted range is between 0 and 65535 inclusive.
partition
string
Default:
"Common"
Device partition to create peer object on.
pool
string
Specifies the name of the pool that messages will be routed towards.
The specified pool must be on the same partition as the peer.
provider
dictionary
added in 2.5
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_provider
string
Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device.
This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
password
string / required
The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD.

aliases: pass, pwd
server
string / required
The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
server_port
integer
Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.
ssh_keyfile
path
Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE.
timeout
integer
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
transport
string
    Choices:
  • cli
  • rest ←
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
user
string / required
The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_USER.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates are not validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS.
ratio
integer
Specifies the ratio to be used for selection of a peer within a list of peers in a ltm route.
The accepted range is between 0 and 4294967295 inclusive.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
When present, ensures that the peer exists.
When absent, ensures the peer is removed.
transport_config
string
The name of the ltm virtual or ltm transport-config to use for creating an outgoing connection.
The resource must exist on the same partition as the peer object.
type
string
    Choices:
  • generic ←
Parameter used to specify the type of the peer to manage.
Default setting is generic with more options added in future.

Notes

Note

  • Requires BIG-IP >= 14.0.0
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
  • Requires BIG-IP software version >= 12.
  • The F5 modules only manipulate the running configuration of the F5 product. To ensure that BIG-IP specific configuration persists to disk, be sure to include at least one task that uses the bigip_config module to save the running configuration. Refer to the module’s documentation for the correct usage of the module to save your running configuration.

Examples

- name: Create a simple peer
  bigip_message_routing_peer:
    name: foobar
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create message routing peer with additional settings
  bigip_message_routing_peer:
    name: foobar
    connection_mode: per-blade
    pool: /baz/bar
    partition: baz
    transport_config: foovirtual
    ratio: 10
    auto_init: yes
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify message routing peer settings
  bigip_message_routing_peer:
    name: foobar
    partition: baz
    ratio: 20
    auto_init_interval: 2000
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove message routing peer
  bigip_message_routing_peer:
    name: foobar
    partition: baz
    state: absent
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
auto_init
boolean
changed
Enables creation of outbound connections to the active pool members.

Sample:
True
auto_init_interval
integer
changed
The interval that attempts to initiate a connection occur.

Sample:
2000
connection_mode
string
changed
Specifies how the number of connections per host are to be limited.

Sample:
per-peer
description
string
changed
The user defined description of the peer.

Sample:
Some description
number_of_connections
integer
changed
The distribution of connections between the BIG-IP and a remote host.

Sample:
2000
pool
string
changed
The name of the pool that messages will be routed towards.

Sample:
/Bazbar/foobar
ratio
integer
changed
The ratio to be used for selection of a peer within a list of peers in a ltm route.

Sample:
500
transport_config
string
changed
The ltm virtual or ltm transport-config to use for creating an outgoing connection.

Sample:
/Common/foobar


Status

Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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