bigip_asm_policy_import – Manage BIG-IP ASM policy imports

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

• Manage BIG-IP ASM policies policy imports.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
force boolean		Choices: no ← yes	When set to yes any existing policy with the same name will be overwritten by the new import. Works for both inline and file imports, if the policy does not exist this setting is ignored.
inline string			When specified the ASM policy is created from a provided string. Content needs to be provided in a valid XML format otherwise the operation will fail.
name string / required			The ASM policy to create or override.
partition string		Default: "Common"	Device partition to create policy on.
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.
source path			Full path to a policy file to be imported into the BIG-IP ASM. Policy files exported from newer versions of BIG-IP cannot be imported into older versions of BIG-IP. The opposite, however, is true; you can import older into newer. The file format can be binary of XML.

Notes

Note

• 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: Import ASM policy
  bigip_asm_policy_import:
    name: new_asm_policy
    file: /root/asm_policy.xml
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Import ASM policy inline
  bigip_asm_policy_import:
    name: foo-policy4
    inline: <xml>content</xml>
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Override existing ASM policy
  bigip_asm_policy:
    name: new_asm_policy
    file: /root/asm_policy_new.xml
    force: yes
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
force boolean	changed	Set when overwriting an existing policy Sample: True
inline string	changed	Contents of policy as an inline string Sample: <xml>foobar contents</xml>
name string	changed	Name of the ASM policy to be created/overwritten Sample: Asm_APP1_Transparent
source string	changed	Local path to an ASM policy file. Sample: /root/some_policy.xml

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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