bigip_remote_user – Manages default settings for remote user accounts on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Manages default settings for remote user accounts on a BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
console_access
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enables or disables the default console access for all remote user accounts.
The default system value is disabled.
default_partition
string
Specifies the default partition for all remote user accounts.
The default system value is all for all partitions.
default_role
string
    Choices:
  • acceleration-policy-editor
  • admin
  • application-editor
  • auditor
  • certificate-manager
  • firewall-manager
  • fraud-protection-manager
  • guest
  • irule-manager
  • manager
  • no-access
  • operator
  • resource-admin
  • user-manager
  • web-application-security-administrator
  • web-application-security-editor
Specifies the default role for all remote user accounts.
The default system value is no-access.
description
string
User defined description.
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.

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: Modify default partition and console access
  bigip_remote_user:
    default_partition: Common
    console_access: yes
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify default role, partition and console access
  bigip_remote_user:
    default_partition: Common
    default_role: manager
    console_access: yes
    description: "Changed new settings"
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Revert to default settings
  bigip_remote_user:
    default_partition: all
    default_role: "no-access"
    console_access: no
    description: ""
    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
console_access
boolean
changed
The default console access for all remote user accounts
default_partition
string
changed
The default partition for all remote user accounts.

Sample:
Common
default_role
string
changed
The default role for all remote user accounts.

Sample:
auditor
description
string
changed
The user defined description.

Sample:
Foo is bar


Status

Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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