bigip_facts - Collect facts from F5 BIG-IP devices

Author:Matt Hite

Synopsis

New in version 1.6.

Collect facts from F5 BIG-IP devices via iControl SOAP API

Options

parameter required default choices comments
filter no
    Shell-style glob matching string used to filter fact keys. Not applicable for software and system_info fact categories.
    include yes
    • address_class
    • certificate
    • client_ssl_profile
    • device_group
    • interface
    • key
    • node
    • pool
    • rule
    • self_ip
    • software
    • system_info
    • traffic_group
    • trunk
    • virtual_address
    • virtual_server
    • vlan
    Fact category or list of categories to collect
    password yes
      BIG-IP password
      server yes
        BIG-IP host
        session no True
          BIG-IP session support; may be useful to avoid concurrency issues in certain circumstances.
          user yes
            BIG-IP username

            Note

            Requires bigsuds

            Examples


            ## playbook task examples:
            
            ---
            # file bigip-test.yml
            # ...
            - hosts: bigip-test
              tasks:
              - name: Collect BIG-IP facts
                local_action: >
                  bigip_facts
                  server=lb.mydomain.com
                  user=admin
                  password=mysecret
                  include=interface,vlan

            Note

            Requires BIG-IP software version >= 11.4

            Note

            F5 developed module ‘bigsuds’ required (see http://devcentral.f5.com)

            Note

            Best run as a local_action in your playbook

            Note

            Tested with manager and above account privilege level

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