Parameter |
Choices/Defaults |
Comments |
cache
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Choices:
- enabled
- disabled
- enable
- disable
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Specifies whether the system caches DNS lookups or performs the operation each time a lookup is needed. Please note that this applies only to Access Policy Manager features, such as ACLs, web application rewrites, and authentication.
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ip_version
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Specifies whether the DNS specifies IP addresses using IPv4 or IPv6.
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name_servers
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A list of name servers that the system uses to validate DNS lookups
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password
required |
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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
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provider
(added in 2.5) |
Default:
None
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A dict object containing connection details.
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password
required |
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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
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server
required |
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The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER .
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server_port
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Default:
443
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The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT .
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user
required |
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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 .
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validate_certs
bool |
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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 .
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timeout
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Default:
10
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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.
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ssh_keyfile
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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 .
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transport
required |
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Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
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search
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A list of domains that the system searches for local domain lookups, to resolve local host names.
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server
required |
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The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER .
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server_port
(added in 2.2) |
Default:
443
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The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT .
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state
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Choices:
- absent
present ←
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The state of the variable on the system. When present , guarantees that an existing variable is set to value .
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user
required |
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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 .
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validate_certs
bool
(added in 2.0) |
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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 .
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