bigip_remote_syslog - Manipulate remote syslog settings on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Manipulate remote syslog settings on a BIG-IP.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

f5-sdk >= 3.0.9
netaddr

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
local_ip			Specifies the local IP address of the system that is logging. To provide no local IP, specify the value `none`. When creating a remote syslog, if this parameter is not specified, the default value `none` is used.
password required			The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD` is set. aliases: pass, pwd
provider (added in 2.5)			A dict object containing connection details.
	password required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD` is set. aliases: pass, pwd
	server required		The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER` is set.
	server_port	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT` is set.
	user required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_USER` is set.
	validate_certs bool	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS` is set.
	timeout	Default: 10	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.
	ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	transport required	Choices: rest cli ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
remote_host required			Specifies the IP address, or hostname, for the remote system to which the system sends log messages.
remote_port			Specifies the port that the system uses to send messages to the remote logging server. When creating a remote syslog, if this parameter is not specified, the default value `514` is used.
server required			The BIG-IP host. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER` is set.
server_port (added in 2.2)		Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT` is set.
state		Choices: absent present ←	When `present`, guarantees that the remote syslog exists with the provided attributes. When `absent`, removes the remote syslog from the system.
user required			The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_USER` is set.
validate_certs bool (added in 2.0)		Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You can omit this option if the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS` is set.

Notes

Note

Requires the netaddr Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install netaddr.
For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install f5-sdk.

Examples

- name: Add a remote syslog server to log to
  bigip_remote_syslog:
    remote_host: 10.10.10.10
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add a remote syslog server on a non-standard port to log to
  bigip_remote_syslog:
    remote_host: 10.10.10.10
    remote_port: 1234
    password: secret
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    validate_certs: no
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
local_ip string	changed	The new local IP of the remote syslog server Sample: 10.10.10.10
remote_port int	changed	New remote port of the remote syslog server. Sample: 514

Status

This module is flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/bigip_remote_syslog_module.html

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