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bigip_device_sshd – Manage the SSHD settings of a BIG-IP

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Manage the SSHD settings of a BIG-IP.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
allow
list
Specifies, if you have enabled SSH access, the IP address or address range for other systems that can use SSH to communicate with this system.
To specify all addresses, use the value all.
IP address can be specified, such as 172.27.1.10.
IP rangees can be specified, such as 172.27.*.* or 172.27.0.0/255.255.0.0.
To remove SSH access specify an empty list or an empty string.
banner
string
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
Whether to enable the banner or not.
banner_text
string
Specifies the text to include on the pre-login banner that displays when a user attempts to login to the system using SSH.
inactivity_timeout
integer
Specifies the number of seconds before inactivity causes an SSH session to log out.
log_level
string
    Choices:
  • debug
  • debug1
  • debug2
  • debug3
  • error
  • fatal
  • info
  • quiet
  • verbose
Specifies the minimum SSHD message level to include in the system log.
login
string
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
Specifies, when checked enabled, that the system accepts SSH communications.
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
port
integer
Port that you want the SSH daemon to run on.
provider
dictionary
added in 2.5
A dict object containing connection details.
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
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.
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.
server
string / required
The BIG-IP host.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
server_port
integer
added in 2.2
Default:
443
The BIG-IP server port.
You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.
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
added in 2.0
    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

  • Requires BIG-IP version 12.0.0 or greater
  • 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: Set the banner for the SSHD service from a string
  bigip_device_sshd:
    banner: enabled
    banner_text: banner text goes here
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set the banner for the SSHD service from a file
  bigip_device_sshd:
    banner: enabled
    banner_text: "{{ lookup('file', '/path/to/file') }}"
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set the SSHD service to run on port 2222
  bigip_device_sshd:
    port: 2222
    provider:
      user: admin
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
allow
list
changed
Specifies, if you have enabled SSH access, the IP address or address range for other systems that can use SSH to communicate with this system.

Sample:
192.0.2.*
banner
string
changed
Whether the banner is enabled or not.

Sample:
True
banner_text
string
changed and success
Specifies the text included on the pre-login banner that displays when a user attempts to login to the system using SSH.

Sample:
This is a corporate device. Connecting to it without...
inactivity_timeout
integer
changed
The number of seconds before inactivity causes an SSH session to log out.

Sample:
10
log_level
string
changed
The minimum SSHD message level to include in the system log.

Sample:
debug
login
boolean
changed
Specifies that the system accepts SSH communications or not.

Sample:
True
port
integer
changed
Port that you want the SSH daemon to run on.

Sample:
22


Status

  • This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
  • This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

  • Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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