New in version 1.6.
parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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filter |
no | Shell-style glob matching string used to filter fact keys. Not applicable for software, provision, and system_info fact categories. | ||
include |
yes |
|
Fact category or list of categories to collect | |
password |
yes | The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_PASSWORD is set. | ||
server |
yes | The BIG-IP host. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_SERVER is set. | ||
server_port (added in 2.2) |
no | 443 | The BIG-IP server port. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT is set. | |
session |
no | True | BIG-IP session support; may be useful to avoid concurrency issues in certain circumstances. | |
user |
yes | The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_USER is set. | ||
validate_certs (added in 2.0) |
no | True |
|
If no , SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. This option can be omitted if the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS is set. |
- name: Collect BIG-IP facts bigip_facts: server: "lb.mydomain.com" user: "admin" password: "secret" include: "interface,vlan" delegate_to: localhost
Note
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