f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_message_routing_protocol module – Manage the generic message parser profile.

Note

This module is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.31.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_modules.

To use it in a playbook, specify: f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_message_routing_protocol.

New in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manages the generic message parser profile for use with the message routing framework.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

description

string

The user-defined description of the generic parser profile.

disable_parser

boolean

When true, the generic message parser is disabled, ignoring all incoming packets and not directly send message data.

This mode supports iRule script protocol implementations that generates messages from the incoming transport stream and sends outgoing messages on the outgoing transport stream.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

max_egress_buffer

integer

Specifies the maximum size of the send buffer in bytes. If the number of bytes in the send buffer for a connection exceeds this value, the generic message protocol will stop receiving outgoing messages from the router until the size of the size of the buffer drops below this setting.

The accepted range is between 0 and 4294967295 inclusive.

max_msg_size

integer

Specifies the maximum size of a received message. If a message exceeds this size, the connection will be reset.

The accepted range is between 0 and 4294967295 inclusive.

msg_terminator

string

The string of characters used to terminate a message. If the message-terminator is not specified, the generic message parser will not separate the input stream into messages.

name

string / required

Specifies the name of the generic parser profile.

no_response

boolean

When set, matching of responses to requests is disabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

parent

string

The parent template of this parser profile. Once this value has been set, it cannot be changed.

When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is the system-supplied genericmsg profile.

partition

string

Device partition to create route object on.

Default: "Common"

provider

dictionary

added in f5networks.f5_modules 1.0.0

A dict object containing connection details.

auth_provider

string

Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device.

This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.

no_f5_teem

boolean

If yes, TEEM telemetry data is not sent to F5.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_TELEMETRY_OFF.

Previously used variable F5_TEEM is deprecated as its name was confusing.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string / required

The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP or the BIG-IQ.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD.

server

string / required

The BIG-IP host or the BIG-IQ host.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.

server_port

integer

The BIG-IP server port.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.

Default: 443

timeout

integer

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

Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.

Choices:

  • "rest" ← (default)

user

string / required

The username to connect to the BIG-IP or the BIG-IQ. This user must have administrative privileges on the device.

You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_USER.

validate_certs

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

state

string

When present, ensures the route exists.

When absent, ensures the route is removed.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

Notes

Note

  • Requires BIG-IP >= 14.0.0

  • 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 f5networks.f5_modules.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: Create a generic parser
  bigip_message_routing_protocol:
    name: foo
    description: 'This is parser'
    no_response: true
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Modify a generic parser
  bigip_message_routing_protocol:
    name: foo
    no_response: false
    max_egress_buffer: 10000
    max_msg_size: 2000
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Remove generic parser
  bigip_message_routing_protocol:
    name: foo
    state: absent
    provider:
      password: secret
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

description

string

The user-defined description of the parser profile.

Returned: changed

Sample: "My description"

disable_parser

boolean

Disables generic message parser.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

max_egress_buffer

integer

The maximum size of the send buffer in bytes.

Returned: changed

Sample: 10000

max_msg_size

integer

The maximum size of a received message.

Returned: changed

Sample: 4000

msg_terminator

string

The string of characters used to terminate a message.

Returned: changed

Sample: "%%%%"

no_response

boolean

Disables matching of responses to requests.

Returned: changed

Sample: true

parent

string

The parent template of this parser profile.

Returned: changed

Sample: "/Common/genericmsg"

Authors

  • Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)