# bigip_device_syslog – Manage system-level syslog settings on BIG-IP

New in version 2.8.

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Manage system-level syslog settings on BIG-IP.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---

auth_priv_from
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the lowest level of messages about user authentication to include in the system log.

auth_priv_to
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the highest level of messages about user authentication to include in the system log.

console_log
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Enables or disables logging emergency syslog messages to the console.

cron_from
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the lowest level of messages about time-based scheduling to include in the system log.

cron_to
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the highest level of messages about time-based scheduling to include in the system log.

daemon_from
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the lowest level of messages about daemon performance to include in the system log.

daemon_to
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the highest level of messages about daemon performance to include in the system log.

include string |  | Syslog-NG configuration to include in the device syslog config.

iso_date
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Enables or disables the ISO date format for messages in the log files.

kern_from
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the lowest level of kernel messages to include in the system log.

kern_to
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the highest level of kernel messages to include in the system log.

local6_from
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the lowest error level for messages from the local6 facility to include in the log.

local6_to
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the highest error level for messages from the local6 facility to include in the log.

mail_from
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the lowest level of mail log messages to include in the system log.

mail_to
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the highest level of mail log messages to include in the system log.

messages_from
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the lowest level of system messages to include in the system log.

messages_to
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the highest level of system messages to include in the system log.

provider dictionary added in 2.5 |  | 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.
| 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 |  | 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`.

user_log_from
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the lowest level of user account messages to include in the system log.

user_log_to
string

Choices:
- alert
- crit
- debug
- emerg
- err
- info
- notice
- warning

Specifies the highest level of user account messages to include in the system log.

## Notes

Note

- 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: Create a syslog config
      bigip_device_syslog:
        name: foo
        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 | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
auth_priv_from string | changed | The new lowest user authentication logging level Sample: alert
auth_priv_to string | changed | The new highest user authentication logging level. Sample: emerg
console_log boolean | changed | Whether logging to console is enabled or not. Sample: True
cron_from string | changed | The new lowest time-based scheduling logging level. Sample: emerg
cron_to string | changed | The new highest time-based scheduling logging level. Sample: alert
daemon_from string | changed | The new lowest daemon performance logging level. Sample: alert
daemon_to string | changed | The new highest daemon performance logging level. Sample: alert
include string | changed | The new extra syslog-ng configuration to include in syslog config. Sample: filter f_remote_syslog { not (facility(local6)) };
iso_date boolean | changed | Whether ISO date format in logs is enabled or not
kern_from string | changed | The new lowest kernel messages logging level. Sample: alert
kern_to string | changed | The new highest kernel messages logging level. Sample: alert
local6_from string | changed | The new lowest local6 facility logging level. Sample: alert
local6_to string | changed | The new highest local6 facility logging level. Sample: alert
mail_from string | changed | The new lowest mail log logging level. Sample: alert
mail_to string | changed | The new highest mail log logging level. Sample: alert
messages_from string | changed | The new lowest system logging level. Sample: alert
messages_to string | changed | The new highest system logging level. Sample: alert
user_log_from string | changed | The new lowest user account logging level. Sample: alert
user_log_to string | changed | The new highest user account logging level. Sample: alert

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

### Authors

- Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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