# bigip_configsync_action – Perform different actions related to config-sync

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Status

## Synopsis

- Allows one to run different config-sync actions. These actions allow you to manually sync your configuration across multiple BIG-IPs when those devices are in an HA pair.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
device_group string / required |  | The device group that you want to perform config-sync actions on.

overwrite_config
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Indicates that the sync operation overwrites the configuration on the target.

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`.

sync_device_to_group
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Specifies that the system synchronizes configuration data from this device to other members of the device group. In this case, the device will do a "push" to all the other devices in the group. This option is mutually exclusive with the `sync_group_to_device` option.

sync_most_recent_to_device
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Specifies that the system synchronizes configuration data from the device with the most recent configuration. In this case, the device will do a "pull" from the most recently updated device. This option is mutually exclusive with the `sync_device_to_group` options.

## Notes

Note

- Requires the objectpath Python package on the host. This is as easy as `pip install objectpath`.
- 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: Sync configuration from device to group
      bigip_configsync_action:
        device_group: foo-group
        sync_device_to_group: yes
        provider:
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
          password: secret
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Sync configuration from most recent device to the current host
      bigip_configsync_action:
        device_group: foo-group
        sync_most_recent_to_device: yes
        provider:
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
          password: secret
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Perform an initial sync of a device to a new device group
      bigip_configsync_action:
        device_group: new-device-group
        sync_device_to_group: yes
        provider:
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
          password: secret
      delegate_to: localhost

## Status

- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible 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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