# bigip_firewall_address_list – Manage address lists on BIG-IP AFM

New in version 2.5.

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

## Synopsis

- Manages the AFM address lists on a BIG-IP. This module can be used to add and remove address list entries.

Aliases: bigip_security_address_list

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
address_lists list |  | Simple list of existing address lists to add to this list. Address lists can be specified in either their fully qualified name (/Common/foo) or their short name (foo). If a short name is used, the `partition` argument will automatically be prepended to the short name.
address_ranges list |  | A list of address ranges where the range starts with a port number, is followed by a dash (-) and then a second number. If the first address is greater than the second number, the numbers will be reversed so-as to be properly formatted. ie, `2.2.2.2-1.1.1`. would become `1.1.1.1-2.2.2.2`.
addresses list |  | Individual addresses that you want to add to the list. These addresses differ from ranges, and lists of lists such as what can be used in `address_ranges` and `address_lists` respectively. This list can also include networks that have CIDR notation.
description string |  | Description of the address list

fqdns
list

A list of fully qualified domain names (FQDNs).
An FQDN has at least one decimal point in it, separating the host from the domain.
To add FQDNs to a list requires that a global FQDN resolver be configured. At the moment, this must either be done via `bigip_command`, or, in the GUI of BIG-IP. If using `bigip_command`, this can be done with `tmsh modify security firewall global-fqdn-policy FOO` where `FOO` is a DNS resolver configured at `tmsh create net dns-resolver FOO`.

geo_locations list |  | List of geolocations specified by their `country` and `region`.

country
string / required

Choices:
- Any valid 2 character ISO country code.
- Any valid country name.

The country name, or code, of the geolocation to use.
In addition to the country full names, you may also specify their abbreviated form, such as `US` instead of `United States`.
Valid country codes can be found here https://countrycode.org/.

| region string |  | Region name of the country to use.
name string / required |  | Specifies the name of the address list.
partition string | Default: "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on.
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`.

state
string

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

When `present`, ensures that the address list and entries exists.
When `absent`, ensures the address list is removed.

## 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 an address list
      bigip_firewall_address_list:
        name: foo
        addresses:
          - 3.3.3.3
          - 4.4.4.4
          - 5.5.5.5
        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
--- | --- | ---
address_lists list | changed | The new list of address list names applied to the address list. Sample: ['/Common/list1', '/Common/list2']
address_ranges list | changed | The new list of address ranges applied to the address list. Sample: ['1.1.1.1-2.2.2.2', '3.3.3.3-4.4.4.4']
addresses list | changed | The new list of addresses applied to the address list. Sample: ['1.1.1.1', '2.2.2.2']
description string | changed | The new description of the address list. Sample: My address list
fqdns list | changed | The new list of FQDN names applied to the address list. Sample: ['google.com', 'mit.edu']
geo_locations complex | changed | The new list of geo locations applied to the address list.
| country string | changed | Country of the geo location. Sample: US
| region string | changed | Region of the geo location. Sample: California

## 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)
- Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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