# bigip_gtm_wide_ip – Manages F5 BIG-IP GTM wide ip

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

## Synopsis

- Manages F5 BIG-IP GTM wide ip.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aliases list added in 2.7 |  | Specifies alternate domain names for the web site content you are load balancing. You can use the same wildcard characters for aliases as you can for actual wide IP names.
irules list added in 2.6 |  | List of rules to be applied. If you want to remove all existing iRules, specify a single empty value; `""`. See the documentation for an example.
last_resort_pool string added in 2.8 |  | Specifies which GTM pool, for the system to use as the last resort pool for the wide IP. The valid pools for this parameter are those with the `type` specified in this module.
name string / required |  | Wide IP name. This name must be formatted as a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). You can also use the alias `wide_ip` but this is deprecated and will be removed in a future Ansible version. aliases: wide_ip
partition string added in 2.5 | Default: "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on.

pool_lb_method
string / required
added in 2.5

Choices:
- round-robin
- ratio
- topology
- global-availability

Specifies the load balancing method used to select a pool in this wide IP. This setting is relevant only when multiple pools are configured for a wide IP.
aliases: lb_method

pools list added in 2.5 |  | The pools that you want associated with the Wide IP. If `ratio` is not provided when creating a new Wide IP, it will default to 1.
| name string / required |  | The name of the pool to include.
| ratio integer |  | Ratio for the pool. The system uses this number with the Ratio load balancing method.
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
added in 2.4

Choices:
- present ←
- absent
- disabled
- enabled

When `present` or `enabled`, ensures that the Wide IP exists and is enabled.
When `absent`, ensures that the Wide IP has been removed.
When `disabled`, ensures that the Wide IP exists and is disabled.

type
string
added in 2.4

Choices:
- a
- aaaa
- cname
- mx
- naptr
- srv

Specifies the type of wide IP. GTM wide IPs need to be keyed by query type in addition to name, since pool members need different attributes depending on the response RDATA they are meant to supply. This value is required if you are using BIG-IP versions >= 12.0.0.

## Notes

Note

- Support for TMOS versions below v12.x has been deprecated for this module, and will be removed in Ansible 2.12.
- 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: Set lb method
      bigip_gtm_wide_ip:
        pool_lb_method: round-robin
        name: my-wide-ip.example.com
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Add iRules to the Wide IP
      bigip_gtm_wide_ip:
        pool_lb_method: round-robin
        name: my-wide-ip.example.com
        irules:
          - irule1
          - irule2
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Remove one iRule from the Virtual Server
      bigip_gtm_wide_ip:
        pool_lb_method: round-robin
        name: my-wide-ip.example.com
        irules:
          - irule1
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Remove all iRules from the Virtual Server
      bigip_gtm_wide_ip:
        pool_lb_method: round-robin
        name: my-wide-ip.example.com
        irules: ""
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Assign a pool with ratio to the Wide IP
      bigip_gtm_wide_ip:
        pool_lb_method: round-robin
        name: my-wide-ip.example.com
        pools:
          - name: pool1
            ratio: 100
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
aliases list | changed | Aliases set on the Wide IP. Sample: ['alias1.foo.com', '*.wildcard.domain']
irules list | changed | iRules set on the Wide IP. Sample: ['/Common/irule1', '/Common/irule2']
lb_method string | changed | The new load balancing method used by the wide IP. Sample: topology
state string | changed | The new state of the wide IP. Sample: disabled

## 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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