# bigip_firewall_schedule – Manage BIG-IP AFM schedule configurations

New in version 2.9.

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

## Synopsis

- Manage BIG-IP AFM schedule configurations.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
daily_hour_end string |  | Specifies the time of day the rule will stop being used. When not defined, the default of `24:00` is used when creating a new schedule. The time zone is always assumed to be UTC and values must be provided as `HH:MM` using 24hour clock format.

daily_hour_start
string

Specifies the time of day the rule will start to be in use.
The value must be a time before `daily_hour_end`.
When not defined, the default of `0:00` is used when creating a new schedule.
When the value is set to `all-day` both `daily_hour_end` and `daily_hour_start` are reset to their respective defaults.
The time zone is always assumed to be UTC and values must be provided as `HH:MM` using 24hour clock format.

date_valid_end string |  | Specifies the end date/time this schedule will apply to the rule. The date must be after `date_valid_start` When not defined the default of `indefinite` is used when creating a new schedule. The time zone is always assumed to be UTC. The datetime format should always be the following `YYYY-MM-DD:HH:MM:SS` format.
date_valid_start string |  | Specifies the start date/time this schedule will apply to the rule. When not defined the default of `epoch` is used when creating a new schedule. The time zone is always assumed to be UTC. The datetime format should always be the following `YYYY-MM-DD:HH:MM:SS` format.

days_of_week
list

Choices:
- sunday
- monday
- tuesday
- wednesday
- thursday
- friday
- saturday
- all

Specifies which days of the week the rule will be applied.
When not defined the default value of `all` is used when creating a new schedule.
The `all` value is mutually exclusive with other choices.

description string |  | Specifies the user defined description text.
name string / required |  | Specifies the name of the AFM schedule configuration.
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 resource exists.
When `absent`, ensures the resource 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 a 6 hour two day schedule, no start/end date
      bigip_firewall_schedule:
        name: barfoo
        daily_hour_start: 13:00
        daily_hour_end: 19:00
        days_of_week:
          - monday
          - tuesday
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Create a seven day schedule with start/end date
      bigip_firewall_schedule:
        name: foobar
        date_valid_start: "{{ lookup('pipe','date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S') }}"
        date_valid_end: "{{ lookup('pipe','date -d \"now + 7 days\" +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S') }}"
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Modify created schedule to all-day
      bigip_firewall_schedule:
        name: barfoo
        daily_hour_start: all-day
        days_of_week:
          - monday
          - tuesday
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Modify a schedule to have no end date
      bigip_firewall_schedule:
        name: foobar
        date_valid_start: "{{ lookup('pipe','date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S') }}"
        date_valid_end: "indefinite"
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Remove created schedule
      bigip_firewall_schedule:
        name: foobar
        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 | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
daily_hour_end string | changed | The time of day the rule will stop being used. Sample: 18:00
daily_hour_start string | changed | The time of day the rule will start to be in use. Sample: 13:00
date_valid_end string | changed | The end date/time schedule will apply to the rule. Sample: 2019-03-11:15:30:00
date_valid_start string | changed | The start date/time schedule will apply to the rule. Sample: 2019-03-01:15:30:00
days_of_week list | changed | The days of the week the rule will be applied. Sample: ['monday', 'tuesday']
description string | changed | The user defined description text. Sample: Foo is bar

## Status

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

### Authors

- Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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