bigip_cli_alias – Manage CLI aliases on a BIG-IP — Ansible Documentation

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# bigip_cli_alias – Manage CLI aliases on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.7.

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

## Synopsis

- Allows for managing both private and shared aliases on a BIG-IP.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
command - |  | The command to alias.
description - |  | Description of the alias.
name - / required |  | Specifies the name of the alias.
partition - | Default: "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on. This parameter is disregarded when the `scope` is `private`.
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
provider dictionary added in 2.5 |  | A dict object containing connection details.
| 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 | Default: 10 | 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`.
scope - | Choices: private shared ← | The scope of the alias; whether it is shared on the system, or usable only for the user who created it.
server string / required |  | The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER`.
server_port integer added in 2.2 | Default: 443 | The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT`.
state - | Choices: present ← absent | When `present`, ensures that the resource exists. When `absent`, ensures the resource is removed.
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 added in 2.0 | 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`.

## 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 new alias
      bigip_cli_alias:
        name: sync_device_to_bside
        scope: shared
        command: save /sys config partitions all; run /cm config-sync to-group device-group-1
        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
--- | --- | ---
command string | changed | The new command that is aliased. Sample: run /util bash
description string | changed | The new description of the alias. Sample: Run the bash shell

## 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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