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# bigip_policy_rule – Manage LTM policy rules on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- This module will manage LTM policy rules on a BIG-IP.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- BIG-IP >= v12.1.0

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
actions list |  | The actions that you want the policy rule to perform. The available attributes vary by the action, however, each action requires that a `type` be specified. These conditions can be specified in any order. Despite them being a list, the BIG-IP does not treat their order as anything special.
| asm_policy string |  | ASM policy to enable. This parameter is only valid with the `enable` type.
| location string |  | The new URL for which a redirect response will be sent. A Tcl command substitution can be used for this field.
| pool string |  | Pool that you want to forward traffic to. This parameter is only valid with the `forward` type.
| type string / required | Choices: forward enable ignore redirect | The action type. This value controls what below options are required. When `type` is `forward`, will associate a given `pool`, or `virtual` with this rule. When `type` is `enable`, will associate a given `asm_policy` with this rule. When `type` is `ignore`, will remove all existing actions from this rule. When `type` is `redirect`, will redirect an HTTP request to a different URL.
| virtual string |  | Virtual Server that you want to forward traffic to. This parameter is only valid with the `forward` type.
conditions list |  | A list of attributes that describe the condition. See suboptions for details on how to construct each list entry. The ordering of this list is important, the module will ensure the order is kept when modifying the task. The suboption options listed below are not required for all condition types, read the description for more details. These conditions can be specified in any order. Despite them being a list, the BIG-IP does not treat their order as anything special.
| host_begins_with_any string |  | A list of strings of characters that the HTTP Host should start with. This parameter is only valid with the `http_host` type.
| host_is_any string |  | A list of strings of characters that the HTTP Host should match. This parameter is only valid with the `http_host` type.
| path_begins_with_any string |  | A list of strings of characters that the HTTP URI should start with. This parameter is only valid with the `http_uri` type.
| type string / required | Choices: http_uri all_traffic http_host | The condition type. This value controls what below options are required. When `type` is `http_uri`, will associate a given `path_begins_with_any` list of strings with which the HTTP URI should begin with. Any item in the list will provide a match. When `type` is `all_traffic`, will remove all existing conditions from this rule.
description string |  | Description of the policy rule.
name string / required |  | The name of the rule.
partition string | Default: "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on.
policy string / required |  | The name of the policy that you want to associate this rule with.
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 key is uploaded to the device. When `absent`, ensures that the key is removed from the device. If the key is currently in use, the module will not be able to remove the key.

## 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 policies
      bigip_policy:
        name: Policy-Foo
        state: present
        provider:
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
          password: secret
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Add a rule to the new policy
      bigip_policy_rule:
        policy: Policy-Foo
        name: rule3
        conditions:
          - type: http_uri
            path_begins_with_any: /ABC
        actions:
          - type: forward
            pool: pool-svrs
        provider:
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
          password: secret
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Add multiple rules to the new policy
      bigip_policy_rule:
        policy: Policy-Foo
        name: "{{ item.name }}"
        conditions: "{{ item.conditions }}"
        actions: "{{ item.actions }}"
        provider:
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
          password: secret
      delegate_to: localhost
      loop:
        - name: rule1
          actions:
            - type: forward
              pool: pool-svrs
          conditions:
            - type: http_uri
              path_starts_with: /euro
        - name: rule2
          actions:
            - type: forward
              pool: pool-svrs
          conditions:
            - type: http_uri
              path_starts_with: /HomePage/

    - name: Remove all rules and conditions from the rule
      bigip_policy_rule:
        policy: Policy-Foo
        name: rule1
        conditions:
          - type: all_traffic
        actions:
          - type: ignore
        provider:
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
          password: secret
      delegate_to: localhost

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
actions complex | changed | The new list of actions applied to the rule Sample: hash/dictionary of values
| pool string | changed | Pool for forward to Sample: foo-pool
| type string | changed | The action type Sample: forward
conditions complex | changed | The new list of conditions applied to the rule. Sample: hash/dictionary of values
| path_begins_with_any list | changed | List of strings that the URI begins with. Sample: ['foo', 'bar']
| type string | changed | The condition type. Sample: http_uri
description string | changed | The new description of the rule. Sample: My rule

## 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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