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# bigip_device_httpd – Manage HTTPD related settings on BIG-IP

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages HTTPD related settings on the BIG-IP. These settings are interesting to change when you want to set GUI timeouts and other TMUI related settings.

## Requirements

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

- requests

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
allow list |  | Specifies, if you have enabled HTTPD access, the IP address or address range for other systems that can communicate with this system. To specify all addresses, use the value `all`. IP address can be specified, such as 172.27.1.10. IP ranges can be specified, such as 172.27.*.* or 172.27.0.0/255.255.0.0.
auth_name string |  | Sets the BIG-IP authentication realm name.
auth_pam_dashboard_timeout boolean | Choices: no yes | Sets whether or not the BIG-IP dashboard will timeout.
auth_pam_idle_timeout integer |  | Sets the GUI timeout for automatic logout, in seconds.
auth_pam_validate_ip boolean | Choices: no yes | Sets the authPamValidateIp setting.
fast_cgi_timeout integer |  | Sets the timeout of FastCGI.
hostname_lookup boolean | Choices: no yes | Sets whether or not to display the hostname, if possible.
log_level string | Choices: alert crit debug emerg error info notice warn | Sets the minimum httpd log level.
max_clients integer |  | Sets the maximum number of clients that can connect to the GUI at once.
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`.
redirect_http_to_https boolean | Choices: no yes | Whether or not to redirect http requests to the GUI to https.
ssl_cipher_suite raw added in 2.6 |  | Specifies the ciphers that the system uses. The values in the suite are separated by colons (:). Can be specified in either a string or list form. The list form is the recommended way to provide the cipher suite. See examples for usage. Use the value `default` to set the cipher suite to the system default. This value is equivalent to specifying a list of `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384,ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA,ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256,ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384,ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384,ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA,ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA, ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256,ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384,AES128-GCM-SHA256, AES256-GCM-SHA384,AES128-SHA,AES256-SHA,AES128-SHA256,AES256-SHA256, ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA,ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA,DES-CBC3-SHA`.
ssl_port integer |  | The HTTPS port to listen on.
ssl_protocols raw added in 2.6 |  | The list of SSL protocols to accept on the management console. A space-separated list of tokens in the format accepted by the Apache mod_ssl SSLProtocol directive. Can be specified in either a string or list form. The list form is the recommended way to provide the cipher suite. See examples for usage. Use the value `default` to set the SSL protocols to the system default. This value is equivalent to specifying a list of `all,-SSLv2,-SSLv3`.

## Notes

Note

- Requires the requests Python package on the host. This is as easy as `pip install requests`.

- 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 the BIG-IP authentication realm name
      bigip_device_httpd:
        auth_name: BIG-IP
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Set the auth pam timeout to 3600 seconds
      bigip_device_httpd:
        auth_pam_idle_timeout: 1200
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Set the validate IP settings
      bigip_device_httpd:
        auth_pam_validate_ip: on
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Set SSL cipher suite by list
      bigip_device_httpd:
        ssl_cipher_suite:
          - ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
          - ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
          - ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
          - AES256-SHA256
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Set SSL cipher suite by string
      bigip_device_httpd:
        ssl_cipher_suite: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA256
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Set SSL protocols by list
      bigip_device_httpd:
        ssl_protocols:
          - all
          - -SSLv2
          - -SSLv3
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Set SSL protocols by string
      bigip_device_httpd:
        ssl_protocols: all -SSLv2 -SSLv3
        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
--- | --- | ---
auth_name string | changed | The new authentication realm name. Sample: foo
auth_pam_dashboard_timeout boolean | changed | Whether or not the BIG-IP dashboard will timeout.
auth_pam_idle_timeout string | changed | The new number of seconds for GUI timeout. Sample: 1200
auth_pam_validate_ip boolean | changed | The new authPamValidateIp setting. Sample: True
fast_cgi_timeout integer | changed | The new timeout of FastCGI. Sample: 500
hostname_lookup boolean | changed | Whether or not to display the hostname, if possible. Sample: True
log_level string | changed | The new minimum httpd log level. Sample: crit
max_clients integer | changed | The new maximum number of clients that can connect to the GUI at once. Sample: 20
redirect_http_to_https boolean | changed | Whether or not to redirect http requests to the GUI to https. Sample: True
ssl_cipher_suite string | changed | The new ciphers that the system uses. Sample: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
ssl_cipher_suite_list string | changed | List of the new ciphers that the system uses. Sample: ['ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384', 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA']
ssl_port integer | changed | The new HTTPS port to listen on. Sample: 10443
ssl_protocols string | changed | The new list of SSL protocols to accept on the management console. Sample: all -SSLv2 -SSLv3

## Status

- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]

- This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

### Authors

- Joe Reifel (@JoeReifel)

- Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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