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Ansible F5

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Introduction

This repository is the source for F5 Imperative Collection for Ansible. The architecture of the modules makes inherent use of the BIG-IP REST APIs as well as the tmsh API where required.

This repository is an incubator for Ansible imperative modules. The modules in this repository may be broken due to experimentation or refactoring.

The F5 Modules for Ansible are freely provided to the open source community for automating BIG-IP device configurations.

If you want to download the stable modules, please install latest collection release found on galaxy: |f5_collection|.

Collections Daily Build

We offer a daily build of our most recent collection |dailybuild|. Please use this Collection to test the most recent Ansible module updates between releases.

Installing the Daily Build

.. code:: shell

    ansible-galaxy collection install <collection name> -p ./collections
    e.g.
    ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks-f5_modules-devel.tar.gz -p ./collections

.. note::

   "-p" is the location in which the collection will be installed. This location should be defined in the path for
   ansible to search for collections. An example of this would be adding ``collections_paths = ./collections``
   to your **ansible.cfg**

Support
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F5 supports the F5 Imperative Collection for Ansible delivered in |ansible_galaxy|. Please refer to the |support_policy| for details.

Community Support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We encourage you to use our |slacklink| for discussion and assistance on F5 Ansible Modules (click the **ansible** channel). There are F5 employees who are members of this community who typically monitor the channel Monday-Friday 9-5 PST and will offer best-effort assistance. This slack channel community support should not be considered a substitute for F5 Technical Support.

Bugs, Issues
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Please file any bugs, questions, or enhancement requests by using |ansible_issues|. For details, see |ansiblegethelp|.

.. note:: **We no longer accept external code submissions.**

Documentation
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All documentation is available on |ansiblehelp|.
Changelog information available on |changelog|.

Python Version Deprecation
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Support for versions of Python earlier than 3.5 is being deprecated and will be removed at a future date.

Your ideas
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What types of modules do you want created? If you have a use case and can sufficiently describe the behavior you want to see, open an issue and we will hammer out the details.

If you've got the time, consider sending an email that introduces yourself and what you do. We love hearing about how you're using the F5 Modules for Ansible.

.. note:: **We no longer accept external code submissions.**

- Wojciech Wypior and the F5 team - [email protected]

Copyright
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Copyright 2017-2022 F5 Networks Inc.


License
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GPL V3
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This License does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor, except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the origin of the Work.

See `License`_.


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.. _License: https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-ansible/blob/devel/COPYING


.. |dailybuild| raw:: html

   <a href="https://f5-ansible.s3.amazonaws.com/collections/f5networks-f5_modules-devel.tar.gz" target="_blank">here</a>

.. |f5_collection| raw:: html

   <a href="https://galaxy.ansible.com/f5networks/f5_modules" target="_blank">F5 Ansible Modules Collection</a>

.. |ansible_galaxy| raw:: html

   <a href="https://galaxy.ansible.com/f5networks/f5_modules" target="_blank">Ansible Galaxy</a>

.. |support_policy| raw:: html

   <a href="https://f5.com/support/support-policies" target="_blank">F5 Ansible Support Policy</a>

.. |ansible_issues| raw:: html

   <a href="https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-ansible/issues" target="_blank">Github Issues</a>

.. |ansiblehelp| raw:: html

   <a href="http://clouddocs.f5.com/products/orchestration/ansible/devel/" target="_blank">clouddocs.f5.com</a>

.. |ansibleguidelines| raw:: html

   <a href="http://clouddocs.f5.com/products/orchestration/ansible/devel/development/guidelines.html" target="_blank">Guidelines</a>

.. |ansiblegethelp| raw:: html

   <a href="http://clouddocs.f5.com/products/orchestration/ansible/devel/usage/support.html" target="_blank">Get Help</a>

.. |slacklink| raw:: html

   <a href="https://f5cloudsolutions.herokuapp.com/" target="_blank">Slack channel</a>

.. |changelog| raw:: html

   <a href="https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-ansible/blob/devel/ansible_collections/f5networks/f5_modules/CHANGELOG.rst" target="_blank">Changelogs</a>