@itentialopensource/f5-vip-creation NPM

F5 VIP Creation

Overview
- Operations Manager and JSON-Form
Installation Prerequisites
Requirements
Features
How to Install
How to Run
- Input Variables
Additional Information

Overview

This Pre-Built uses the Ansible Big IP Virtual Server module to configure an F5 BigIP Load Balancer to create VIP Servers and apply appropriate profiles, iRules and security settings during the process.

Operations Manager and JSON-Form

This workflow has an Operations Manager Item that calls a workflow. The Operations Manager Item uses a JSON-Form to specify common fields populated when an issue is created. The workflow the Operations Manager item calls queries data from the formData job variable.

Installation Prerequisites

Users must satisfy the following pre-requisites:

Itential Automation Platform
- ^2022.1
Itential Automation Gateway

Requirements

This Pre-Built requires the following:

F5 BigIP Load Balancer on-boarded in Ansible

Features

The main benefits and features of the Pre-Built are outlined below.

Allows Zero Touch operation
Notifications place holder

How to Install

To install the Pre-Built:

Verify you are running a supported version of the Itential Automation Platform (IAP) as listed above in the Requirements section in order to install the Pre-Built.
The Pre-Built can be installed from within App-Admin_Essential. Simply search for the name of your desired Pre-Built and click the install button.

How to Run

Use the following to run the Pre-Built:

Run the Operations Manager Item F5 VIP Creation or call F5 VIP Management from your workflow as a child job.

Input Variables

Example

{
  "destination": "Destination IP of the virtual server",
  "device": "Target F5 host",
  "name": "Virtual server name",
  "poolName": "Default pool for the virtual server",
  "port": "Port of the virtual server (required when state is present and the virtual server does not exist)"
  "state": "The virtual server state (present, absent, enabled or disabled)",
}