# bigip_wait – Wait for a BIG-IP condition before continuing

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Status

## Synopsis

- You can wait for BIG-IP to be “ready”. By “ready”, we mean that BIG-IP is ready to accept configuration.

- This module can take into account situations where the device is in the middle of rebooting due to a configuration change.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
delay integer | Default: 0 | Number of seconds to wait before starting to poll.
msg string |  | This overrides the normal error message from a failure to meet the required conditions.
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`.

sleep integer | Default: 1 | Number of seconds to sleep between checks, before 2.3 this was hardcoded to 1 second.
timeout integer | Default: 7200 | Maximum number of seconds to wait for. When used without other conditions it is equivalent of just sleeping. The default timeout is deliberately set to 2 hours because no individual REST API.

## 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: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
      bigip_wait:
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Wait a maximum of 300 seconds for BIG-IP to be ready to take configuration
      bigip_wait:
        timeout: 300
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Wait for BIG-IP to be ready, don't start checking for 10 seconds
      bigip_wait:
        delay: 10
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

## Status

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

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

### Authors

- Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

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