# bigip_message_routing_transport_config – Manages configuration for an outgoing connection

New in version 2.9.

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages configuration for an outgoing connection in BIG-IP message routing.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
description string |  | The user defined description of the transport config.
name string / required |  | Specifies the name of the transport config to manage.
partition string | Default: "Common" | Device partition to create transport-config object on.
profiles list |  | Specifies a list profiles for the outgoing connection to use to direct and manage traffic.
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`.

rules list |  | The iRules you want run on this transport config. iRules help automate the intercepting, processing, and routing of application traffic.
src_addr_translation dictionary |  | Specifies the type of source address translation enabled for the transport config and the pool that the source address translation will use.
| pool string |  | Specifies the name of a LSN or SNAT pool used by the specified transport config. Name can also be specified in `fullPath` format: `/Common/foobar` When `type` is `none` or `automap` the pool parameter will be replaced by `none` keyword, thus any defined `pool` parameter will be ignored.

type
string

Choices:
- snat
- none
- automap

Specifies the type of source address translation associated with the specified transport config.
When set to `snat` the `pool` parameter needs to contain a name for a valid LSN or SNAT pool.

src_port integer |  | Specifies the source port to be used for the connection being created. If no value is specified an ephemeral port is chosen for the connection being created. The accepted range is between 0 and 65535 inclusive.

state
string

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

When `present`, ensures that the transport-config object exists.
When `absent`, ensures the transport-config object is removed.

type
string

Choices:
- generic ←

Parameter used to specify the type of the transport-config object to manage.
Default setting is `generic` with more options added in future.

## Notes

Note

- Requires BIG-IP >= 14.0.0

- 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 generic transport config
      bigip_message_routing_transport_config:
        name: foo
        profiles:
          transport: genericmsg
          tcp: tcp-lan-optimized
        description: new_transport
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Modify generic transport config
      bigip_message_routing_transport_config:
        name: foo
        rules:
          - rule_1
          - rule_2
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Remove generic transport config
      bigip_message_routing_transport_config:
        name: foo
        state: absent
        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
--- | --- | ---
description string | changed | The user defined description of the router profile. Sample: My description
profiles list | changed | The profiles for the outgoing connection . Sample: ['/Common/profile1', '/Common/profile2']
rules list | changed | The iRules running on transport config. Sample: ['/Common/rule1', '/Common/rule2']
source_port integer | changed | The source port to be used for the connection being created. Sample: 10041
src_addr_translation complex | changed | The type of source address translation enabled for the transport config. Sample: hash/dictionary of values
| pool string | changed | The name of a LSN or SNAT pool used by the specified transport config. Sample: /Common/pool1
| type string | changed | the type of source address translation associated with the specified transport config. Sample: automap

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

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

### Authors

- Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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