# bigip_firewall_port_list – Manage port lists on BIG-IP AFM

New in version 2.5.

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages the AFM port lists on a BIG-IP. This module can be used to add and remove port list entries.

Aliases: bigip_security_port_list

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
description string |  | Description of the port list
name string / required |  | Specifies the name of the port list.
partition string | Default: "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on.
port_lists list |  | Simple list of existing port lists to add to this list. Port lists can be specified in either their fully qualified name (/Common/foo) or their short name (foo). If a short name is used, the `partition` argument will automatically be prepended to the short name.
port_ranges list |  | A list of port ranges where the range starts with a port number, is followed by a dash (-) and then a second number. If the first number is greater than the second number, the numbers will be reversed so-as to be properly formatted. ie, 90-78 would become 78-90.
ports list |  | Simple list of port values to add to the list
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`.

state
string

Choices:
- present ←
- absent

When `present`, ensures that the address list and entries exists.
When `absent`, ensures the address list is removed.

## 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: Create a simple port list
      bigip_firewall_port_list:
        name: foo
        ports:
          - 80
          - 443
        state: present
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Override the above list of ports with a new list
      bigip_firewall_port_list:
        name: foo
        ports:
          - 3389
          - 8080
          - 25
        state: present
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Create port list with series of ranges
      bigip_firewall_port_list:
        name: foo
        port_ranges:
          - 25-30
          - 80-500
          - 50-78
        state: present
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Use multiple types of port arguments
      bigip_firewall_port_list:
        name: foo
        port_ranges:
          - 25-30
          - 80-500
          - 50-78
        ports:
          - 8080
          - 443
        state: present
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Remove port list
      bigip_firewall_port_list:
        name: foo
        state: absent
        provider:
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
          user: admin
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Create port list from a file with one port per line
      bigip_firewall_port_list:
        name: lot-of-ports
        ports: "{{ lookup('file', 'my-large-port-list.txt').split('\n') }}"
        state: present
        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 new description of the port list. Sample: My port list
port_lists list | changed | The new list of port list names applied to the port list. Sample: ['/Common/list1', '/Common/list2']
port_ranges list | changed | The new list of port ranges applied to the port list. Sample: ['80-100', '200-8080']
ports list | changed | The new list of ports applied to the port list. Sample: [80, 443]

## Status

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

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

### Authors

- Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)

- Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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