# bigip_iapp_service – Manages TCL iApp services on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manages TCL iApp services on a BIG-IP.

- If you are looking for the API that is communicated with on the BIG-IP, the one the is used is `/mgmt/tm/sys/application/service/`.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
description string added in 2.7 |  | Description of the iApp service. If this option is specified in the Ansible task, it will take precedence over any similar setting in the iApp Service payload that you provide in the `parameters` field.
device_group string added in 2.7 |  | The device group for the iApp service. If this option is specified in the Ansible task, it will take precedence over any similar setting in the iApp Service payload that you provide in the `parameters` field.

force
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Forces the updating of an iApp service even if the parameters to the service have not changed. This option is of particular importance if the iApp template that underlies the service has been updated in-place. This option is equivalent to re-configuring the iApp if that template has changed.

metadata list added in 2.7 |  | Metadata associated with the iApp service. If this option is specified in the Ansible task, it will take precedence over any similar setting in the iApp Service payload that you provide in the `parameters` field.
name string / required |  | The name of the iApp service that you want to deploy.
parameters dictionary |  | A hash of all the required template variables for the iApp template. If your parameters are stored in a file (the more common scenario) it is recommended you use either the `file` or `template` lookups to supply the expected parameters. These parameters typically consist of the `lists`, `tables`, and `variables` fields.
partition string added in 2.5 | Default: "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on.
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 iApp service is created and running. When `absent`, ensures that the iApp service has been removed.

strict_updates
boolean
added in 2.5

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Indicates whether the application service is tied to the template, so when the template is updated, the application service changes to reflect the updates.
When `yes`, disallows any updates to the resources that the iApp service has created, if they are not updated directly through the iApp.
When `no`, allows updates outside of the iApp.
If this option is specified in the Ansible task, it will take precedence over any similar setting in the iApp Service payload that you provide in the `parameters` field.

template string |  | The iApp template from which to instantiate a new service. This template must exist on your BIG-IP before you can successfully create a service. When creating a new service, this parameter is required.
traffic_group string added in 2.5 |  | The traffic group for the iApp service. When creating a new service, if this value is not specified, the default of `/Common/traffic-group-1` will be used. If this option is specified in the Ansible task, it will take precedence over any similar setting in the iApp Service payload that you provide in the `parameters` field.

## 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 HTTP iApp service from iApp template
      bigip_iapp_service:
        name: foo-service
        template: f5.http
        parameters: "{{ lookup('file', 'f5.http.parameters.json') }}"
        state: present
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Upgrade foo-service to v1.2.0rc4 of the f5.http template
      bigip_iapp_service:
        name: foo-service
        template: f5.http.v1.2.0rc4
        state: present
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Configure a service using parameters in YAML
      bigip_iapp_service:
        name: tests
        template: web_frontends
        state: present
        parameters:
          variables:
            - name: var__vs_address
              value: 1.1.1.1
            - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http
              value: 2.2.2.1:80
            - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https
              value: 2.2.2.2:80
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Re-configure a service whose underlying iApp was updated in place
      bigip_iapp_service:
        name: tests
        template: web_frontends
        force: yes
        state: present
        parameters:
          variables:
            - name: var__vs_address
              value: 1.1.1.1
            - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http
              value: 2.2.2.1:80
            - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https
              value: 2.2.2.2:80
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Try to remove the iApp template before the associated Service is removed
      bigip_iapp_template:
        name: web_frontends
        state: absent
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      register: result
      failed_when:
        - result is not success
        - "'referenced by one or more applications' not in result.msg"

    - name: Configure a service using more complicated parameters
      bigip_iapp_service:
        name: tests
        template: web_frontends
        state: present
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
        parameters:
          variables:
            - name: var__vs_address
              value: 1.1.1.1
            - name: pm__apache_servers_for_http
              value: 2.2.2.1:80
            - name: pm__apache_servers_for_https
              value: 2.2.2.2:80
          lists:
            - name: irules__irules
              value:
                - foo
                - bar
          tables:
            - name: basic__snatpool_members
            - name: net__snatpool_members
            - name: optimizations__hosts
            - name: pool__hosts
              columnNames:
                - name
              rows:
                - row:
                    - internal.company.bar
            - name: pool__members
              columnNames:
                - addr
                - port
                - connection_limit
              rows:
                - row:
                    - "none"
                    - 80
                    - 0
            - name: server_pools__servers
      delegate_to: localhost

    - name: Override metadata that may or may not exist in parameters
      bigip_iapp_service:
        name: foo-service
        template: f5.http
        parameters: "{{ lookup('file', 'f5.http.parameters.json') }}"
        metadata:
          - persist: yes
            name: data 1
          - persist: yes
            name: data 2
        state: present
        provider:
          user: admin
          password: secret
          server: lb.mydomain.com
      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)

- Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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