F5 BIG-IP Ansible Collections¶
Welcome to the F5 BIG-IP Ansible documentation.
Get started with F5 Ansible Collections and learn to manage configuration objects on BIG-IP, BIG-IQ and F5OS based platforms.
Collections summary¶
F5 currently maintains three collections; two different Ansible Collections for BIG-IP/BIG-IQ products and F5OS-based platforms.
| Collection Name | Primary Use Case | Connection Plugin | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|
| f5_modules | BIG-IP Imperative APIs and Tasks | LOCAL | Imperative collection |
| f5_bigip | BIG-IP Declarative APIs and Tasks | HTTPAPI | Declarative collection |
| f5os | F5OS based devices APIs and Tasks | HTTPAPI | F5OS collection |
| next | BIG-IP NEXT and Central Manager APIs and Tasks | HTTPAPI | BIG-IP Next collection |
Using this documentation¶
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The code is open source and available on GitHub. Each repository is specified in the table above.