F5 Pool Creation

Table of Contents

• Overview
  • Operations Manager and JSON-Form
• Installation Prerequisites
• Requirements
• Features
• How to Install
• How to Run
  • Input Variables
• Additional Information

Overview

This Pre-Built uses the Ansible Big IP Pool module to create an F5 pool.

Operations Manager and JSON-Form

This workflow has an Operations Manager item that calls a workflow. The Operations Manager item uses a JSON-Form to specify common fields populated when a pool is created. The workflow the Operations Manager item calls queries data from the formData job variable.

Installation Prerequisites

Users must satisfy the following pre-requisites:

• Itential Automation Platform
  • ^2022.1
• Itential Automation Gateway
  • 2021.1

Requirements

This Pre-Built requires the following:

• IAG Adapter Configured
• F5 BigIP Load Balancer on-boarded in Ansible

Features

The main benefits and features of the Pre-Built are outlined below.

• Allows user to create a pool leveraging simple form
• Leverages F5 Ansible modules

How to Install

To install the Pre-Built:

• Verify you are running a supported version of the Itential Automation Platform (IAP) as listed above in the Requirements section in order to install the Pre-Built.
• The Pre-Built can be installed from within App-Admin_Essential. Simply search for the name of your desired Pre-Built and click the install button.

How to Run

Use the following to run the Pre-Built:

• Run the Automation Catalog item F5 Pool Creation or call F5 Pool Management from your workflow as a child job.

Input Variables

Example

{
  "device": "Target F5 host",
  "name": "Pool name",
  "description": "Descriptive text that identifies the pool",
  "loadBalancerMethodType": "Load balancing method",
  "state": "The pool state (present or absent)"
}

Additional Information

Please use your Itential Customer Success account if you need support when using this Pre-Built.