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Mike_A
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Dec 01, 2022

bigip_ucs_fetch unsupported parameter only_create_file

Im using the bigip_ucs_fetch module from the f5networks.f5_modules collection. My ultimate goal is to use the module to create a UCS backup only, leaving it in /var/local/ucs (the default path) with...
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Leslie_Hubertus Thanks for featuring this article, much appreciated. I just reran the job with the same results, 'unsupported parameter'. 

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Dec 09, 2022

Hi there. Quick question.. it looks like you're on an old version of the collection. will v2 not work?

 

Also, can you paste your play, please?

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    Mike_A
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    Dec 12, 2022

    AubreyKingF5 what do you mean by an old version of the collection? The collection being used is the imperative f5_modules collection. Is the version 2 you're referencing the declarative f5_bigip collection? I am using the imperatve collection which is docmented here (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/f5networks/f5_modules/bigip_ucs_fetch_module.html) it has all the referenced information stating that this module 'bigip_ucs_fetch' supports the 'only_create_file' option.

    Below is the play you are asking for. 

     

    ---
- name: Set Current Time and Date
  command: date "+%m-%d-%y"
  register: date
  delegate_to: localhost
  run_once: True

- name: Set Hostname
  set_fact:
    f5_device: "{{ inventory_hostname + '-' + date.stdout + '-backup.ucs' }}"

- name: debug fact
  debug:
    var: f5_device

- name: Create UCS Backup
  bigip_ucs_fetch:
    src: '{{ f5_device }}'
    only_create_file: yes
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

     

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      AubreyKingF5
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      Jan 04, 2023

      Can you try setting only_create_file to true instead of yes? The documentation is not clear.

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        Mike_A
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        Jan 04, 2023

        Still looks like it just doesnt recognize the parameter in the module. 

        You can see below the src call out that only_create_file has been set to true. 

        {
"msg": "Unsupported parameters for (bigip_ucs_fetch) module: only_create_file Supported parameters include: attributes, backup, content, create_on_missing, delimiter, dest, directory_mode, encryption_password, fail_on_missing, follow, force, group, mode, owner, provider, regexp, remote_src, selevel, serole, setype, seuser, src, unsafe_writes",
"invocation": {
"module_args": {
"src": "ltm01a.domain.com-01-04-23-backup.ucs",
"only_create_file": true,
"provider": {
"user": "admin",
"password": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
"server": "ltm01a.dmain.com",
"validate_certs": false,
"server_port": null,
"ssh_keyfile": null,
"transport": "rest",
"timeout": null,
"auth_provider": null
}
}
},
"_ansible_no_log": false,
"changed": false,
"_ansible_delegated_vars": {
"ansible_host": "localhost",
"ansible_port": null,
"ansible_user": "admin",
"ansible_connection": "local"
}
}