Dig deeper into Ansible and F5 integration

Alright let's give this another try. Let's keep it real simple. Let's look at the three files to get this to work

1) The host file, which is be default placed at /etc/ansible/hosts (this file will have the IP Address of your bigip)

[bigip] 
10.XX.XX.XX  

2) The variable file is the same directory as your playbook, the values from this variable file will be substituted when the playbook is run

username: admin
password: admin

banner_text: "--------Welcome to Onboarding BIGIP----------"

hostname: 'ansibleManaged-bigip.local'

ntp_servers:
 - '172.27.1.1'
 - '172.27.1.2'

dns_servers:
 - '8.8.8.8'
 - '4.4.4.4'

dns_search_domains:
 - 'local'
 - 'localhost'

ip_version: 4

bind_servers:
 - '192.168.2.1'
 - '192.168.2.2'

vlan_information:
 - name: 'External'
   tag: '10'
   interface: '1.1'
 - name: 'Internal'
   tag: '11'
   interface: '1.2'

selfip_information:
 - name: 'External-SelfIP'
   address: '10.168.68.5'
   netmask: '255.255.255.0'
   vlan: 'External'
   allow_service: 'default'
 - name: 'Internal-SelfIP'
   address: '192.168.68.5'
   netmask: '255.255.255.0'
   vlan: 'Internal'
   allow_service: 'default'

module_provisioning:
 - name: 'asm'
   level: 'nominal'

3) The playbook

- name: Onboarding BIG-IP
  hosts: bigip
  gather_facts: false
  vars_files:
    - var-onboard-network_file.yml

  tasks:

  - name: Configure NTP server on BIG-IP
    bigip_device_ntp:
      server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      user: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      ntp_servers: "{{ ntp_servers }}"
      validate_certs: False
    delegate_to: localhost

  - name: Configure BIG-IP hostname
    bigip_hostname:
      server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      user: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      validate_certs: False
      hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
    delegate_to: localhost

  - name: Manage SSHD setting on BIG-IP
    bigip_device_sshd:
      server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      user: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      banner: "enabled"
      banner_text: " {{ banner_text }}"
      validate_certs: False
    delegate_to: localhost

  - name: Manage BIG-IP DNS settings
    bigip_device_dns:
     server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
     user: "{{ username }}"
     password: "{{ password }}"
     name_servers: "{{ dns_servers }}"
     search: "{{ dns_search_domains }}"
     forwarders: "{{ bind_servers }}"
     ip_version: "{{ ip_version }}"
     validate_certs: False
    delegate_to: localhost

  - name: Provision BIG-IP with appropriate modules
    bigip_provision:
      server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      user: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      validate_certs: False
      module: "{{ item.name }}"
      level: "{{ item.level }}"
    with_items: "{{ module_provisioning }}"
    tags: provision
    delegate_to: localhost

  - name: Configure VLANs on the BIG-IP
    bigip_vlan:
     server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
     user: "{{ username }}"
     password: "{{ password }}"
     validate_certs: False
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
     tag: "{{ item.tag }}"
     tagged_interface: "{{ item.interface }}"
    with_items: "{{ vlan_information }}"
    delegate_to: localhost

  - name: Configure SELF-IPs on the BIG-IP
    bigip_selfip:
     server: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
     user: "{{ username }}"
     password: "{{ password }}"
     validate_certs: False
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
     address: "{{ item.address }}"
     netmask: "{{ item.netmask }}"
     vlan: "{{ item.vlan }}"
     allow_service: "{{item.allow_service}}"
    with_items: "{{ selfip_information }}"
    delegate_to: localhost