F5-facts.yaml

# Playbook to gather facts from the F5 load balancer
## bigip_device_info: tells the task which module to use. Everything except register is a module parameter defined on the module
## The gather_subset: system_info parameter tells the module only to grab system level information.
## The provider: parameter is a group of connection details for the Load Balancer
## The server: "private_ip" parameter tells the module to connect to the F5 IP address, which is a variable stored in inventory
## The user: "ansible_user" parameter tells the module the username to login to the F5 device with
## The password: "ansible_password" parameter tells the module the password to login to the F5 BIG-IP device with, variable in inventory
## The server_port: parameter tells the module the port to connect to the F5 device with
## The validate_certs: false parameter tells the module to not validate SSL certificates
## The register: device_facts tells the task to save the output to a variable bigip_device_info

---
- name: GRAB F5 FACTS
  hosts: f5
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:
    - name: COLLECT BIG-IP FACTS
      f5networks.f5_modules.bigip_device_info:
        gather_subset:
          - system-info
        provider:
          server: "{{private_ip}}"
          user: "{{ansible_user}}"
          password: "{{ansible_password}}"
          server_port: 8443
          validate_certs: false
      register: device_facts

    - name: DISPLAY COMPLETE BIG-IP SYSTEM INFORMATION
      debug:
        var: device_facts

    - name: DISPLAY ONLY THE MAC ADDRESS
      debug:
        var: device_facts['system_info']['base_mac_address']

    - name: DISPLAY ONLY THE VERSION
      debug:
        var: device_facts['system_info']['product_version']