| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | address 
                    string
                                                                 |  | IP address of the node. This can be either IPv4 or IPv6. When creating a new node, one of either addressorfqdnmust be provided. This parameter cannot be updated after it is set. aliases: ip, host
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                                                            | availability_requirements 
                    dictionary
                                                                 added in 2.8 |  | Specifies, if you activate more than one health monitor, the number of health monitors that must receive successful responses in order for the link to be considered available. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | at_least 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the minimum number of active health monitors that must be successful before the link is considered up. This parameter is only relevant when a typeofat_leastis used. This parameter will be ignored if a type of allis used. | 
                            
                                                |  | type 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Monitor rule type when monitorsis specified. When creating a new pool, if this value is not specified, the default of 'all' will be used. | 
                                            
                                                            | connection_limit 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.7 |  | Node connection limit. Setting this to 0 disables the limit. | 
                            
                                                            | description 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Specifies descriptive text that identifies the node. You can remove a description by either specifying an empty string, or by specifying the special value none. | 
                            
                                                            | dynamic_ratio 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.7 |  | The dynamic ratio number for the node. Used for dynamic ratio load balancing. When creating a new node, if this parameter is not specified, the default of 1will be used. | 
                            
                                                            | fqdn 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.5 |  | FQDN name of the node. This can be any name that is a valid RFC 1123 DNS name. Therefore, the only characters that can be used are "A" to "Z", "a" to "z", "0" to "9", the hyphen ("-") and the period ("."). FQDN names must include at lease one period; delineating the host from the domain. ex. host.domain. FQDN names must end with a letter or a number. When creating a new node, one of either addressorfqdnmust be provided. This parameter cannot be updated after it is set. aliases: hostname
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                                                            | fqdn_address_type 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.6 |  | Specifies whether the FQDN of the node resolves to an IPv4 or IPv6 address. When creating a new node, if this parameter is not specified and fqdnis specified, this parameter will default toipv4. This parameter cannot be changed after it has been set. | 
                            
                                                            | fqdn_auto_populate 
                    boolean
                                                                 added in 2.6 |  | Specifies whether the system automatically creates ephemeral nodes using the IP addresses returned by the resolution of a DNS query for a node defined by an FQDN. When yes, the system generates an ephemeral node for each IP address returned in response to a DNS query for the FQDN of the node. Additionally, when a DNS response indicates the IP address of an ephemeral node no longer exists, the system deletes the ephemeral node. When no, the system resolves a DNS query for the FQDN of the node with the single IP address associated with the FQDN. When creating a new node, if this parameter is not specified and fqdnis specified, this parameter will default toyes. This parameter cannot be changed after it has been set. | 
                            
                                                            | fqdn_down_interval 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.6 |  | Specifies the interval in which a query occurs, when the DNS server is down. The associated monitor continues polling as long as the DNS server is down. When creating a new node, if this parameter is not specified and fqdnis specified, this parameter will default to5. | 
                            
                                                            | fqdn_up_interval 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.6 |  | Specifies the interval in which a query occurs, when the DNS server is up. The associated monitor attempts to probe three times, and marks the server down if it there is no response within the span of three times the interval value, in seconds. This parameter accepts a value of ttlto query based off of the TTL of the FQDN. The default TTL interval is akin to specifying3600. When creating a new node, if this parameter is not specified and fqdnis specified, this parameter will default to3600. | 
                            
                                                            | monitor_type 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            and_listm_of_nsingle | Monitor rule type when monitorsis specified. When creating a new pool, if this value is not specified, the default of 'and_list' will be used. Both singleandand_listare functionally identical since BIG-IP considers all monitors as "a list". BIG=IP either has a list of many, or it has a list of one. Where they differ is in the extra guards thatsingleprovides; namely that it only allows a single monitor. | 
                            
                                                            | monitors 
                    list
                                                                 |  | Specifies the health monitors that the system currently uses to monitor this node. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Specifies the name of the node. | 
                            
                                                            | partition 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.5 | Default: 
 "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on. | 
                            
                                                            | provider 
                    dictionary
                                                                 added in 2.5 |  | A dict object containing connection details. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | auth_provider 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device. This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices. | 
                            
                                                |  | password 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD. aliases: pass, pwd
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                                                |  | server 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER. | 
                            
                                                |  | server_port 
                    integer
                                                                 | Default: 
 443 | The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT. | 
                            
                                                |  | ssh_keyfile 
                    path
                                                                 |  | Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device.  This argument is only used for cli transports. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE. | 
                            
                                                |  | timeout 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands.  If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error. | 
                            
                                                |  | transport 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. | 
                            
                                                |  | user 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_USER. | 
                            
                                                |  | validate_certs 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If no, SSL certificates are not validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS. | 
                                            
                                                            | quorum 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Monitor quorum value when monitor_typeism_of_n. | 
                            
                                                            | rate_limit 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.7 |  | Node rate limit (connections-per-second). Setting this to 0 disables the limit. | 
                            
                                                            | ratio 
                    integer
                                                                 added in 2.7 |  | Node ratio weight. Valid values range from 1 through 100. When creating a new node, if this parameter is not specified, the default of 1will be used. | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absentenableddisabledoffline | Specifies the current state of the node. enabled(All traffic allowed), specifies that system sends traffic to this node regardless of the node's state.disabled(Only persistent or active connections allowed), Specifies that the node can handle only persistent or active connections.offline(Only active connections allowed), Specifies that the node can handle only active connections. In all cases exceptabsent, the node will be created if it does not yet exist. Be particularly careful about changing the status of a node whose FQDN cannot be resolved. These situations disable your ability to change their statetodisabledoroffline. They will remain in an *Unavailable - Enabled* state. |