| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | description 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The description to attach to the policy. This parameter is only supported on versions of BIG-IP >= 12.1.0. On earlier versions it will simply be ignored. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The name of the policy to create. | 
                            
                                                            | partition 
                    string
                                                                 | 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
 | 
                            
                                                |  | 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. | 
                                            
                                                            | rules 
                    list
                                                                 |  | Specifies a list of rules that you want associated with this policy. The order of this list is the order they will be evaluated by BIG-IP. If the specified rules do not exist (for example when creating a new policy) then they will be created. Rules specified here, if they do not exist, will be created with "default deny" behavior. It is expected that you follow-up this module with the actual configuration for these rules. The bigip_firewall_rulemodule can be used to also create, as well as edit, existing and new rules. | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absent | When stateispresent, ensures that the policy exists. When stateisabsent, ensures that the policy is removed. |