| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | description 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Description of the IKE peer. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Specifies the name of the IKE peer. | 
                            
                                                            | partition 
                    string
                                                                 | Default: 
 "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on. | 
                            
                                                            | phase1_auth_method 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            pre-shared-keyrsa-signature | Specifies the authentication method for phase 1 negotiation. When creating a new IKE peer, if this value is not specified, the default is rsa-signature. | 
                            
                                                            | phase1_cert 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Specifies the digital certificate to use for the RSA signature. When creating a new IKE peer, if this value is not specified, and phase1_auth_methodisrsa-signature, the default isdefault.crt. This parameter is invalid when phase1_auth_methodispre-shared-key. | 
                            
                                                            | phase1_encryption_algorithm 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            3desdesblowfishcast128aes128aes192aes256camellia | Specifies the algorithm to use for IKE encryption. IKE versionv2does not supportblowfish,camellia, orcast128. | 
                            
                                                            | phase1_hash_algorithm 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            sha1md5sha256sha384sha512 | Specifies the algorithm to use for IKE authentication. | 
                            
                                                            | phase1_key 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Specifies the public key that the digital certificate contains. When creating a new IKE peer, if this value is not specified, and phase1_auth_methodisrsa-signature, the default isdefault.key. This parameter is invalid when phase1_auth_methodispre-shared-key. | 
                            
                                                            | phase1_perfect_forward_secrecy 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            ecp256ecp384ecp521modp768modp1024modp1536modp2048modp3072modp4096modp6144modp8192 | Specifies the Diffie-Hellman group to use for IKE Phase 1 and Phase 2 negotiations. | 
                            
                                                            | phase1_verify_peer_cert 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | In IKEv2, specifies whether the certificate sent by the IKE peer is verified using the Trusted Certificate Authorities, a CRL, and/or a peer certificate. In IKEv1, specifies whether the identifier sent by the peer is verified with the credentials in the certificate, in the following manner - ASN1DN; specifies that the entire certificate subject name is compared with the identifier. Address, FQDN, or User FQDN; specifies that the certificate's subjectAltName is compared with the identifier. If the two do not match, the negotiation fails. When creating a new IKE peer, if this value is not specified, and phase1_auth_methodisrsa-signature, the default isno. This parameter is invalid when phase1_auth_methodispre-shared-key. | 
                            
                                                            | presented_id_type 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            addressasn1dnfqdnkeyid-taguser-fqdnoverride | Specifies the identifier type that the local system uses to identify itself to the peer during IKE Phase 1 negotiations. | 
                            
                                                            | presented_id_value 
                    string
                                                                 |  | This is a required value when versionincludes (Cv2). Specifies a value for the identity when using a presented_id_typeofoverride. | 
                            
                                                            | preshared_key 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Specifies a string that the IKE peers share for authenticating each other. This parameter is only relevant when phase1_auth_methodispre-shared-key. This parameter is invalid when phase1_auth_methodisrsa-signature. | 
                            
                                                            | 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. | 
                                            
                                                            | remote_address 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Displays the IP address of the BIG-IP system that is remote to the system you are configuring. | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absent | When present, ensures that the resource exists. When absent, ensures the resource is removed. | 
                            
                                                            | update_password 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            always ←on_create | alwayswill allow to update passwords if the user chooses to do so.on_createwill only set the password for newly created IKE peers.
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                                                            | verified_id_type 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            addressasn1dnfqdnkeyid-taguser-fqdnoverride | Specifies the identifier type that the local system uses to identify the peer during IKE Phase 1 negotiation. This is a required value when versionincludes (Cv2). When user-fqdn, value ofverified_id_valuemust be in the form of User @ DNS domain string. | 
                            
                                                            | verified_id_value 
                    string
                                                                 |  | This is a required value when versionincludes (Cv2). Specifies a value for the identity when using a verified_id_typeofoverride. | 
                            
                                                            | version 
                    list
                                                                 |  | Specifies which version of IKE is used. If the system you are configuring is the IPsec initiator, and you select both versions, the system tries using IKEv2 for negotiation. If the remote peer does not support IKEv2, the IPsec tunnel fails. To use IKEv1 in this case, you must deselect Version 2 and try again. If the system you are configuring is the IPsec responder, and you select both versions, the IPsec initiator system determines which IKE version to use. When creating a new IKE peer, this value is required. |