| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | buffer_size 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Maximum number of compressed bytes that the system buffers before inserting a Content-Length header (which specifies the compressed size) into the response. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is provided by the parent profile. | 
                            
                                                            | description 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Description of the HTTP compression profile. | 
                            
                                                            | gzip_level 
                    integer
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            123456789 | Specifies the degree to which the system compresses the content. Higher compression levels cause the compression process to be slower. Valid values are between 1 (least compression and fastest) to 9 (most compression and slowest). | 
                            
                                                            | gzip_memory_level 
                    integer
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            1248163264128256 | Number of kilobytes of memory that the system uses for internal compression buffers when compressing a server response. | 
                            
                                                            | gzip_window_size 
                    integer
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            1248163264128 | Number of kilobytes in the window size that the system uses when compressing a server response. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Specifies the name of the compression profile. | 
                            
                                                            | parent 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Specifies the profile from which this profile inherits settings. When creating a new profile, if this parameter is not specified, the default is the system-supplied httpcompressionprofile. | 
                            
                                                            | 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. | 
                                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absent | When present, ensures that the profile exists. When absent, ensures the profile is removed. |