| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | description 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.7 |  | The description of the monitor. | 
                            
                                                            | interval 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | The interval specifying how frequently the monitor instance of this template will run. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 5. This value must be less than the timeoutvalue. | 
                            
                                                            | ip 
                    string
                                                                 |  | IP address part of the IP/port definition. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be '*'. If this value is an IP address, and the typeistcp(the default), then aportnumber must be specified. | 
                            
                                                            | name 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Monitor name. | 
                            
                                                            | parent 
                    string
                                                                 | Default: 
 "/Common/tcp" | The parent template of this monitor template. Once this value has been set, it cannot be changed. By default, this value is the tcpparent on theCommonpartition. | 
                            
                                                            | partition 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.5 | Default: 
 "Common" | Device partition to manage resources on. | 
                            
                                                            | port 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Port address part of the IP/port definition. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be '*'. Note that if specifying an IP address, a value between 1 and 65535 must be specified This argument is not supported for TCP Echo types. | 
                            
                                                            | 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. | 
                                            
                                                            | receive 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The receive string for the monitor call. | 
                            
                                                            | send 
                    string
                                                                 |  | The send string for the monitor call. | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 added in 2.5 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            present ←absent | When present, ensures that the monitor exists. When absent, ensures the monitor is removed. | 
                            
                                                            | time_until_up 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | Specifies the amount of time in seconds after the first successful response before a node will be marked up. A value of 0 will cause a node to be marked up immediately after a valid response is received from the node. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 0. | 
                            
                                                            | timeout 
                    integer
                                                                 |  | The number of seconds in which the node or service must respond to the monitor request. If the target responds within the set time period, it is considered up. If the target does not respond within the set time period, it is considered down. You can change this number to any number you want, however, it should be 3 times the interval number of seconds plus 1 second. If this parameter is not provided when creating a new monitor, then the default value will be 16. |