| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
                
                                                            | add_analytics 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | Collects statistics of the BIG-IP that the application is deployed to. This parameter is only relevant when specifying a service_environmentwhich is a BIG-IP; not an SSG. | 
                            
                                                            | description 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Description of the application. | 
                            
                                                            | inbound_virtual 
                    dictionary
                                                                 |  | Settings to configure the virtual which will receive the inbound connection. This virtual will be used to host the HTTP endpoint of the application. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | address 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Specifies destination IP address information to which the virtual server sends traffic. This parameter is required when creating a new application. | 
                            
                                                |  | netmask 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Specifies the netmask to associate with the given destination. This parameter is required when creating a new application. | 
                            
                                                |  | port 
                    string
                                                                 | Default: 
 80 | The port that the virtual listens for connections on. When creating a new application, if this parameter is not specified, the default value of 80will be used. | 
                                            
                                                            | name 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | Name of the new application. | 
                            
                                                            | 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. | 
                                            
                                                            | servers 
                    list
                                                                 |  | A list of servers that the application is hosted on. If you are familiar with other BIG-IP setting, you might also refer to this list as the list of pool members. When creating a new application, at least one server is required. | 
                                                        
                                                |  | address 
                    string
                                             / required                     |  | The IP address of the server. | 
                            
                                                |  | port 
                    string
                                                                 | Default: 
 80 | The port of the server. When creating a new application and specifying a server, if this parameter is not provided, the default of 80will be used. | 
                                            
                                                            | service_environment 
                    string
                                                                 |  | Specifies the name of service environment that the application will be deployed to. When creating a new application, this parameter is required. The service environment type will be discovered by this module automatically. Therefore, it is crucial that you maintain unique names for items in the different service environment types (at this time, SSGs and BIGIPs). | 
                            
                                                            | state 
                    string
                                                                 | Choices:
                                                                                                                                                            absentpresent ← | The state of the resource on the system. When present, guarantees that the resource exists with the provided attributes. When absent, removes the resource from the system. | 
                            
                                                            | wait 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  | If the module should wait for the application to be created, deleted or updated. |