In this recipe, we will outline how to connect to BIG-IP nodes from Ansible via the Representational State Transfer (REST) API exposed by BIG-IP device, in order to start managing the devices from Ansible. We are going to use usernames and passwords to authenticate to the BIG-IP node in our topology.
Connecting and authenticating to BIG-IP devices
Getting ready
In order to follow along with this recipe, an Ansible inventory file should be constructed as per the previous recipe. IP reachability must be established between the Ansible control machine and all the devices in the network.
