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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2016 F5 Networks Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: bigip_hostname
+short_description: Manage the hostname of a BIG-IP.
+description:
+  - Manage the hostname of a BIG-IP.
+version_added: "2.3"
+options:
+  hostname:
+    description:
+      - Hostname of the BIG-IP host.
+    required: true
+notes:
+  - Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip
+    install f5-sdk.
+extends_documentation_fragment: f5
+requirements:
+  - f5-sdk
+author:
+  - Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Set the hostname of the BIG-IP
+  bigip_hostname:
+      hostname: "bigip.localhost.localdomain"
+      password: "admin"
+      server: "bigip.localhost.localdomain"
+      user: "admin"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+hostname:
+    description: The new hostname of the device
+    returned: changed
+    type: string
+    sample: "big-ip01.internal"
+'''
+
+try:
+    from f5.bigip.contexts import TransactionContextManager
+    from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot
+    from icontrol.session import iControlUnexpectedHTTPError
+    HAS_F5SDK = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_F5SDK = False
+
+
+class BigIpHostnameManager(object):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.changed_params = dict()
+        self.params = kwargs
+        self.api = None
+
+    def connect_to_bigip(self, **kwargs):
+        return ManagementRoot(kwargs['server'],
+                              kwargs['user'],
+                              kwargs['password'],
+                              port=kwargs['server_port'])
+
+    def ensure_hostname_is_present(self):
+        self.changed_params['hostname'] = self.params['hostname']
+
+        if self.params['check_mode']:
+            return True
+
+        tx = self.api.tm.transactions.transaction
+        with TransactionContextManager(tx) as api:
+            r = api.tm.sys.global_settings.load()
+            r.update(hostname=self.params['hostname'])
+
+        if self.hostname_exists():
+            return True
+        else:
+            raise F5ModuleError("Failed to set the hostname")
+
+    def hostname_exists(self):
+        if self.params['hostname'] == self.current_hostname():
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def present(self):
+        if self.hostname_exists():
+            return False
+        else:
+
+            return self.ensure_hostname_is_present()
+
+    def current_hostname(self):
+        r = self.api.tm.sys.global_settings.load()
+        return r.hostname
+
+    def apply_changes(self):
+        result = dict()
+
+        changed = self.apply_to_running_config()
+        if changed:
+            self.save_running_config()
+
+        result.update(**self.changed_params)
+        result.update(dict(changed=changed))
+        return result
+
+    def apply_to_running_config(self):
+        try:
+            self.api = self.connect_to_bigip(**self.params)
+            return self.present()
+        except iControlUnexpectedHTTPError as e:
+            raise F5ModuleError(str(e))
+
+    def save_running_config(self):
+        self.api.tm.sys.config.exec_cmd('save')
+
+
+class BigIpHostnameModuleConfig(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.argument_spec = dict()
+        self.meta_args = dict()
+        self.supports_check_mode = True
+
+        self.initialize_meta_args()
+        self.initialize_argument_spec()
+
+    def initialize_meta_args(self):
+        args = dict(
+            hostname=dict(required=True)
+        )
+        self.meta_args = args
+
+    def initialize_argument_spec(self):
+        self.argument_spec = f5_argument_spec()
+        self.argument_spec.update(self.meta_args)
+
+    def create(self):
+        return AnsibleModule(
+            argument_spec=self.argument_spec,
+            supports_check_mode=self.supports_check_mode
+        )
+
+
+def main():
+    if not HAS_F5SDK:
+        raise F5ModuleError("The python f5-sdk module is required")
+
+    config = BigIpHostnameModuleConfig()
+    module = config.create()
+
+    try:
+        obj = BigIpHostnameManager(
+            check_mode=module.check_mode, **module.params
+        )
+        result = obj.apply_changes()
+
+        module.exit_json(**result)
+    except F5ModuleError as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.f5 import *
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()