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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# (c) 2015, Michael Perzel
+#
+# 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_gtm_wide_ip
+short_description: "Manages F5 BIG-IP GTM wide ip"
+description:
+    - "Manages F5 BIG-IP GTM wide ip"
+version_added: "2.0"
+author: 'Michael Perzel'
+notes:
+    - "Requires BIG-IP software version >= 11.4"
+    - "F5 developed module 'bigsuds' required (see http://devcentral.f5.com)"
+    - "Best run as a local_action in your playbook"
+    - "Tested with manager and above account privilege level"
+
+requirements:
+    - bigsuds
+options:
+    server:
+        description:
+            - BIG-IP host
+        required: true
+    user:
+        description:
+            - BIG-IP username
+        required: true
+    password:
+        description:
+            - BIG-IP password
+        required: true
+    lb_method:
+        description:
+            - LB method of wide ip
+        required: true
+        choices: ['return_to_dns', 'null', 'round_robin',
+                      'ratio', 'topology', 'static_persist', 'global_availability',
+                      'vs_capacity', 'least_conn', 'lowest_rtt', 'lowest_hops',
+                      'packet_rate', 'cpu', 'hit_ratio', 'qos', 'bps',
+                      'drop_packet', 'explicit_ip', 'connection_rate', 'vs_score']
+    wide_ip:
+        description:
+            - Wide IP name
+        required: true
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+  - name: Set lb method
+    local_action: >
+      bigip_gtm_wide_ip
+      server=192.168.0.1
+      user=admin
+      password=mysecret
+      lb_method=round_robin
+      wide_ip=my-wide-ip.example.com
+'''
+
+try:
+    import bigsuds
+except ImportError:
+    bigsuds_found = False
+else:
+    bigsuds_found = True
+
+def bigip_api(server, user, password):
+    api = bigsuds.BIGIP(hostname=server, username=user, password=password)
+    return api
+
+def get_wide_ip_lb_method(api, wide_ip):
+    lb_method = api.GlobalLB.WideIP.get_lb_method(wide_ips=[wide_ip])[0]
+    lb_method = lb_method.strip().replace('LB_METHOD_', '').lower()
+    return lb_method
+
+def get_wide_ip_pools(api, wide_ip):
+    try:
+        return api.GlobalLB.WideIP.get_wideip_pool([wide_ip])
+    except Exception, e:
+        print e
+
+def wide_ip_exists(api, wide_ip):
+    # hack to determine if wide_ip exists
+    result = False
+    try:
+        api.GlobalLB.WideIP.get_object_status(wide_ips=[wide_ip])
+        result = True
+    except bigsuds.OperationFailed, e:
+        if "was not found" in str(e):
+            result = False
+        else:
+            # genuine exception
+            raise
+    return result
+
+def set_wide_ip_lb_method(api, wide_ip, lb_method):
+    lb_method = "LB_METHOD_%s" % lb_method.strip().upper()
+    api.GlobalLB.WideIP.set_lb_method(wide_ips=[wide_ip], lb_methods=[lb_method])
+
+def main():
+
+    lb_method_choices = ['return_to_dns', 'null', 'round_robin',
+                                    'ratio', 'topology', 'static_persist', 'global_availability',
+                                    'vs_capacity', 'least_conn', 'lowest_rtt', 'lowest_hops',
+                                    'packet_rate', 'cpu', 'hit_ratio', 'qos', 'bps',
+                                    'drop_packet', 'explicit_ip', 'connection_rate', 'vs_score']
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            server = dict(type='str', required=True),
+            user = dict(type='str', required=True),
+            password = dict(type='str', required=True),
+            lb_method = dict(type='str', required=True, choices=lb_method_choices),
+            wide_ip = dict(type='str', required=True)
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    if not bigsuds_found:
+        module.fail_json(msg="the python bigsuds module is required")
+
+    server = module.params['server']
+    user = module.params['user']
+    password = module.params['password']
+    wide_ip = module.params['wide_ip']
+    lb_method = module.params['lb_method']
+
+    result = {'changed': False}  # default
+
+    try:
+        api = bigip_api(server, user, password)
+
+        if not wide_ip_exists(api, wide_ip):
+            module.fail_json(msg="wide ip %s does not exist" % wide_ip)
+
+        if lb_method is not None and lb_method != get_wide_ip_lb_method(api, wide_ip):
+            if not module.check_mode:
+                set_wide_ip_lb_method(api, wide_ip, lb_method)
+                result = {'changed': True}
+            else:
+                result = {'changed': True}
+
+    except Exception, e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="received exception: %s" % e)
+
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()