f5xc_user_identification Resource - terraform-provider-f5xc

f5xc_user_identification (Resource)

Manages user_identification creates a new object in the storage backend for metadata.namespace. in F5 Distributed Cloud.

~> Note For more information about this resource, please refer to the F5 XC API Documentation.

Example Usage

# User Identification Resource Example
# Manages user_identification creates a new object in the storage backend for metadata.namespace. in F5 Distributed Cloud.

terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.0"

  required_providers {
    f5xc = {
      source  = "f5xc-salesdemos/f5xc"
      version = ">= 0.1.0"
    }
  }
}

# Basic User Identification configuration
resource "f5xc_user_identification" "example" {
  name      = "example-user-identification"
  namespace = "staging"

  labels = {
    environment = "production"
    managed_by  = "terraform"
  }

  annotations = {
    "owner" = "platform-team"
  }

  # User Identification configuration
  rules {
    identifier_type = "CLIENT_IP"
    any_client {}
  }
}

Verified Configuration Examples

These configurations are extracted from acceptance tests verified against the live F5 XC API.

All Attributes

resource "f5xc_user_identification" "test" {
  name        = "example"
  namespace   = "system"
  description = "Test user identification with all attributes"
  disable     = false

  labels = {
    environment = "test"
    team        = "security"
  }

  annotations = {
    purpose = "testing"
  }

  rules {
    client_ip {}
  }
}

Cookie

resource "f5xc_user_identification" "test" {
  name      = "example"
  namespace = "system"

  rules {
    cookie_name = "session_id"
  }
}

Http Header

resource "f5xc_user_identification" "test" {
  name      = "example"
  namespace = "system"

  rules {
    http_header_name = "X-Forwarded-For"
  }
}

Tls Fingerprint

resource "f5xc_user_identification" "test" {
  name      = "example"
  namespace = "system"

  rules {
    tls_fingerprint {}
  }
}

With Annotations

resource "f5xc_user_identification" "test" {
  name      = "example"
  namespace = "system"

  annotations = {
    example-key = "example-value"
  }

  rules {
    client_ip {}
  }
}

With Description

resource "f5xc_user_identification" "test" {
  name        = "example"
  namespace   = "system"
  description = "example-value"

  rules {
    client_ip {}
  }
}

With Labels

resource "f5xc_user_identification" "test" {
  name      = "example"
  namespace = "system"

  labels = {
    example-key = "example-value"
  }

  rules {
    client_ip {}
  }
}

With Rules

resource "f5xc_user_identification" "test" {
  name        = "example"
  namespace   = "system"
  description = "User identification with identification rules"

  rules {
    client_ip {}
  }
}

Argument Reference

🔶 High Risk Operations — Some operations on this resource have high danger level. Destructive operations may require confirmation.

Minimum Configuration

Required fields:

• name
• namespace
• rules

Example (API format):

apiVersion: v1
kind: user_identification
metadata:
  name: example-user-id
  namespace: default
spec:
  rules:
    - client_ip: {}

Metadata Argument Reference

• name - Required String
Name of the User Identification. Must be unique within the namespace

• namespace - Required String
Namespace where the User Identification will be created

• annotations - Optional Map
Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with a resource that may be set by external tools to store and retrieve arbitrary metadata

• description - Optional String
Human readable description for the object

• disable - Optional Bool
A value of true will administratively disable the object

• labels - Optional Map
Labels is a user defined key value map that can be attached to resources for organization and filtering

Spec Argument Reference

• rules - Optional Block
Ordered list of rules that are evaluated sequentially against the input fields extracted from an API request in order to determine a user identifier. Evaluation of the rules is terminated once a user identifier has been extracted
See Rules below for details.

• timeouts - Optional Block
See Timeouts below for details.

Attributes Reference

In addition to all arguments above, the following attributes are exported:

• id - Optional String
Unique identifier for the resource

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Rules

A rules block supports the following:

• client_asn - Optional Block
Enable this option

• client_city - Optional Block
Enable this option

• client_country - Optional Block
Enable this option

• client_ip - Optional Block
Enable this option

• client_region - Optional Block
Enable this option

• cookie_name - Optional String
Use the HTTP cookie value for the given name as user

• http_header_name - Optional String
Use the HTTP header value for the given name as user

• ip_and_http_header_name - Optional String
Name of HTTP header from which the value should be extracted

• ip_and_ja4_tls_fingerprint - Optional Block
Enable this option

• ip_and_tls_fingerprint - Optional Block
Enable this option

• ja4_tls_fingerprint - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for ja4 TLS fingerprint

• jwt_claim_name - Optional String
Use the JWT claim value as user identifier

• none - Optional Block
Enable this option

• query_param_key - Optional String
Use the query parameter value for the given key as user

• tls_fingerprint - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for TLS fingerprint

Timeouts

A timeouts block supports the following:

• create - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when creating the resource

• delete - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when deleting the resource

• read - Optional String (Defaults to 5 minutes)
Used when retrieving the resource

• update - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when updating the resource

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Common Types

The following type definitions are used throughout this resource. See the full definition here rather than repeated inline.

Object Reference {#common-object-reference}

Object references establish a direct reference from one configuration object to another in F5 Distributed Cloud. References use the format tenant/namespace/name.

Field	Type	Description
name	String	Name of the referenced object
namespace	String	Namespace containing the referenced object
tenant	String	Tenant of the referenced object (system-managed)

Transformers {#common-transformers}

Transformers apply transformations to input values before matching. Multiple transformers can be applied in order.

Value	Description
LOWER_CASE	Convert to lowercase
UPPER_CASE	Convert to uppercase
BASE64_DECODE	Decodebase64 content
NORMALIZE_PATH	Normalize URL path
REMOVE_WHITESPACE	Remove whitespace characters
URL_DECODE	Decode URL-encoded characters
TRIM_LEFT	Trim leading whitespace
TRIM_RIGHT	Trim trailing whitespace
TRIM	Trim both leading and trailing whitespace

HTTP Methods {#common-http-methods}

HTTP methods used for request matching.

Value	Description
ANY	Match any HTTP method
GET	HTTP GET request
HEAD	HTTP HEAD request
POST	HTTP POST request
PUT	HTTP PUT request
DELETE	HTTP DELETE request
CONNECT	HTTP CONNECT request
OPTIONS	HTTP OPTIONS request
TRACE	HTTP TRACE request
PATCH	HTTP PATCH request
COPY	HTTP COPY request (WebDAV)

TLS Fingerprints {#common-tls-fingerprints}

TLS fingerprint categories for malicious client detection.

Value	Description
TLS_FINGERPRINT_NONE	No fingerprint matching
ANY_MALICIOUS_FINGERPRINT	Match any known malicious fingerprint
ADWARE	Adware-associated fingerprints
DRIDEX	Dridex malware fingerprints
GOOTKIT	Gootkit malware fingerprints
RANSOMWARE	Ransomware-associated fingerprints
TRICKBOT	Trickbot malware fingerprints

IP Threat Categories {#common-ip-threat-categories}

IP address threat categories for security filtering.

Value	Description
SPAM_SOURCES	Known spam sources
WINDOWS_EXPLOITS	Windows exploit sources
WEB_ATTACKS	Web attack sources
BOTNETS	Known botnet IPs
SCANNERS	Network scanner IPs
REPUTATION	Poor reputation IPs
PHISHING	Phishing-related IPs
PROXY	Anonymous proxy IPs
MOBILE_THREATS	Mobile threat sources
TOR_PROXY	Tor exit nodes
DENIAL_OF_SERVICE	DoS attack sources
NETWORK	Known bad network ranges

Import

Import is supported using the following syntax:

# Import using namespace/name format
terraform import f5xc_user_identification.example system/example