From a0dc776f56c9060ac5cdf4eceea3c4f0e28d45a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Rupp <caphrim007@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 08:47:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes a weird udf scenario (#33681)

The situation happened where in udf it stopped provisioning correctly.
Seems like the best resolution is to restart asm.
---
 .../modules/network/f5/bigip_provision.py       | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_provision.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_provision.py
index be8f37cfbc..be9fc9d67e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_provision.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/f5/bigip_provision.py
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
         :return:
         """
         nops = 0
+        restarted_asm = False
         while nops < 3:
             try:
                 policies = self.client.api.tm.asm.policies_s.get_collection()
@@ -352,9 +353,23 @@ class ModuleManager(object):
                 else:
                     nops = 0
             except Exception as ex:
-                pass
+                if not restarted_asm:
+                    self._restart_asm()
+                    restarted_asm = True
             time.sleep(5)
 
+    def _restart_asm(self):
+        try:
+            self.client.api.tm.util.bash.exec_cmd(
+                'run',
+                utilCmdArgs='-c "bigstart restart asm"'
+            )
+            time.sleep(60)
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return None
+
     def _get_last_reboot(self):
         try:
             output = self.client.api.tm.util.bash.exec_cmd(