# Disabling F5 Big IP pool member from the pool list

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/disabling-f5-big-ip-pool-member-from-the-pool-list/27623>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 24, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/disabling-f5-big-ip-pool-member-from-the-pool-list/27623 "2018-05-24T23:02:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josephsimon\_Arokiara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Josephsimon\_Arokiara](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Josephsimon_Arokiara)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/disabling-f5-big-ip-pool-member-from-the-pool-list/27623/1 "2018-05-24T23:02:47Z")

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Hi All,

I have been trying the below code with state - absent . it ran successffully without changing the state from enabled to disabled. I cant see any Access denied error.

```auto
- name: Remove pool member from pool
  bigip_pool_member:
    server: lb.mydomain.com
    user: admin
    password: secret
    state: absent
    pool: my-pool
    partition: Common
    host: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    port: 80
  delegate_to: localhost

```

```auto
If I try the below code with state - present , It throws errors saying Access Denied: user (ansible) does not have create access to object (pool_member)

```