check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_access_layer module – Manages access-layer objects on Check Point over Web Services API

Note

This module is part of the check_point.mgmt collection (version 5.2.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install check_point.mgmt.

To use it in a playbook, specify: check_point.mgmt.cp_mgmt_access_layer.

New in check_point.mgmt 1.0.0

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

major release after 2024-11-01

Why:

Newer and updated modules released with more functionality.

Alternative:

cp_mgmt_access_layers

Synopsis

  • Manages access-layer objects on Check Point devices including creating, updating and removing objects.

  • All operations are performed over Web Services API.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

add_default_rule

boolean

Indicates whether to include a cleanup rule in the new layer.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

applications_and_url_filtering

boolean

Whether to enable Applications & URL Filtering blade on the layer.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

auto_publish_session

boolean

Publish the current session if changes have been performed after task completes.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

color

string

Color of the object. Should be one of existing colors.

Choices:

  • "aquamarine"

  • "black"

  • "blue"

  • "crete blue"

  • "burlywood"

  • "cyan"

  • "dark green"

  • "khaki"

  • "orchid"

  • "dark orange"

  • "dark sea green"

  • "pink"

  • "turquoise"

  • "dark blue"

  • "firebrick"

  • "brown"

  • "forest green"

  • "gold"

  • "dark gold"

  • "gray"

  • "dark gray"

  • "light green"

  • "lemon chiffon"

  • "coral"

  • "sea green"

  • "sky blue"

  • "magenta"

  • "purple"

  • "slate blue"

  • "violet red"

  • "navy blue"

  • "olive"

  • "orange"

  • "red"

  • "sienna"

  • "yellow"

comments

string

Comments string.

content_awareness

boolean

Whether to enable Content Awareness blade on the layer.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

details_level

string

The level of detail for some of the fields in the response can vary from showing only the UID value of the object to a fully detailed representation of the object.

Choices:

  • "uid"

  • "standard"

  • "full"

detect_using_x_forward_for

boolean

Whether to use X-Forward-For HTTP header, which is added by the proxy server to keep track of the original source IP.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

firewall

boolean

Whether to enable Firewall blade on the layer.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ignore_errors

boolean

Apply changes ignoring errors. You won’t be able to publish such a changes. If ignore-warnings flag was omitted - warnings will also be ignored.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ignore_warnings

boolean

Apply changes ignoring warnings.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

implicit_cleanup_action

string

The default “catch-all” action for traffic that does not match any explicit or implied rules in the layer.

Choices:

  • "drop"

  • "accept"

mobile_access

boolean

Whether to enable Mobile Access blade on the layer.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

name

string / required

Object name.

shared

boolean

Whether this layer is shared.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

state

string

State of the access rule (present or absent).

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

list / elements=string

Collection of tag identifiers.

version

string

Version of checkpoint. If not given one, the latest version taken.

wait_for_task

boolean

Wait for the task to end. Such as publish task.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

wait_for_task_timeout

integer

How many minutes to wait until throwing a timeout error.

Default: 30

Examples

- name: add-access-layer
  cp_mgmt_access_layer:
    name: New Layer 1
    state: present

- name: set-access-layer
  cp_mgmt_access_layer:
    applications_and_url_filtering: false
    data_awareness: true
    name: New Layer 1
    state: present

- name: delete-access-layer
  cp_mgmt_access_layer:
    name: New Layer 2
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

cp_mgmt_access_layer

dictionary

The checkpoint object created or updated.

Returned: always, except when deleting the object.

Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2024-11-01. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Or Soffer (@chkp-orso)