community.general.utm_proxy_location – create, update or destroy reverse_proxy location entry in Sophos UTM

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.6).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.utm_proxy_location.

Synopsis

  • Create, update or destroy a reverse_proxy location entry in SOPHOS UTM.

  • This module needs to have the REST Ability of the UTM to be activated.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
access_control
string
    Choices:
  • 0 ←
  • 1
whether to activate the access control for the location
allowed_networks
list / elements=string
Default:
"REF_NetworkAny"
A list of allowed networks
auth_profile
string
The reference name of the auth profile
backend
list / elements=string
Default:
[]
A list of backends that are connected with this location declaration
be_path
string
The path of the backend
comment
string
The optional comment string
denied_networks
list / elements=string
Default:
[]
A list of denied network references
headers
dictionary
A dictionary of additional headers to be sent to POST and PUT requests.
Is needed for some modules
hot_standby
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Activate hot standby mode
name
string / required
The name of the object. Will be used to identify the entry
path
string
Default:
"/"
The path of the location
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
The desired state of the object.
present will create or update an object
absent will delete an object if it was present
status
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether the location is active or not
stickysession_id
string
Default:
"ROUTEID"
The stickysession id
stickysession_status
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable the stickysession
utm_host
string / required
The REST Endpoint of the Sophos UTM.
utm_port
integer
Default:
4444
The port of the REST interface.
utm_protocol
string
    Choices:
  • http
  • https ←
The protocol of the REST Endpoint.
utm_token
string / required
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether the REST interface's ssl certificate should be verified or not.
websocket_passthrough
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Enable the websocket passthrough

Examples

- name: Create UTM proxy_location
  utm_proxy_backend:
    utm_host: sophos.host.name
    utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
    name: TestLocationEntry
    backend: REF_OBJECT_STRING
    state: present

- name: Remove UTM proxy_location
  utm_proxy_backend:
    utm_host: sophos.host.name
    utm_token: abcdefghijklmno1234
    name: TestLocationEntry
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
result
complex
success
The utm object that was created
 
_locked
boolean
success
Whether or not the object is currently locked
 
_ref
string
success
The reference name of the object
 
_type
string
success
The type of the object
 
access_control
string
success
Whether to use access control state
 
allowed_networks
list / elements=string
success
List of allowed network reference names
 
auth_profile
string
success
The auth profile reference name
 
backend
string
success
The backend reference name
 
be_path
string
success
The backend path
 
comment
string
success
The comment string
 
denied_networks
list / elements=string
success
The list of the denied network names
 
hot_standby
boolean
success
Use hot standy
 
name
string
success
The name of the object
 
path
string
success
Path name
 
status
boolean
success
Whether the object is active or not
 
stickysession_id
string
success
The identifier of the stickysession
 
stickysession_status
boolean
success
Whether to use stickysession or not
 
websocket_passthrough
boolean
success
Whether websocket passthrough will be used or not


Authors

  • Johannes Brunswicker (@MatrixCrawler)