community.network.fmgr_device_group – Alter FortiManager device groups.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 1.3.2).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.fmgr_device_group.

Synopsis

  • Add or edit device groups and assign devices to device groups FortiManager Device Manager using JSON RPC API.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
adom
string
Default:
"root"
The ADOM the configuration should belong to.
grp_desc
string
The description of the device group.
grp_members
string
A comma separated list of device names or device groups to be added as members to the device group.
If Group Members are defined, and mode="delete", only group members will be removed.
If you want to delete a group itself, you must omit this parameter from the task in playbook.
grp_name
string
The name of the device group.
mode
string
    Choices:
  • add ←
  • set
  • delete
  • update
Sets one of three modes for managing the object.
Allows use of soft-adds instead of overwriting existing values
vdom
string
Default:
"root"
The VDOM of the Fortigate you want to add, must match the device in FMGR. Usually root.

Examples

- name: CREATE DEVICE GROUP
  community.network.fmgr_device_group:
    grp_name: "TestGroup"
    grp_desc: "CreatedbyAnsible"
    adom: "ansible"
    mode: "add"

- name: CREATE DEVICE GROUP 2
  community.network.fmgr_device_group:
    grp_name: "AnsibleGroup"
    grp_desc: "CreatedbyAnsible"
    adom: "ansible"
    mode: "add"

- name: ADD DEVICES TO DEVICE GROUP
  community.network.fmgr_device_group:
    mode: "add"
    grp_name: "TestGroup"
    grp_members: "FGT1,FGT2"
    adom: "ansible"
    vdom: "root"

- name: REMOVE DEVICES TO DEVICE GROUP
  community.network.fmgr_device_group:
    mode: "delete"
    grp_name: "TestGroup"
    grp_members: "FGT1,FGT2"
    adom: "ansible"

- name: DELETE DEVICE GROUP
  community.network.fmgr_device_group:
    grp_name: "AnsibleGroup"
    grp_desc: "CreatedbyAnsible"
    mode: "delete"
    adom: "ansible"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
api_result
string
always
full API response, includes status code and message


Authors

  • Luke Weighall (@lweighall)

  • Andrew Welsh (@Ghilli3)

  • Jim Huber (@p4r4n0y1ng)