fortinet.fortios.fortios_authentication_rule – Configure Authentication Rules in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This plugin is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 1.1.8).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install fortinet.fortios.

To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortios.fortios_authentication_rule.

New in version 2.8: of fortinet.fortios

Synopsis

• This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify authentication feature and rule category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.0

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• ansible>=2.9.0

Parameters

Parameter			Choices/Defaults	Comments
access_token string				Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.
authentication_rule dictionary				Configure Authentication Rules.
	active_auth_method string			Select an active authentication method. Source authentication.scheme.name.
	comments string			Comment.
	ip_based string		Choices: enable disable	Enable/disable IP-based authentication. Once a user authenticates all traffic from the IP address the user authenticated from is allowed.
	name string / required			Authentication rule name.
	protocol string		Choices: http ftp socks ssh	Select the protocol to use for authentication . Users connect to the FortiGate using this protocol and are asked to authenticate.
	srcaddr list / elements=string			Select an IPv4 source address from available options. Required for web proxy authentication.
		name string / required		Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name firewall.proxy-address.name firewall.proxy-addrgrp.name.
	srcaddr6 list / elements=string			Select an IPv6 source address. Required for web proxy authentication.
		name string / required		Address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
	sso_auth_method string			Select a single-sign on (SSO) authentication method. Source authentication.scheme.name.
	state string		Choices: present absent	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.9 we recommend using the top-level 'state' parameter. Indicates whether to create or remove the object.
	status string		Choices: enable disable	Enable/disable this authentication rule.
	transaction_based string		Choices: enable disable	Enable/disable transaction based authentication .
	web_auth_cookie string		Choices: enable disable	Enable/disable Web authentication cookies .
state string added in 2.9 of fortinet.fortios			Choices: present absent	Indicates whether to create or remove the object. This attribute was present already in previous version in a deeper level. It has been moved out to this outer level.
vdom string			Default: "root"	Virtual domain, among those defined previously. A vdom is a virtual instance of the FortiGate that can be configured and used as a different unit.

Notes

Note

• Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks

Examples

- hosts: fortigates
  collections:
    - fortinet.fortios
  connection: httpapi
  vars:
   vdom: "root"
   ansible_httpapi_use_ssl: yes
   ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no
   ansible_httpapi_port: 443
  tasks:
  - name: Configure Authentication Rules.
    fortios_authentication_rule:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      authentication_rule:
        active_auth_method: "<your_own_value> (source authentication.scheme.name)"
        comments: "<your_own_value>"
        ip_based: "enable"
        name: "default_name_6"
        protocol: "http"
        srcaddr:
         -
            name: "default_name_9 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name firewall.proxy-address.name firewall.proxy-addrgrp.name)"
        srcaddr6:
         -
            name: "default_name_11 (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        sso_auth_method: "<your_own_value> (source authentication.scheme.name)"
        status: "enable"
        transaction_based: "enable"
        web_auth_cookie: "enable"

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
build string	always	Build number of the fortigate image Sample: 1547
http_method string	always	Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate Sample: PUT
http_status string	always	Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied Sample: 200
mkey string	success	Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate Sample: id
name string	always	Name of the table used to fulfill the request Sample: urlfilter
path string	always	Path of the table used to fulfill the request Sample: webfilter
revision string	always	Internal revision number Sample: 17.0.2.10658
serial string	always	Serial number of the unit Sample: FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352
status string	always	Indication of the operation's result Sample: success
vdom string	always	Virtual domain used Sample: root
version string	always	Version of the FortiGate Sample: v5.6.3

Authors

• Link Zheng (@chillancezen)

• Jie Xue (@JieX19)

• Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)

• Frank Shen (@frankshen01)

• Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

• Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)