fortinet.fortios.fortios_facts – Get facts about fortios devices (about to be deprecated).

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_facts.

New in version 2.9: of fortinet.fortios

Synopsis

• Collects facts from network devices running the fortios operating system. This module places the facts gathered in the fact tree keyed by the respective resource name. This facts module will only collect those facts which user specified in playbook.

Requirements

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

• galaxy collection fortinet.fortios

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
gather_subset list / elements=dictionary / required			When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include system_current-admins_select, system_firmware_select, system_fortimanager_status, system_ha-checksums_select, system_interface_select, system_status_select and system_time_select
	fact string / required		Name of the facts to gather
	filters list / elements=dictionary		Filters apply when gathering facts
host string			FortiOS or FortiGate IP address.
https boolean		Choices: no yes ←	Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol.
password string		Default: ""	FortiOS or FortiGate password.
ssl_verify boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
username string			FortiOS or FortiGate username.
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

• httpapi mode is the new recommended way for any network modules

• the module is going to be deprecated in next major release.

Examples

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    host: "192.168.122.40"
    username: "admin"
    password: ""
    vdom: "root"
    ssl_verify: "False"

  tasks:
  - name: gather basic system status facts
    fortios_facts:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      gather_subset:
        - fact: 'system_status_select'

  - name: gather all physical interfaces status facts
    fortios_facts:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      gather_subset:
        - fact: 'system_interface_select'

  - name: gather gather all physical and vlan interfaces status facts
    fortios_facts:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      gather_subset:
        - fact: 'system_interface_select'
          filters:
            - include_vlan: true

  - name: gather basic system info and physical interface port3 status facts
    fortios_facts:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      gather_subset:
        - fact: 'system_status_select'
        - fact: 'system_interface_select'
          filters:
            - interface_name: 'port3'

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: GET
name string	always	Name of the table used to fulfill the request Sample: firmware
path string	always	Path of the table used to fulfill the request Sample: system
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

• Don Yao (@fortinetps)

• Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

• Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)