fortinet.fortios.fortios_system_vmlicense – Update VM license using uploaded file. Reboots immediately if successful 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_system_vmlicense.

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 system feature and vmlicense category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.5

Requirements

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

• ansible>=2.9.0

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
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 added in 2.9 of fortinet.fortios		Choices: no yes ←	Ensures FortiGate certificate must be verified by a proper CA.
system_vmlicense dictionary			Update VM license using uploaded file. Reboots immediately if successful.
	file_content string		Provided when uploading a file: base64 encoded file data. Must not contain whitespace or other invalid base64 characters. Must be included in HTTP body.
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

• 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: no
   ansible_httpapi_validate_certs: no
   ansible_httpapi_port: 80
   license_file: ./FGVMXXXXXX-VM00.lic
   license_file_content: "{{ lookup( 'file', license_file) }}"
   encoded_license: "{{ license_file_content | string | b64encode }}"
  tasks:
  - name: Update VM license using uploaded file. Reboots immediately if successful.
    fortios_system_vmlicense:
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      system_vmlicense:
        file_content: "{{ encoded_license }}"

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: POST
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: vmlicense
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

• Frank Shen(@frankshen01)

• Link Zheng (@chillancezen)

• Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

• Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)