fmgr_device_group – Alter FortiManager device groups

New in version 2.8.

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
-
Default:
"root"
The ADOM the configuration should belong to.
grp_desc
-
The description of the device group.
grp_members
-
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
-
The name of the device group.
mode
-
    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
-
Default:
"root"
The VDOM of the Fortigate you want to add, must match the device in FMGR. Usually root.

Notes

Note

Examples

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

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

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

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

- name: DELETE DEVICE GROUP
  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


Status

Authors

  • Luke Weighall (@lweighall)

  • Andrew Welsh (@Ghilli3)

  • Jim Huber (@p4r4n0y1ng)

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