fortios_firewall_shaping_policy – Configure shaping policies in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS by allowing the user to configure firewall feature and shaping_policy category. Examples includes all options and need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.2

Requirements

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

  • fortiosapi>=0.9.8

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
firewall_shaping_policy
-
Default:
null
Configure shaping policies.
app-category
-
IDs of one or more application categories that this shaper applies application control traffic shaping to.
id
- / required
Category IDs.
application
-
IDs of one or more applications that this shaper applies application control traffic shaping to.
id
- / required
Application IDs.
class-id
-
Traffic class ID.
comment
-
Comments.
dstaddr
-
IPv4 destination address and address group names.
name
- / required
Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
dstaddr6
-
IPv6 destination address and address group names.
name
- / required
Address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
dstintf
-
One or more outgoing (egress) interfaces.
name
- / required
Interface name. Source system.interface.name system.zone.name.
groups
-
Apply this traffic shaping policy to user groups that have authenticated with the FortiGate.
name
- / required
Group name. Source user.group.name.
id
- / required
Shaping policy ID.
internet-service
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable use of Internet Services for this policy. If enabled, destination address and service are not used.
internet-service-custom
-
Custom Internet Service name.
name
- / required
Custom Internet Service name. Source firewall.internet-service-custom.name.
internet-service-id
-
Internet Service ID.
id
- / required
Internet Service ID. Source firewall.internet-service.id.
internet-service-src
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable use of Internet Services in source for this policy. If enabled, source address is not used.
internet-service-src-custom
-
Custom Internet Service source name.
name
- / required
Custom Internet Service name. Source firewall.internet-service-custom.name.
internet-service-src-id
-
Internet Service source ID.
id
- / required
Internet Service ID. Source firewall.internet-service.id.
ip-version
-
    Choices:
  • 4
  • 6
Apply this traffic shaping policy to IPv4 or IPv6 traffic.
per-ip-shaper
-
Per-IP traffic shaper to apply with this policy. Source firewall.shaper.per-ip-shaper.name.
schedule
-
Schedule name. Source firewall.schedule.onetime.name firewall.schedule.recurring.name firewall.schedule.group.name.
service
-
Service and service group names.
name
- / required
Service name. Source firewall.service.custom.name firewall.service.group.name.
srcaddr
-
IPv4 source address and address group names.
name
- / required
Address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
srcaddr6
-
IPv6 source address and address group names.
name
- / required
Address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Indicates whether to create or remove the object
status
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable this traffic shaping policy.
traffic-shaper
-
Traffic shaper to apply to traffic forwarded by the firewall policy. Source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name.
traffic-shaper-reverse
-
Traffic shaper to apply to response traffic received by the firewall policy. Source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name.
url-category
-
IDs of one or more FortiGuard Web Filtering categories that this shaper applies traffic shaping to.
id
- / required
URL category ID.
users
-
Apply this traffic shaping policy to individual users that have authenticated with the FortiGate.
name
- / required
User name. Source user.local.name.
host
- / required
FortiOS or FortiGate ip adress.
https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol
password
-
Default:
""
FortiOS or FortiGate password.
username
- / required
FortiOS or FortiGate username.
vdom
-
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

  • Requires fortiosapi library developed by Fortinet

  • Run as a local_action in your playbook

Examples

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
   host: "192.168.122.40"
   username: "admin"
   password: ""
   vdom: "root"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure shaping policies.
    fortios_firewall_shaping_policy:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      firewall_shaping_policy:
        state: "present"
        app-category:
         -
            id:  "4"
        application:
         -
            id:  "6"
        class-id: "7"
        comment: "Comments."
        dstaddr:
         -
            name: "default_name_10 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        dstaddr6:
         -
            name: "default_name_12 (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        dstintf:
         -
            name: "default_name_14 (source system.interface.name system.zone.name)"
        groups:
         -
            name: "default_name_16 (source user.group.name)"
        id:  "17"
        internet-service: "enable"
        internet-service-custom:
         -
            name: "default_name_20 (source firewall.internet-service-custom.name)"
        internet-service-id:
         -
            id:  "22 (source firewall.internet-service.id)"
        internet-service-src: "enable"
        internet-service-src-custom:
         -
            name: "default_name_25 (source firewall.internet-service-custom.name)"
        internet-service-src-id:
         -
            id:  "27 (source firewall.internet-service.id)"
        ip-version: "4"
        per-ip-shaper: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.per-ip-shaper.name)"
        schedule: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.schedule.onetime.name firewall.schedule.recurring.name firewall.schedule.group.name)"
        service:
         -
            name: "default_name_32 (source firewall.service.custom.name firewall.service.group.name)"
        srcaddr:
         -
            name: "default_name_34 (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        srcaddr6:
         -
            name: "default_name_36 (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        status: "enable"
        traffic-shaper: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name)"
        traffic-shaper-reverse: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.shaper.traffic-shaper.name)"
        url-category:
         -
            id:  "41"
        users:
         -
            name: "default_name_43 (source user.local.name)"

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


Status

Authors

  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

  • Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

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