fortios_firewall_vipgrp – Configure IPv4 virtual IP groups 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 vipgrp 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_vipgrp
-
Default:
null
Configure IPv4 virtual IP groups.
color
-
Integer value to determine the color of the icon in the GUI (range 1 to 32, default = 0, which sets the value to 1).
comments
-
Comment.
interface
-
interface Source system.interface.name.
member
-
Member VIP objects of the group (Separate multiple objects with a space).
name
- / required
VIP name. Source firewall.vip.name.
name
- / required
VIP group name.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Indicates whether to create or remove the object
uuid
-
Universally Unique Identifier (UUID; automatically assigned but can be manually reset).
host
- / required
FortiOS or FortiGate ip address.
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 IPv4 virtual IP groups.
    fortios_firewall_vipgrp:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      firewall_vipgrp:
        state: "present"
        color: "3"
        comments: "<your_own_value>"
        interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        member:
         -
            name: "default_name_7 (source firewall.vip.name)"
        name: "default_name_8"
        uuid: "<your_own_value>"

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:
key1
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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