fortios_vpn_ipsec_phase1 – Configure VPN remote gateway 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 set and modify vpn_ipsec feature and phase1 category. Examples include all parameters and values 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
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.
vpn_ipsec_phase1
-
Default:
null
Configure VPN remote gateway.
acct-verify
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable verification of RADIUS accounting record.
add-gw-route
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable automatically add a route to the remote gateway.
add-route
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable control addition of a route to peer destination selector.
assign-ip
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable assignment of IP to IPsec interface via configuration method.
assign-ip-from
-
    Choices:
  • range
  • usrgrp
  • dhcp
  • name
Method by which the IP address will be assigned.
authmethod
-
    Choices:
  • psk
  • signature
Authentication method.
authmethod-remote
-
    Choices:
  • psk
  • signature
Authentication method (remote side).
authpasswd
-
XAuth password (max 35 characters).
authusr
-
XAuth user name.
authusrgrp
-
Authentication user group. Source user.group.name.
auto-negotiate
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable automatic initiation of IKE SA negotiation.
backup-gateway
-
Instruct unity clients about the backup gateway address(es).
address
- / required
Address of backup gateway.
banner
-
Message that unity client should display after connecting.
cert-id-validation
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable cross validation of peer ID and the identity in the peer's certificate as specified in RFC 4945.
certificate
-
Names of up to 4 signed personal certificates.
name
- / required
Certificate name. Source vpn.certificate.local.name.
childless-ike
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable childless IKEv2 initiation (RFC 6023).
client-auto-negotiate
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable allowing the VPN client to bring up the tunnel when there is no traffic.
client-keep-alive
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable allowing the VPN client to keep the tunnel up when there is no traffic.
comments
-
Comment.
dhgrp
-
    Choices:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 5
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
DH group.
digital-signature-auth
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable IKEv2 Digital Signature Authentication (RFC 7427).
distance
-
Distance for routes added by IKE (1 - 255).
dns-mode
-
    Choices:
  • manual
  • auto
DNS server mode.
domain
-
Instruct unity clients about the default DNS domain.
dpd
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • on-idle
  • on-demand
Dead Peer Detection mode.
dpd-retrycount
-
Number of DPD retry attempts.
dpd-retryinterval
-
DPD retry interval.
eap
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable IKEv2 EAP authentication.
eap-identity
-
    Choices:
  • use-id-payload
  • send-request
IKEv2 EAP peer identity type.
enforce-unique-id
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • keep-new
  • keep-old
Enable/disable peer ID uniqueness check.
forticlient-enforcement
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable FortiClient enforcement.
fragmentation
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable fragment IKE message on re-transmission.
fragmentation-mtu
-
IKE fragmentation MTU (500 - 16000).
group-authentication
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable IKEv2 IDi group authentication.
group-authentication-secret
-
Password for IKEv2 IDi group authentication. (ASCII string or hexadecimal indicated by a leading 0x.)
ha-sync-esp-seqno
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable sequence number jump ahead for IPsec HA.
idle-timeout
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable IPsec tunnel idle timeout.
idle-timeoutinterval
-
IPsec tunnel idle timeout in minutes (5 - 43200).
ike-version
-
    Choices:
  • 1
  • 2
IKE protocol version.
include-local-lan
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable allow local LAN access on unity clients.
interface
-
Local physical, aggregate, or VLAN outgoing interface. Source system.interface.name.
ipv4-dns-server1
-
IPv4 DNS server 1.
ipv4-dns-server2
-
IPv4 DNS server 2.
ipv4-dns-server3
-
IPv4 DNS server 3.
ipv4-end-ip
-
End of IPv4 range.
ipv4-exclude-range
-
Configuration Method IPv4 exclude ranges.
end-ip
-
End of IPv4 exclusive range.
id
- / required
ID.
start-ip
-
Start of IPv4 exclusive range.
ipv4-name
-
IPv4 address name. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
ipv4-netmask
-
IPv4 Netmask.
ipv4-split-exclude
-
IPv4 subnets that should not be sent over the IPsec tunnel. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
ipv4-split-include
-
IPv4 split-include subnets. Source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name.
ipv4-start-ip
-
Start of IPv4 range.
ipv4-wins-server1
-
WINS server 1.
ipv4-wins-server2
-
WINS server 2.
ipv6-dns-server1
-
IPv6 DNS server 1.
ipv6-dns-server2
-
IPv6 DNS server 2.
ipv6-dns-server3
-
IPv6 DNS server 3.
ipv6-end-ip
-
End of IPv6 range.
ipv6-exclude-range
-
Configuration method IPv6 exclude ranges.
end-ip
-
End of IPv6 exclusive range.
id
- / required
ID.
start-ip
-
Start of IPv6 exclusive range.
ipv6-name
-
IPv6 address name. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
ipv6-prefix
-
IPv6 prefix.
ipv6-split-exclude
-
IPv6 subnets that should not be sent over the IPsec tunnel. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
ipv6-split-include
-
IPv6 split-include subnets. Source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name.
ipv6-start-ip
-
Start of IPv6 range.
keepalive
-
NAT-T keep alive interval.
keylife
-
Time to wait in seconds before phase 1 encryption key expires.
local-gw
-
Local VPN gateway.
localid
-
Local ID.
localid-type
-
    Choices:
  • auto
  • fqdn
  • user-fqdn
  • keyid
  • address
  • asn1dn
Local ID type.
mesh-selector-type
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • subnet
  • host
Add selectors containing subsets of the configuration depending on traffic.
mode
-
    Choices:
  • aggressive
  • main
ID protection mode used to establish a secure channel.
mode-cfg
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable configuration method.
name
- / required
IPsec remote gateway name.
nattraversal
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
  • forced
Enable/disable NAT traversal.
negotiate-timeout
-
IKE SA negotiation timeout in seconds (1 - 300).
npu-offload
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable offloading NPU.
peer
-
Accept this peer certificate. Source user.peer.name.
peergrp
-
Accept this peer certificate group. Source user.peergrp.name.
peerid
-
Accept this peer identity.
peertype
-
    Choices:
  • any
  • one
  • dialup
  • peer
  • peergrp
Accept this peer type.
ppk
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • allow
  • require
Enable/disable IKEv2 Postquantum Preshared Key (PPK).
ppk-identity
-
IKEv2 Postquantum Preshared Key Identity.
ppk-secret
-
IKEv2 Postquantum Preshared Key (ASCII string or hexadecimal encoded with a leading 0x).
priority
-
Priority for routes added by IKE (0 - 4294967295).
proposal
-
    Choices:
  • des-md5
  • des-sha1
  • des-sha256
  • des-sha384
  • des-sha512
Phase1 proposal.
psksecret
-
Pre-shared secret for PSK authentication (ASCII string or hexadecimal encoded with a leading 0x).
psksecret-remote
-
Pre-shared secret for remote side PSK authentication (ASCII string or hexadecimal encoded with a leading 0x).
reauth
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable re-authentication upon IKE SA lifetime expiration.
rekey
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable phase1 rekey.
remote-gw
-
Remote VPN gateway.
remotegw-ddns
-
Domain name of remote gateway (eg. name.DDNS.com).
rsa-signature-format
-
    Choices:
  • pkcs1
  • pss
Digital Signature Authentication RSA signature format.
save-password
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable saving XAuth username and password on VPN clients.
send-cert-chain
-
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/disable sending certificate chain.
signature-hash-alg
-
    Choices:
  • sha1
  • sha2-256
  • sha2-384
  • sha2-512
Digital Signature Authentication hash algorithms.
split-include-service
-
Split-include services. Source firewall.service.group.name firewall.service.custom.name.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
Indicates whether to create or remove the object
suite-b
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • suite-b-gcm-128
  • suite-b-gcm-256
Use Suite-B.
type
-
    Choices:
  • static
  • dynamic
  • ddns
Remote gateway type.
unity-support
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • enable
Enable/disable support for Cisco UNITY Configuration Method extensions.
usrgrp
-
User group name for dialup peers. Source user.group.name.
wizard-type
-
    Choices:
  • custom
  • dialup-forticlient
  • dialup-ios
  • dialup-android
  • dialup-windows
  • dialup-cisco
  • static-fortigate
  • dialup-fortigate
  • static-cisco
  • dialup-cisco-fw
GUI VPN Wizard Type.
xauthtype
-
    Choices:
  • disable
  • client
  • pap
  • chap
  • auto
XAuth type.

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 VPN remote gateway.
    fortios_vpn_ipsec_phase1:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      vpn_ipsec_phase1:
        state: "present"
        acct-verify: "enable"
        add-gw-route: "enable"
        add-route: "disable"
        assign-ip: "disable"
        assign-ip-from: "range"
        authmethod: "psk"
        authmethod-remote: "psk"
        authpasswd: "<your_own_value>"
        authusr: "<your_own_value>"
        authusrgrp: "<your_own_value> (source user.group.name)"
        auto-negotiate: "enable"
        backup-gateway:
         -
            address: "<your_own_value>"
        banner: "<your_own_value>"
        cert-id-validation: "enable"
        certificate:
         -
            name: "default_name_19 (source vpn.certificate.local.name)"
        childless-ike: "enable"
        client-auto-negotiate: "disable"
        client-keep-alive: "disable"
        comments: "<your_own_value>"
        dhgrp: "1"
        digital-signature-auth: "enable"
        distance: "26"
        dns-mode: "manual"
        domain: "<your_own_value>"
        dpd: "disable"
        dpd-retrycount: "30"
        dpd-retryinterval: "<your_own_value>"
        eap: "enable"
        eap-identity: "use-id-payload"
        enforce-unique-id: "disable"
        forticlient-enforcement: "enable"
        fragmentation: "enable"
        fragmentation-mtu: "37"
        group-authentication: "enable"
        group-authentication-secret: "<your_own_value>"
        ha-sync-esp-seqno: "enable"
        idle-timeout: "enable"
        idle-timeoutinterval: "42"
        ike-version: "1"
        include-local-lan: "disable"
        interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
        ipv4-dns-server1: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4-dns-server2: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4-dns-server3: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4-end-ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4-exclude-range:
         -
            end-ip: "<your_own_value>"
            id:  "52"
            start-ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4-name: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        ipv4-netmask: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4-split-exclude: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        ipv4-split-include: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address.name firewall.addrgrp.name)"
        ipv4-start-ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4-wins-server1: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv4-wins-server2: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6-dns-server1: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6-dns-server2: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6-dns-server3: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6-end-ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6-exclude-range:
         -
            end-ip: "<your_own_value>"
            id:  "67"
            start-ip: "<your_own_value>"
        ipv6-name: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        ipv6-prefix: "70"
        ipv6-split-exclude: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        ipv6-split-include: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.address6.name firewall.addrgrp6.name)"
        ipv6-start-ip: "<your_own_value>"
        keepalive: "74"
        keylife: "75"
        local-gw: "<your_own_value>"
        localid: "<your_own_value>"
        localid-type: "auto"
        mesh-selector-type: "disable"
        mode: "aggressive"
        mode-cfg: "disable"
        name: "default_name_82"
        nattraversal: "enable"
        negotiate-timeout: "84"
        npu-offload: "enable"
        peer: "<your_own_value> (source user.peer.name)"
        peergrp: "<your_own_value> (source user.peergrp.name)"
        peerid: "<your_own_value>"
        peertype: "any"
        ppk: "disable"
        ppk-identity: "<your_own_value>"
        ppk-secret: "<your_own_value>"
        priority: "93"
        proposal: "des-md5"
        psksecret: "<your_own_value>"
        psksecret-remote: "<your_own_value>"
        reauth: "disable"
        rekey: "enable"
        remote-gw: "<your_own_value>"
        remotegw-ddns: "<your_own_value>"
        rsa-signature-format: "pkcs1"
        save-password: "disable"
        send-cert-chain: "enable"
        signature-hash-alg: "sha1"
        split-include-service: "<your_own_value> (source firewall.service.group.name firewall.service.custom.name)"
        suite-b: "disable"
        type: "static"
        unity-support: "disable"
        usrgrp: "<your_own_value> (source user.group.name)"
        wizard-type: "custom"
        xauthtype: "disable"

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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